LIN'S DANCE COMES FULL CIRCLE

Pioneering choreographer is set to retire as his successors exchange new ideas on nationwide tour, Chen Nan reports.

Amid the darkness of one of the spacious theaters inside the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Nov 14, Lin Hwai-min stands on one side of the stage while staring at the video being screened on the backdrop.

The video is a montage showing running water flowing through stones, which serves as the background of Lin's choreographic work, Autumn River, set to be staged that night.