Naishi Wang
Creative Research
Born in Changchun, China, Naishi Wang began with Chinese Classical dance and Chinese Folk dances training at Jilin College of Art. In 2004, moved to Canada to attend The School of Toronto Dance Theater. Subsequently, Naishi became a company member of Toronto Dance Theater for nine years.
From 2009 to 2010 he was commissioned by SXM studio in Beijing, China, to create concept-based contemporary dance works: “Split” and “Avatar’s Tree”. In 2017, he joined Dancemakers Peer Learning Network Program (Toronto) and had a studio showing at the Canada Dance Festival (Ottawa).
In 2015, the award-winning performer was inspired to work extensively as an independent dance artist with diverse talented artists and choreographers around the globe. Naishi started to work in a collaborative way in Germany and co-choreographed with Berlin-based Tanz-Theater artist Christoph Winkler two solos and duet projects: “Can Asian Dance?”, “Crossing Half of China to Sleep With You”, and “Tale of the Dragon and Lion”.
In 2018, at a showing in Kinetic Studio (Halifax), he premiered his solo “Taking Breath”, shown in Toronto, presented by Citadel + Compagnie, also in Montreal Art Interculturell, and followed by a German premiere at Monsun Theater (Hamburg, Germany). In 2019, Naishi had a commission work entitled “Free Steps” for Toronto/Halifax based company Nostos Collective and still touring his solo.
In 2020, Naishi is one of the residency artists at La Serre (Montreal) and in an international creative collaboration with a UK based dance artist Jean Abreu supported by the Visiting Dance Artist program by National Arts Centre and Canada Arts Council in Ottawa.