Archive - Dance Umbrella 2007

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Shen Wei Dance Arts (USA)
Connect Transfer (London Premiere)

Barbican Theatre
Wed 17 - Sat 20 October

Chinese-born Shen Wei trained as a dancer, choreographer, painter and designer. His multi-layered works, based on the fusion of different art forms, are a remarkable hybrid of western and eastern influences.

In Connect Transfer, Shen Wei’s dancers interact in an inventive and daring choreography, creating striking architectural and sculptural shapes. With live piano accompaniment performed by Stephen Gosling, dance language is transformed into visual art as the dancers paint their movements onto a giant white canvas. The unique painted floor covering reveals the patterns of the dance in a vivid new light, and the otherwise fleeting moments of movement are given a visual permanence.

‘If there is something to write home about in the dance world, it is the startlingly imaginative work of Shen Wei.’
THE NEW YORK TIMES

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