2009 Traditional Arts Apprenticeships
Chinese Dance

• Keke, Weston, Mass., master artist – $3,000
• Ree-Ven Wang Dai, Hollis, apprentice – $1,000

In 2007 Keke and Ree-Ven received a Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grant to work on classical Chinese dances. In 2009, they will be working together again, this time on dances that involve the use of fans, including dances with fans that can be traced to the Tang Dynasty (circa 600-900), dances from the Qing Dynasty (circa 1641-1911), and dances developed in the 1930s by the Beijing Dance Academy in honor of the Dai tribe.

Apprentice Ree-Ven Wang Dai
Photo by Lynn Martin Graton

"As greater audiences are exposed to Chinese folk and classical dance styles, the need to learn and preserve accurate dance techniques becomes ever more important."
-- Ree-Ven Wang Dai, 2008

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Last updated: October 15, 2008