- 2026
Sun and Moon Rotate to This Infinite Present Moment,
The 99 Verbs and Wishes for You, My Dear,
and to Our Nomadic Life (Rite) -
2026a certain necessity, concrete and durational actions
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202599 Verbs and Wishes
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2024Silent Flight (Part II)
- 2024it's factual, so vast
- 2024you and me, we grant this portrait the marvelous
- 2023Silent Flight
- 2023Compound Rite
- 2022Field Record 5: Sun, Moon, You
- 2022Compound Rite: Utopia or Oblivion (II)
- 2021Field Record 4: Every Motion is a Ritual ᠲᠠᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ ᠵᠢᠨ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭᠯᠡᠯ 4
- 2021Drift Upwards, Fall Downwards
- 2021Far Journey, Homeward
- 2021Doppelgänger
- 2020In Another Green World
- 2020Can You See Me? Can You Say Something?
- 2019Field Record II
- 2019Field Record 3
- 2019Compound Rite: Utopia or Oblivion
- 2019bare mind create action create bare mind
- 2019Oracle---------Alt Text for the Future
- 2018Field Record I
- 2018In Another Green World, She Was a Visitor
- 2018bird, bird
- 2017Reaching Nowness
- 2016Cloud Image
- Early Works
2024-ongoing / 17:00 / choreographic performance / spatial audio / video installation, 50 × 60 × 30 in (127 × 152.4 × 76.2 cm), monitor, wood board, lumber, hardware
Silent Flight (Part II) is a translation of multiple senses, the logics of moments, and a performative landscape. The space exists among gestures, positions, video installation, codified diagrams, depth images, matter, and soundscapes. Together, they trigger imagination and trance of emotions and memories. With arms wide spread, the human figure is the default posing for computer recognition — T-Pose — capable of transforming into a giant metaphysical flying object. How do moving beings anchor themselves?
the lake surface is as still as a jewel, with no wind in sight
silence
a softly squeezed woman’s voice tears open a fine line
almost soundless
a wild goose traces an arc, lightly touching the center of the lake
lighter than a feather
in this frame, the ripples carry too many emotions and ponderment, an infinite loop, connected to eternity
silence
he buries his forehead in her lower abdomen
she lifts up her toes
flying
Coding Choreography: A Diagram of the World
A top-down view unveils the stage as a digital canvas—a dark expanse marked by clear indicators for North, South, East, and West, and delicately segmented by quarter divisions. Nine softly glowing dots mirror the dancers' positions with precision, each dot echoing the physical presence on stage. As the performance unfolds, these luminous dots move in harmony with the dancers’ scores, their paths subtly traced by connecting lines that reveal the pathway of movement. This dynamic interplay redefines the mapping as a narrative of spatial relationships, where the shifting paths of the luminous dots capture the subtle rhythm of movement in digital form. Future enhancements will enable live tracking, forging an even closer connection between the immediacy of human motion and its digital reflection.
Artist & Choreography: NiNi Dongnier
Music Composition & Sound Design: Mauricio Pauly
Coding: Yuguang Zhang
Light Design: Guy de Lancey
Garment: NiNi Dongnier, Liz Prince
Fabrication: setzler
Performer: Adara Allen, Sarah Ashkin, Olivia Kuan-Romano, Sarina Malik, Mei Protzel, Genevieve Redmond, Yasemin Uluğ, Heather Wang, Lynn Wilcox
Technical Support: Tim Cryan, Robert Boston
Photo: Julia Discenza
Video: Nel Shelby, Meg Murphy, Mason Chapello
Commissioned by Columbia University Barnard College Dance Department.
Supported by Columbia University Barnard Movement Lab and Shanghai International Dance Center Theater.
11/21/-11/23/2024 New York Live Arts, New York, NY