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| occupation = Founder and artistic director, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
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==Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company==
==Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company==
Chen and her husband, Andrew N. Chiang, founded Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company in 1988 in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]].<ref name="announces">{{Cite news |date=2021-08-30 |title=Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Announces 2021-2022 Season |language=en |url=https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2021/08/30/nai-ni-chen-dance-company-announces-2021-2022-season |access-date=2021-12-13}}</ref><ref name="lagorce">{{Cite news |last=La Gorce |first=Tammy |date=2010-01-30 |title=Opening Doors With New and Old |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/nyregion/31artsnj.html |access-date=2021-12-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="njs">{{Cite news |date=2021-12-13 |title=Nai-Ni Chen Passed Away On December 12th in Honolulu |language=en |url=https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2021/12/13/nai-ni-chen-passed-away-on-december-12th-in-honolulu |access-date=2021-12-13}}</ref> In addition to Chen's original works, which incorporated her broad influences, the company performed traditional [[fan dance|fan dances]] and ribbon dances. Productions frequently include a hybrid fusion with traditional Chinese dance.<ref name="cutler">{{Cite news |last=Cutler |first=Jacqueline |date=2021-09-09 |title=N.J. dance troupe morphs pandemic fears into joyful performance |language=en |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2021/09/how-this-nj-dance-troupe-transformed-the-pandemic-into-joyful-performance.html |access-date=2021-12-13}}</ref><ref name="nash">{{Cite news |last=Nash |first=Margo |date=2001-10-14 |title=JERSEY FOOTLIGHTS; Celebrating the Moon |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/14/nyregion/jersey-footlights-celebrating-the-moon.html |access-date=2021-12-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> They began to tour in the early 1990s, originally on the East Coast, and later internationally. The dance company was multi-racial and multi-national. Her dances were inspired by nature, which she described as the "Chinese way and philosophy," stating that her choreography emphasized the relationship and harmony between people and nature.<ref name="NYT obit" />
Chen and her husband, Andrew N. Chiang, founded Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company in 1988 in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]], where she lived with her family.<ref name="announces">{{Cite news |date=2021-08-30 |title=Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Announces 2021-2022 Season |language=en |url=https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2021/08/30/nai-ni-chen-dance-company-announces-2021-2022-season |access-date=2021-12-13}}</ref><ref name="lagorce">{{Cite news |last=La Gorce |first=Tammy |date=2010-01-30 |title=Opening Doors With New and Old |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/nyregion/31artsnj.html |access-date=2021-12-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="njs">{{Cite news |date=2021-12-13 |title=Nai-Ni Chen Passed Away On December 12th in Honolulu |language=en |url=https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2021/12/13/nai-ni-chen-passed-away-on-december-12th-in-honolulu |access-date=2021-12-13}}</ref> In addition to Chen's original works, which incorporated her broad influences, the company performed traditional [[fan dance|fan dances]] and ribbon dances. Productions frequently include a hybrid fusion with traditional Chinese dance.<ref name="cutler">{{Cite news |last=Cutler |first=Jacqueline |date=2021-09-09 |title=N.J. dance troupe morphs pandemic fears into joyful performance |language=en |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2021/09/how-this-nj-dance-troupe-transformed-the-pandemic-into-joyful-performance.html |access-date=2021-12-13}}</ref><ref name="nash">{{Cite news |last=Nash |first=Margo |date=2001-10-14 |title=JERSEY FOOTLIGHTS; Celebrating the Moon |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/14/nyregion/jersey-footlights-celebrating-the-moon.html |access-date=2021-12-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> They began to tour in the early 1990s, originally on the East Coast, and later internationally. The dance company was multi-racial and multi-national. Her dances were inspired by nature, which she described as the "Chinese way and philosophy," stating that her choreography emphasized the relationship and harmony between people and nature.<ref name="NYT obit" />


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==References==
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Revision as of 19:51, 17 May 2023

Nai-Ni Chen
Born(1959-10-31)October 31, 1959
Keelung, Taiwan
DiedDecember 12, 2021(2021-12-12) (aged 62)
Kailua Beach, Hawaii, U.S.
Alma materNew York University
Chinese Culture University
Occupation(s)Founder and artistic director, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Years active1988–2021
SpouseAndrew N. Chiang
Children1

Nai-Ni Chen (October 31, 1959 – December 12, 2021) was a Taiwanese-American dancer and choreographer. Trained in traditional Chinese and Taiwanese dance before immigrating to the United States in the early 1980s, she was the founder of the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, a dance company which blended traditional and contemporary dance.[1][2]

Biography

Chen was born in Keelung, Taiwan on October 31, 1959, and started dancing when she was four. She studied modern dance, jazz, and Chinese martial arts at a secondary school for the performing arts; as a student, she joined the Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan and danced with the company for three years.[3]

In 1982 she moved to New York to attend New York University, where she studied choreography and education. In a 2017 interview she said: “I was so excited about the dancing in New York that I decided to stay rather than teach in Taiwan.”[4]

Chen drowned while on vacation in Hawaii on December 12, 2021.[3][5] She and her husband Andrew N. Chiang had one daughter, Sylvia.[1]

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company

Chen and her husband, Andrew N. Chiang, founded Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company in 1988 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where she lived with her family.[6][4][3] In addition to Chen's original works, which incorporated her broad influences, the company performed traditional fan dances and ribbon dances. Productions frequently include a hybrid fusion with traditional Chinese dance.[7][8] They began to tour in the early 1990s, originally on the East Coast, and later internationally. The dance company was multi-racial and multi-national. Her dances were inspired by nature, which she described as the "Chinese way and philosophy," stating that her choreography emphasized the relationship and harmony between people and nature.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Genzlinger, Neil (2021-12-13). "Nai-Ni Chen, Whose Dances Merged East and West, Dies at 62". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-14. Republished as: "World-renowned dancer Nai-Ni Chen dies after she is found unconscious at Kailua Beach". Star Advertiser. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  2. ^ Staff, H. N. N. "Internationally renowned dancer dies in apparent drowning off Oahu". Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  3. ^ a b c "Nai-Ni Chen Passed Away On December 12th in Honolulu". 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  4. ^ a b La Gorce, Tammy (2010-01-30). "Opening Doors With New and Old". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  5. ^ "Dance on the Lawn mourns death of dance artist Nai-Ni Chen". Montclair Local. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Announces 2021-2022 Season". 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  7. ^ Cutler, Jacqueline (2021-09-09). "N.J. dance troupe morphs pandemic fears into joyful performance". Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  8. ^ Nash, Margo (2001-10-14). "JERSEY FOOTLIGHTS; Celebrating the Moon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
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