Shen Wei - Select Works

Select Works

Folding (2000)

• World Premiere: Guangdong Modern Dance Company
• Concept, Choreography, Costumes, Set and Make-up Design: Shen Wei
• Music: John Tavener and Tibetan Buddhist Chant
• Lighting: David Ferri

Near the Terrace-Part I (2001)

• World Premiere: American Dance Festival
• Concept, Choreography, Set and Costume Design: Shen Wei
• Music: Arvo Pärt
• Lighting: David Ferri

Behind Resonance (2001)

• World Premiere: SUNY Purchase
• Choreography, Set and Costume Design: Shen Wei
• Music: David Lang
• Lighting: David Ferri and Shen Wei

Near the Terrace-Part II (2002)

• World Premiere: American Dance Festival
• Concept, Choreography, Set and Costume Design: Shen Wei
• Music: Arvo Pärt, Benjamin Iobst, music of Mangkunêgaran
• Lighting: David Ferri

Rite of Spring (2003)

• Concept, Choreography, Costumes, Set and Make-up Design: Shen Wei
• Score: Igor Stravinsky
• Musical Recording: Fazil Say
• Lighting: David Ferri

Exhibition-Solo Painting Exhibition (2003)

• A series of Paintings created in conjunction with his abstracted Rite of Spring were first exhibited as part of the company's New York City debut at the Lincoln Center Festival in 2003

Connect Transfer (2004)

• World Premiere: American Dance Festival
• Concept, Choreography, Set, and Costume Design: Shen Wei
• Music: György Ligeti, Kevin Volans, Iannis Xenakis
• Lighting: Jennifer Tipton

Map (2005)

• World Premiere: Lincoln Center Festival
• Concept, Choreography, Costumes, Set Design: Shen Wei
• Music: Steve Reich
• Lighting: David Scott Bolman

The Second Visit To the Empress (2005, 2007)

• World Premiere: American Dance Festival 2005
• Direction, Choreography, Set, Make-up and Costume Design: Shen Wei
• Music: Traditional Chinese Beijing Opera
• Lighting: Jennifer Tipton

Exhibition-Solo Painting Exhibition (2005)

• Hong Kong New Vision Arts Festival with Chambers Fine Arts in New York 2005

Re-Part I (2006)

• Concept, Choreography, Set and Costume Design: Shen Wei
• Music: Traditional Tibetan Chant
• Vocals: Ani Choying Dolma
• Lighting: Jennifer Tipton

Re-Part II (2007)

• Concept, Choreography, Set and Costume Design; and Sounds and Images recorded at Angkor Wat: Shen Wei
• Music: John Tavener's "Tears of the Angels," with Traditional Cambodian Music, and Original recordings by Shen Wei
• Lighting: Jennifer Tipton
• Projection Design: Shen Wei & Daniel Hartnett

Exhibition-Solo Painting Exhibition (2007)

• Chambers Fine Arts in New York 2007

Fashion Show at Paris Haute Couture-WUYONG, by the Chinese designer Ma Ke (2007)

• Direction, Choreography and Co-installation design for 40 performing artists at the Palais Royale in Paris: Shen Wei

The Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony "Scroll" Segment 2008

• Direction and Choreography: Shen Wei
• Original Score: Chen Qi-Gung
• General Director of the Opening Ceremony: Zhang Yimou

Re-Part III (2009)

• Concept, Choreography, Set and Costume Design; and Sounds and Images recorded on China's Silk Road: Shen Wei
• Original Score: David Lang
• Recorded Violinist: Todd Reynolds
• Lighting: Jennifer Tipton
• Projection Design: Shen Wei and Daniel Hartnett

7 to 8 and (2010)

• World Premiere: Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
• Choreography and visual and projection design: Shen Wei
• Original Score: Dirk Haubrich

NYC Guerilla-Site Specific Work (2010)

• Sites: Times Square, Wall Street, Union Square, 42nd st. subway station, outside of New York Public Library, outside of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Columbia University, and Battery Park
• Concept and Choreography: Shen Wei
• Performed by: Shen Wei Dance Arts

Still Moving (2011)

• World Premiere: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Concept, Choreography, and Visual Design: Shen Wei
• Original Score: Daniel Burke
• Costume: Shen Wei and Austin Scarlett

Limited States (2011)

• World Premiere: American Dance Festival
• Concept, Choreography, Video and Animation Design: Shen Wei
• Original Score: Daniel Burke
• Lighting: Shen Wei and Matthew F. Lewandowski II
• Costume: Shen Wei and Austin Scarlett

Undivided Divided (2011)

• World-premiere: Park Avenue Armory
• Concept, Choreography and Visual Design: Shen Wei
• Original Score: Sō Percussion
• Lighting: Jennifer Tipton
• Video and Animation: Josh Horowitz, Layne Braunstein and Blair Neal
• Costume: Austin Scarlett
• Sound Design: Lawson White

Exhibition-Solo Exhibition and Installation Performance (2012)

• Mana Contemporary in New Jersey, USA. March 11 – June 11, 2012

The New You (2012)

• World Premiere: The Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
• Concept, Direction, Choreography and Visual Design: Shen Wei