SSXXII Early Evening Performance: Taking Breath
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NAISHI WANG: TAKING BREATH
Naishi Wang is a Chinese-born, Toronto-based dance artist whose work explores communication, translation, and the body as a living language. Trained at Jilin College of Art in China and The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Wang danced with Toronto Dance Theatre for nine years before beginning his independent career in 2015. His choreography blends Chinese classical forms, qigong, martial arts, ballet, and contemporary dance within a conceptual and somatic framework, infused with the fluid precision of his childhood calligraphy training.
An award-winning artist, Wang investigates how emotion, culture, and identity are embodied, often asking the question: “How do we continue?” His works — Taking Breath (solo), Face To Face (with Lukas Malkowski), and Deciphers (with UK-based dance artist Jean Abreu) — have toured across Canada, UK and Europe, examining the poetics of understanding and misunderstanding in human connection.
Through his company, Naishi Dance, Wang continues to forge a distinctive voice within Canada’s dance landscape, balancing tradition and innovation through movement.
The when & where:
Thursday, July 16th, 2026 @ 6pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Christina Parker Gallery, 50 Water St.
Naishi Wang is a Chinese-born, Toronto-based dance artist whose work explores communication, translation, and the body as a living language. Trained at Jilin College of Art in China and The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Wang danced with Toronto Dance Theatre for nine years before beginning his independent career in 2015. His choreography blends Chinese classical forms, qigong, martial arts, ballet, and contemporary dance within a conceptual and somatic framework, infused with the fluid precision of his childhood calligraphy training.
An award-winning artist, Wang investigates how emotion, culture, and identity are embodied, often asking the question: “How do we continue?” His works — Taking Breath (solo), Face To Face (with Lukas Malkowski), and Deciphers (with UK-based dance artist Jean Abreu) — have toured across Canada, UK and Europe, examining the poetics of understanding and misunderstanding in human connection.
Through his company, Naishi Dance, Wang continues to forge a distinctive voice within Canada’s dance landscape, balancing tradition and innovation through movement.
The when & where:
Thursday, July 16th, 2026 @ 6pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Christina Parker Gallery, 50 Water St.
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Where is it happening?
50 Water St, St John's, NL A1C 1A3, Canada, 26 Water St, St John's, NL A1C 0A7, Canada, St. John's
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