122:. 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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Wang's parents had hoped he would be involved in different art forms like painting or music, but his love of dance propelled his professional career. He began training at the
Langzhou Army Song and Dance Company at the age of 12. In four years was he promoted to a full-time company dancer position at
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Wen Wei Dance's 2006 work, a commission from CanDance
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