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In his homeland, Taiwan, Lin Hwai-min was first known as a critically acclaimed writer....
Lin Hwai-min, founder of Taiwan's famous Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, is retiring this year.
Honouring Lin Hwai-min with a Lifetime Achievement Award, the jury of the International Movimentos Dance Prize, Germany, considers him “a foremost innovator of dance” and that “Lin Hwai-min ranks amongst artists of the century such as William Forsythe, George Balanchine, Birgit Cullberg….”
In July, 2013, Lin will follow in the footsteps of Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham and Pina Bausch to receive the prestigious Samuel H.
Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement. The Festival announcement states that: "Mr. Lin's fearless zeal for the art form has established him as one of the most dynamic and innovative choreographers today...
his choreographic brilliance continues to push boundaries and redefine the art form." He will be the first recipient of this award who is not based in the United States or Europe.
In his homeland, Taiwan, Lin Hwai-min was first known as a critically acclaimed writer.
In 1969, at the age of 22 and with two books of fiction published, h