Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Chong, Ping
2. Matthews, Michael, 1958-
3. Chong, Ping
4. Burton, Deena
5. Burton, Deena
6. Chang, Barbara
7. Gonzalez, Ching
8. Liem, Brian
9. Monsod, Trinket
10. Saito, Dawn
11. Yung, Perry
12. Hoyt, Margot
13. Bosch, Robert
14. Hallas, Brian
15. Ueno, Watoku
16. Hartley, Jan
17. Pelletier, Carol Ann
18. Hase, Thomas C.
19. La Mama Experimental Theatre Club
20. Ping Chong & Company. prd
21. Ping Chong & Company. dnr

Found in

1. Ping Chong archive.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (91 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. A poetic documentary exploring the history of contact between Japan, Europe and America from the 16th Century to the present. Spanning centuries, continents and cultures and combining theater, dance and visual spectacle, the production evokes a world at once hilarious and harrowing in which cultural boundaries are being profoundly and inextricably changed. Part one of a trilogy dealing with East-West encounters, comprised also of Chinoiserie and After sorrow.

Series statement

1. East/West quartet ; part 1

Uniform title

1. Deshima (Choreographic work : Chong)
2. East//West quartet. Part 1.

Alternative title

1. Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials

Subject

1. Performing arts > New York (State) > New York
2. Video
3. Performance art
4. East and West > Drama
5. Experimental theater > New York (State) > New York
6. Japan > Relations > Western countries > Drama
7. Japan > Relations > United States > Drama
8. Filmed performances
9. Video art

Genre/Form

1. Filmed performances.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6266

Note

1. Deshima received its American premiere at the La MaMa Annex, January 1-17, 1993.
2. Recorded during the first American performances of a theater piece originally produced by the Mickery Workshop in Holland in 1990.
3. "The La MaMa Archive video collection" -- Credits.
4. "Ellen Stewart private collection at the La MaMa E.T.C. Archives and library. Malvern performance" -- Label on original videocassette.

Credits (note)

1. Javanese dance choreographed by Deena Burton ; sound, Robert Bosch and Brian Hallas ; scenery, Watoku Ueno and Ping Chong ; projections, Jan Hartley and Ping Chong ; costumes, Carol Ann Pelletier ; lighting, Thomas Hase.

Performer (note)

1. Ping Chong and Company: Deena Burton, Barbara Chang, Ching Gonzalez, Brian Liem, Michael Matthews, Emerald Trinket Monsod, Dawn Saito, and Perry Yung ; voice-over by Margot Hoyt.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance at La MaMa Annex, New York, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1993.

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 archive. Moving image materials.

Title

1. Deshima, 1993-01-01 [videorecording] / presented by Ping Chong and Company ; conceived and directed by Ping Chong in collaboration with Michael Matthews.

Imprint

1. 1993.

Series

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

Cast

1. Ping Chong and Company: Deena Burton, Barbara Chang, Ching Gonzalez, Brian Liem, Michael Matthews, Emerald Trinket Monsod, Dawn Saito, and Perry Yung ; voice-over by Margot Hoyt.

Credits

1. Javanese dance choreographed by Deena Burton ; sound, Robert Bosch and Brian Hallas ; scenery, Watoku Ueno and Ping Chong ; projections, Jan Hartley and Ping Chong ; costumes, Carol Ann Pelletier ; lighting, Thomas Hase.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance at La MaMa Annex, New York, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1993.

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 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, conceptor.
4. Chong, Ping, set designer.
5. Matthews, Michael, 1958- Conceptor
6. Matthews, Michael, 1958- Performer
7. Matthews, Michael, 1958- Creator
8. Chong, Ping. Deshima.
9. Burton, Deena, choreographer.
10. Burton, Deena. Performer
11. Chang, Barbara. Performer
12. Gonzalez, Ching. Performer
13. Liem, Brian. Performer
14. Monsod, Trinket. Performer
15. Saito, Dawn. Performer
16. Yung, Perry. Performer
17. Hoyt, Margot. Performer
18. Bosch, Robert. Sound designer
19. Hallas, Brian. Sound designer
20. Ueno, Watoku. Set designer
21. Hartley, Jan.
22. Pelletier, Carol Ann. Costume designer
23. Hase, Thomas C. Lighting designer
24. La Mama Experimental Theatre Club.
25. Ping Chong & Company. Production personnel
26. Ping Chong & Company. Donor

Added title

1. Deshima (Choreographic work : Chong)
2. Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials

Found in:

1. Ping Chong archive.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6266