Shen Wei Dance Arts

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 7:30pm

"One of the great artists of our time." -The Washington Post

RE:I and RE:III, Inspired by Shen Wei's Travels to Tibet and China

Running Times:

Re: I -- 25 minutes
Intermission
Re: III-- 26 minutes

Choreographer, director, dancer, painter and designer, Shen Wei received world-wide exposure with his dazzling contribution to the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremonies. Born in Hunan, China and now based in New York City, Shen Wei creates hauntingly beautiful imagery as seen in his Rite of Spring that White Bird presented in 2005. Shen Wei's 13-member company will perform his stunning RE:I, based on Shen Wei's impressions of Tibet during his travels there - as well as his new RE:III, integrating images of the Old Silk Road with the "new" hyper-modern China that Shen Wei observed while there for the Olympics.

Funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, adn the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation.

www.shenweidancearts.org

A WORKSHOP WITH SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS

Conduit Dance, 918 SW Yamhill, Suite 401, Portland, Tuesday, November 10, 11am-12:30 pm

Call 503-221-5857 now to reserve-- $15-- Class limited to first 25 who reserve.
A member of Shen Wei's company will provide an introduction to Shen Wei's Natural Body Development dance technique. For intermediate and advanced dancers.

WHITE BIRD SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVE DISCOUNT TO CHINA DESIGN NOW AT PORTLAND ART MUSEUM

Show your subscription ticket at the Portland Art Museum Ticket Office and receive $2.00 off admission to the museum and exhibit.

ALSO DON'T MISS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN SHEN WEI AND BRUCE GUENTHER, CHIEF CURATOR, PORTLAND ART MUSEUM
Thursday, Nov. 12, 7pm. $12 Nonmembers, Members $5. White Bird subscribers show ticket and get $2 off admission fee to talk.

White Bird's performance of Shen Wei Dance Arts is supported by the Oregon Cultural Trust, Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Presenting Partner:

See the Portland Art Museum's exhibition CHINA DESIGN NOW
October 10, 2009-January 17, 2009