Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Wong, Yen Lu
2. Gilot, Françoise, 1921-2023.
3. Lewitzky, Bella.
4. Clifford, John, 1947-
5. Rogers, Raiford.
6. Eisenberg, Mary Jane.
7. Perez, Rudy.
8. Arpino, Gerald.
9. Los Angeles Ballet.
10. Joffrey Ballet.
11. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (48 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Compilation of five recordings, including performance and interview footage.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Yen Lu Wong.

Uniform title

1. Call of ancient voices III: Seres ceremonials (Choreographic work : Wong)
2. Cicada images, moulting (Choreographic work : Wong)
3. Golden mountain (Choreographic work : Wong)

Subject

1. Dance
2. Dance > California > Los Angeles
3. Video
4. Modern dance > California
5. Videodance
6. Dance companies > California
7. Site-specific performance
8. Interviews
9. Open air performances > United States
10. Asian Americans

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Interviews.
3. Video.

Contents

1. The choreography of Yen Lu Wong: a selection (ca. 16 min.). Promotional video containing performance excerpts and a commentary by scenographer Françoise Gilot. The performance excerpts are from Shime (two excerpts respectively titled Welcome fires and Cycle of our births) ; Seres: Call of ancient voices III, Ceremony of earth and stone ; Cicada images, moulting (four excerpts) ; Golden mountain (three excerpts). This segment also appears on *MGZIC 9-1399 The choreography of Yen Lu Wong: a selection.
2. Gumboots, a video dance (ca. 3 min.) / conception, creation and videography, Yen Lu Wong ; performed by Neil Burns.
3. Unfolding (ca. 2 min.) / [no title on frame] ; videography, Ruben Moller ; choreography, Yen Lu Wong ; music, Barry Truax ; performed by Dawn Trudeau.
4. [Interview with Yen Lu Wong] (ca. 15 min.) / [no title on frame] ; NAmTV ; in Mandarin Chinese ; followed by dance excerpts performed by Yen Lu Wong.
5. [Choreographers in Los Angeles] (ca. 8 min.) / [no title on frame] ; KCET ; excerpt from an unidentified television program ; includes interviews with Bella Lewitzky (also seen in b&w archival footage, dancing as a member of Lester Horton's company), John Clifford, Raiford Rogers, Mary Jane Eisenberg, Yen Lu Wong, Rudy Perez, and Gerald Arpino ; the discussion centers on the difficulty of working as a choreographer in Los Angeles. Performance and rehearsal footage includes Ruth St. Denis dancing outdoors, an excerpt from a ballet danced by the Los Angeles Ballet, and an excerpt from the Joffrey Ballet's Romeo and Juliet.
6. LAVA (ca. 4 min.) / [no title on frame] ; interview with Yen Lu Wong on a new site-specific open-air work to be premiered in summer 1985 ; followed by excerpts from the work, performed by her company.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3367

Note

1. Titles and data for last four items from original container.

Title

1. The choreography of Yen Lu Wong [videorecording]

Imprint

1. [199-?]

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Local subject

1. Open air performances -- United States.
2. Site-specific performance.
3. Videodance.

Added author

1. Wong, Yen Lu, choreographer. ive, dancer.
2. Gilot, Françoise, 1921-2023. Commentator
3. Lewitzky, Bella. Interviewee
4. Clifford, John, 1947- Interviewee
5. Rogers, Raiford. Interviewee
6. Eisenberg, Mary Jane. Interviewee
7. Perez, Rudy. Interviewee
8. Arpino, Gerald. Interviewee
9. Los Angeles Ballet.
10. Joffrey Ballet.
11. DHCA.

Added title

1. Call of ancient voices III: Seres ceremonials (Choreographic work : Wong)
2. Cicada images, moulting (Choreographic work : Wong)
3. Golden mountain (Choreographic work : Wong)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3367