PASSAGE TO THE SILK RIVER
Chorography: Nai-Ni Chen
Music: Ancient Chinese Gu Ching Tune "The River"
(possibly live)
Costume: Karen Young
Lighting Design: A.C. Hickox
Dancer: Nai-Ni Chen
length: 6 minutes
Through Passage to the Silk River, Nai-Ni Chen pays homage to her ancestors.The costume features "water sleeves"-long sleeves used to express the motion of water as well as the emotion of the dancer, a style found in the Peking Opera. The Guquing is one of the most ancient of Chinese musical instruments, with over 3,000 years of history. It is made from the body of the Wutong tree, which is said to be the tree of choice for the Chinese phoenix, the mythical bird of feminine power.
This work premiered at New Jersey Performing Art Center in 2000.
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