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Dancer, choreographer, and painter, Shen Wei, grew up during the Cultural Revolution in China and left in 1995 to learn more about western artistic traditions. He was invited back to stage and design the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. In this profile learn about how he came to find inspiration in modern dance and see clips from his past works, such as The Rite of Spring, Folding, Re-(Part One), and more.

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Shen Wei Dance Arts has been hailed for its interdisciplinary, cross-cultural performance style. Each work created by Artistic Director Shen Wei features diverse elements from theater, Chinese opera, Eastern philosophy, visual art and sculpture.

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A conversation with Shen Wei. Wei was a founding member of China's first contemporary dance company, the Guangdong Modern Dance Company.

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Some of Shen Wei's dance performances this year are seen by hundreds, but the founder of the Shen Wei Dance Arts Company is coming off a performance seen by billions. He talks about his career and more in the following One on 1 report with Budd Mishkin.

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