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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45 Minutes

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