Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Chong, Ping
2. Klucevsek, Guy
3. Matthews, Michael, 1958-
4. Chong, Ping
5. Seckinger, Regine Anna
6. Oquita, Ric
7. Chen, Shizheng
8. Chen, Shizheng
9. Hayes, Aleta
10. Keane, Michael Edo
11. Elson, Steve
12. Ruyle, Bill
13. Lars, Byron
14. Hartley, Jan
15. Hase, Thomas C.
16. Meschter, Dave
17. Pelletier, Carol Ann
18. Chan, Kwok Yuen
19. Golden, Courtney
20. Allardice, Bruce
21. Ping Chong & Company. prd
22. Applied Audio Technologies. sds
23. Ping Chong & Company. dnr

Found in

1. Ping Chong archive.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (100 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. A multimedia performance piece portraying through song, dance, and spoken text critical moments in Chinese-Western relations, focusing mainly on the history of Chinese immigrants and their descendants in the United States, especially the discrimination and mistreatment they endured. Interspersed are personal anecdotes told by Ping Chong, himself a Chinese-American. Part two of a trilogy dealing with East-West encounters, comprised also of Deshima and After sorrow.

Series statement

1. East/West quartet ; part 2

Uniform title

1. Chinoiserie (Theater work : Chong)
2. East//West quartet. Part 2.

Alternative title

1. Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials

Subject

1. China > Relations > Western countries > Drama
2. Immigrants > United States > Drama
3. Video
4. Filmed performances
5. East and West > Drama
6. Performing arts > New York (State) > Buffalo
7. Video art
8. Chinese > United States > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Filmed performances.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6153

Credits (note)

1. Costume design, Byron Lars ; sets and projections design, Jan Hartley ; lighting design, Thomas Hase ; sound design, David Meschter/Applied Audio Technologies ; period costumes, Carol Ann Pelletier and Chan Kwok Yuen ; dramaturgy, Regine Anna Seckinger ; stage manager, Courtney Golden ; managing directors, Bruce Allardice and Ping Chong and Company.

Performer (note)

1. Performed by Ping Chong, Shi-Zheng Chen, Aleta Hayes, Michael Edo Keane, Ric Oquita.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance, Oct. 15, 1995, at SUNY, Center for the Arts, Drama Theater, Buffalo, N.Y.

Funding (note)

1. The processing of the Ping Chong audio-visual materials was made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Leon Levy Foundation.

Source (note)

1. Ping Chong & Company;

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: the Ping Chong audio-visual materials.
2. Forms part of: the Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials.

Title

1. Chinoiserie [videorecording] / conceived and directed by Ping Chong ; produced by Ping Chong and Company ; music by Guy Klucevsek ; text and lyrics by Michael Matthews and Ping Chong, Regine Anna Seckinger, and Ric Oquita ; choreography by Shi-Zheng Chen.

Imprint

1. 1995.

Series

1. East/West quartet ; part 2
2. East//West quartet. Part 2.

Cast

1. Performed by Ping Chong, Shi-Zheng Chen, Aleta Hayes, Michael Edo Keane, Ric Oquita.

Performer

1. Music performed by Guy Klucevsek, Steve Elson, and Bill Ruyle.

Credits

1. Costume design, Byron Lars ; sets and projections design, Jan Hartley ; lighting design, Thomas Hase ; sound design, David Meschter/Applied Audio Technologies ; period costumes, Carol Ann Pelletier and Chan Kwok Yuen ; dramaturgy, Regine Anna Seckinger ; stage manager, Courtney Golden ; managing directors, Bruce Allardice and Ping Chong and Company.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance, Oct. 15, 1995, at SUNY, Center for the Arts, Drama Theater, Buffalo, N.Y.

Funding

1. The processing of the Ping Chong audio-visual materials was made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Leon Levy Foundation.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: the Ping Chong audio-visual materials.
2. Forms part of: the Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials.

Source

1. Gift; Ping Chong & Company; 2009. NN-PD

Added author

1. Chong, Ping, director.
2. Chong, Ping, producer.
3. Chong, Ping, performer.
4. Chong, Ping, lyricist.
5. Klucevsek, Guy. Composer
6. Klucevsek, Guy. Performer
7. Matthews, Michael, 1958- Librettist
8. Matthews, Michael, 1958- Lyricist
9. Chong, Ping. Chinoiserie.
10. Seckinger, Regine Anna. Lyricist
11. Oquita, Ric. Lyricist
12. Oquita, Ric. Performer
13. Chen, Shizheng, choreographer.
14. Chen, Shizheng. Performer
15. Hayes, Aleta. Performer
16. Keane, Michael Edo. Performer
17. Elson, Steve. Performer
18. Ruyle, Bill. Performer
19. Lars, Byron. Costume designer
20. Hartley, Jan. Set designer
21. Hase, Thomas C. Lighting designer
22. Meschter, Dave. Sound designer
23. Pelletier, Carol Ann. Costume designer
24. Chan, Kwok Yuen. Costume designer
25. Golden, Courtney. Production personnel
26. Allardice, Bruce. Production personnel
27. Seckinger, Regine Anna. Production personnel
28. Ping Chong & Company. Production personnel
29. Applied Audio Technologies. Sound designer
30. Ping Chong & Company. Donor

Added title

1. Chinoiserie (Theater work : Chong)
2. Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials

Found in:

1. Ping Chong archive.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6153