Hailed by The New York Times as “startlingly imaginative,” Shen Wei Dance Arts brings a fantastical world that vividly fuses East and West by incorporating Chinese opera, Eastern philosophy, ...

The world knows Shen Wei as the Chinese-born choreographer who created part of the Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremonies. Shen Wei, steeped in the traditions and techniques of Chinese opera, modern dance ...

These are just some of the words you could use to describe Shen Wei Dance Arts, the mercurial modern dance company performing later this month at Mass MOCA. Choreographer Shen Wei might not be as well ...

Dance is the most ephemeral of the arts. You can buy a picture, a sculpture, a photograph, you can buy a CD and own a composition, and you can even buy and own a script. Dance, however, is an ...

China always has spun on an axis of tradition and revolution, but while dynasties rose and fell over the nation’s long history, no event shook China like the People’s Revolution. Communism did away ...

A local Chinese opera group is breathing new life into two ancient tales. “Women in Times of War,” presented by Hwa Sheng Chinese Opera Club in Seattle, will showcase two popular stories from the ...

has enjoyed the kind of audience modern dance makers dream of: He choreographed part of the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a spectacle of dancers dipped in color and painting a giant ...

Choreographer Shen Wei transcended his humble roots in rural China and helped coordinate the opening ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He drew on both achievements to create his latest dance, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With lavishly embroidered costumes, elaborate makeup and acrobatics, a troupe of nearly 90 singers, actors and musicians of the Peking Opera begins a special U.S. tour on ...