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Dance is communication. A well-stepped waltz informs your audience (politely and in a soft voice) that you're a prude. A nasty, crotch-filled grinding, on the other hand, screams that you're promiscuous. Just imagine what creative innovator, dancer, and expert choreographer, Yu Wei, can tell us. The Chinese dancer uses original...

By Lilia Menconi

April 15, 2010

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Dance is communication. A well-stepped waltz informs your audience (politely and in a soft voice) that you're a prude. A nasty, crotch-filled grinding, on the other hand, screams that you're promiscuous.

Just imagine what creative innovator, dancer, and expert choreographer, Yu Wei, can tell us. The Chinese dancer uses original costumes, folk tradition, classical training, famous Chinese music, and short narrative films to present a multi-media experience in her performance The Dance Collection. The sensory-filled presentation challenges audiences to decode the story of her life.

Sat., April 17, 7 p.m., 2010

Lilia Menconi

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