Variations (2014)

Choreography and Performance: 
Shen Wei

Music: Arvo Pärt, Variations for the Healing of Arinushka

Lighting Design: David Ferri

Original Lighting: Scott Bolman

Commissioned By: Celia and Silas Chou and American Dance Festival with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance Additional support: Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, Duke University


 

Variations premiered during She Wei Dance Arts 2014 New York City Season at the Judson Memorial Church. 


Press/Reviews

"Shen’s Variations, to Arvo Part’s Variations for the Healing of Arinushka, draws us into a place of calm, peace and beauty. That’s because Shen centers himself in that place and from there, performs a meditative, seamless flow of supple moves."

–Susan Broili, The Herald Sun