Across the Body

The Body is that threshold we must cross in pursuit of the memories within. Our memories are experiences of the body. How can these experiences transform society as well as history? By directly facing and addressing the camera together, wen hui invite the public to enter the intimate space of their encounter and participate in the dajian of a shared public space of women’s experience, memory, and world-making.Through the two short films “Dancing with Third Grandma ” “Dancing with Farmworkers” Wen Hui will share her experience of working in China.

Wen Hui is one of the pioneers of Chinese contemporary dance theatre. She is a choreographer, dancer, and she also makes documentary films and installations. Wen Hui's works research how the body holds an archive of personal social documentation, and experiment with how bodily memory catalyzes collision between history and reality. Wen Hui's work has received much attention on the international stage.

In 2021, Wen Hui received the official Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. "Goethe Medal”.