Chien Hui Shen

CHIEN HUI (DAVID) SHEN graduated from the Chinese Cultural University, majoring in Martial Arts with a focus on Tai Chi Chuan. In 1997, Mr. Shen won the gold medal at the National Tai Chi Competition in Taiwan. He began his dance career with the Chinese Youth Goodwill Mission, touring 25 cities around Asia in 1991. He danced professionally with the Taipei Folk Dance Troupe from 1991-1997, where in 1992 he choreographed the Martial Arts Suite for the Troupe’s special performance Ode to Chinese Culture at Lincoln Center. In 1996 Mr. Shen performed the special role of Villain in theTaipei production of the dance drama The Peacock Princess, and as ‘Director’ in the opening dance for the Golden Horse Movie Awards on Taiwan TV. He was the lead performer in the History of Taiwanese Jazz Dancing series, a 6-month series of performances exploring the history of Taiwanese cultural dance. Soon after that he joined the Peggy Wu Jazz Dance Company where in 1998 he was a member of the first Taiwanese Jazz Dance troupe to be invited to tour mainland China. After performing in The White Snake Legion, a Chinese drama at the Tapei Cultural Center in New York in 1999, Mr. Shen moved to the United States to work with the Nai Ni Chen Dance Company, where he performed until 2003. He has been with the Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company since 2003. With these and other companies he continues to perform around the world. He currently works as a dancer and choreographer based in New York City. Mr. Shen also produces, choreographs, and performs at Mabou Mines Studio Theatre (Performance Space 122).

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