Nien Tzu Weng is a Taiwanese-Canadian interdisciplinary dance artist based in Montreal. In 2008, she immigrated to Canada to continue her artistic practice. She aims to build bridges between disciplines, pursuing an experimental approach to contemporary dance. Her projects have been shared in Node Digital Festival (Frankfurt, DE), Biennale Némo (Paris, FR), Ars Electronica (Linz, AUT), Les Percéides (Percé, QC), SummerWorks (Toronto, ON), 1-act SHIFT Theatre (Vancouver, BC) as well as in Montreal, OFFTA (Fonderie Darling), Elektra (SAT), Akousma (Usine C), Tangente Danse and Studio 303. Weng is one of the recipients of the James Saya Award, Undergraduate Research Award and The Contemporary Dance Prize at Concordia University. She is currently a member of LePARC (Milieux) and a resident artist at Topological Media Lab, where she develops her research on presence and interactivity.
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