Shen Wei Dance Arts

This is Dance that must be savored moment by moment.” –The New York Times

One of the premier international dance companies, Shen Wei Dance Arts has won worldwide acclaim for “amassing a body of works so strikingly original they defy categorization” (The Boston Globe). The work choreographer Shen Wei makes for his Company draws on influences as varied as traditional Chinese culture and arts, European Surrealism, American high modernism, and the ritual power of ancient drama.

Transcending East and West, Shen Wei Dance Arts fuses these disparate forms to forge a new hybrid form of dance. The Company’s dances reflect the compositional rigor of Shen Wei the visual artist, dancer, and choreographer—incorporating vivid colors, striking design, and imaginative use of space into theatrical, kinetic paintings.

The program will feature Shen Wei’s latest work Neither, which will premiere at BAM this October. The piece was co-commissioned by The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College. Read more about Neither here.