RBF Grantee Choreographs Opening Ceremony for Beijing Games

News and speculation surrounding the 2008 Olympics are making headline news around the world, thrusting Shen Wei, principal choreographer for the Opening Ceremony, into the spotlight. In the days leading up to the Beijing Games, many are wondering how this Chinese-American, the founder and director of RBF grantee Shen Wei Dance Arts, Inc., has influenced the upcoming performance.

Media coverage on Shen Wei and the Opening Ceremony has recently been featured in China Daily, the nation's largest English-language daily newspaper. More coverage can be found on The Today Show (August 8), NPR's "The Story with Dick Gordon" (August 8), CCTV-9 (English-language TV in China) (August 9), The Wall Street Journal (August 9), and CBS Sunday Morning (August 10).