Dragons On The Wall (TianJi)
Commissioned for the
Year of the Dragon by the
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
clanging tolls depart from the huge bell
chase a twinkling flock of
birds
the Chi wanders in the world gather,
disperse but never gone
dynasties turn above the whirlpool
the bridge jumps to another language
until white paper falls
until the writing becomes possible
the bird's nest is empty
it is time to reveal TianJi
Among the stimulating full length works Nai-Ni Chen has created is an
exciting major work - Tianj - Dragon's on the Wall which premiered in
February, 2001 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Tianji - Dragons
on the Wall was commissioned by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through
the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
and Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. Collaborators on this work were
poet and Nobel Literature nominee Bei Dao, and internationally acclaimed
composer Joan La Barbara.
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