Ms. Chen, who founded the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company in 1988, died while swimming in Hawaii, where she was vacationing.
Source: New York Times
Nai-Ni Chen, Whose Dances Merged East and West, Dies at 62
Published in Chen, Nai-Ni, Dancing, Deaths (Obituaries), Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company and Taiwan
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