Chinoiserie: movement rehearsal
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Title
Chinoiserie: movement rehearsal
Collection
Names
Chong, Ping (Director)
Chong, Ping (Producer)
Ping Chong & Company (Production personnel)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1990 - 1999 (Questionable)
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-7196
Subjects
Theater rehearsals -- United States
Immigrants -- United States -- Drama
Chinese -- United States
China -- Relations -- Western countries -- Drama
East and West -- Drama
Video art
Genres
Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: conceived and directed by Ping Chong.
Funding: The processing of the Ping Chong audio-visual materials was made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Leon Levy Foundation.
Acquisition: Gift; Ping Chong & Company; 2009. NN-PD
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (45 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Abstract
A rehearsal of the 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.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19713759
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8fb3fa10-e369-0130-ae02-3c075448cc4b
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1990
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Chinoiserie: movement rehearsal" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990 - 1999. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8fb3fa10-e369-0130-ae02-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1990 - 1999). Chinoiserie: movement rehearsal Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8fb3fa10-e369-0130-ae02-3c075448cc4b
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Chinoiserie: movement rehearsal" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8fb3fa10-e369-0130-ae02-3c075448cc4b
Wikipedia citation
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