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Far Journey, Homeward


2016 / 05:00 / choreography

2021 / 06:27 / choreography


The work distills a core of “walking”—the embodied abstraction of the Mongolian nomadic spirit, a universal and simple human act. Walking’s dynamics, drawn from daily life and Mongolian folk-dance elements, use various compositional methods to drive the structure. By traveling far, I gain a deep understanding of home. 


Walking like a blade of grass

On the grasslands, on the Gobi

Between cities, between tectonic plates

Between spaces that can be felt yet cannot be fixed


Walking like a blade of grass


With my own slenderness, with my own smallness, with my own quiet, with my own energy

With bones of deep green


Fearless

Silent

Intense


From the heart, flocks of birds soar

Though clearly on a long journey, I am on a return

A long journey is also a return.




像一颗草一样行走

在草原、在戈壁

在城市之间,在陆地板块之间

在可以感受却无法定位的空间与空间之间


像一颗草一样行走

用自己的瘦,用自己的小,用自己的安静,用自己的能量

用深绿色的骨头


无所畏惧

默默地

深入的


心中的众鸟高飞了

明明在远行,却是在归途

远行亦归途




Choreography: NiNi Dongnier

Music Composition: Chingeltu

Vocal & Instrument: Jangaa Group

Costumes: NiNi Dongnier, Xiangzhi Bing

Hat: Sirgulen Ethnic Clothing Customization

Lighting Design: Ye Yuan

Performed by Yanbei Liu, Zheng Wang, Zimeng Li, Jingyang Qin, Jiali Wei, Yao Meng, Yi Lu, Yiqi Shi, Mingqing Lei, Longyu Wang, Keer Wang, Yifei Hou, Yanxin Wang, Xiufeng Jin, Zehua Peng, Zhiji Li

Photo: Ning Wang, Chongwei Wang


Commissioned by Beijing Dance Academy Creation Fund. 

Special thanks to my mom Yanmin He. 



06/2021 Beijing Tianqiao Theater, Beijing Dancers Association

08/2021 China Dancers Association