Poet in motion

A choreographer captures global attention with his radical presence on China's burgeoning contemporary dance scene. Chen Jie reports.

The studio of TAO Dance Theater is in Beijing's northeast suburbs. It is off the highway and takes a 10-minute drive across farmland to get to it.

The group's dancers who need a lot of space, but cannot afford the high rents in town, gather in a village called Hegezhuang.