133:. All these various movement studies inform his choreography today. Wang moved to Vancouver in 1986 on a short term cultural exchange with Lorita Leung Chinese Dance Company. He danced and taught for the company on his five-month tenure before moving back to China. Once back in China, he began choreographing and won his first award in 1986 in
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Wen Wei Dance's 2006 work, a commission from CanDance
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