Wen Hui

Wen Hui is a choreographer, dancer and documentary filmmaker; a pioneer of China’s modern dance. She founded the Living Dance Studio in 1994. In 2005, she and Wu Wenguang cofounded the Caochangdi Workstation in Beijing, and the annual Crossing Festival. Wen studied choreography at the Beijing Dance Academy. In 1994, she went to New York to study modern dance. From 1997 to 1998, she continued her practice and research in New York through a fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council. From 1999 to 2000, she joined Ralph Lemon’s Geography Trilogy. In 2004, her Report on the Body (2002) was awarded the ZKB Patronage Prize by Zürcher Theater Spektakel. In 2015, her work was presented at the China Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Wen’s work is often seen on stage at major international dance and theatre festivals.