Still Moving excerpt

World Premiere: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Concept, Choreography, and Visual Design: Shen Wei Original Score: Daniel Burke Costume: Shen Wei and Austin Scarlett In this performance work I am experimenting with juxtaposing the beauty of the body in stillness with the beauty of the body in motion, to create a dialogue with the gallery s sculptures marble and bronze figurative works by such American master sculptors as Hiram Powers (18051873), Augustus SaintGaudens (18481907), Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (18801980) and Paul Manship (18851966). This piece will celebrate the body as works of art from the past as well as the body in movement in the Shen Wei