The jaunty founder of the Cloud Gate Dance Theater is part of the modern history of the island and one of its most ardent admirers.

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Cloud Gate's international prestige is such that Lin was recently offered the directorship of one of Europe's major dance companies.

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The Bishop of Birmingham, the Rt Rev David Urquhart, said he wanted to see something like Chicago's Cloud Gate sculpture, which he said would represent nature's influence on world faiths.

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