| The East/West Quartet Contributor(s): Chong, Ping (Author), Hagedorn, Jessica (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1559362294 ISBN-13: 9781559362290 Publisher: Theatre Communications Group OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: For nearly three decades, Ping Chong and his company have written and staged some of the most innovative and arresting examinations of "the Other" on stages in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. His work more than any other artist has explored the ways Asian cultures have intersected with contemporary American society and throughout history. This volume collects four of his masterworks created over the past decade, including:
"The Washington Post" has said these works are "like poems in their simplicity and power to evoke . . . -carefully wrought and beautifully designed. "As an artist, I'm an outsider in American society. As an experimental artist, I'm an outsider in the art world. As a person of color, I'm an outsider; as an immigrant, I'm an outsider; as a gay man, I'm an outsider. It's the position that fate has allotted me, but it's a valuable postion to be in, because I think every society should have a mirror held to it by the outsider."-Ping Chong, 1999 Ping Chong was born in 1946 and raised in the Chinatown section of New York City. He began his theatrical career with Meredith Monk and later founded his own company in 1975, which later became Ping Chong and Company. It was created to explore the meaning of contemporary theatre and art on a national and international level. He has created over fifty major works for thestage, including "Humboldt's Current, Nosferatu, Kind Ness," and "Undesirable Elements," His works have received numerous Obie and Bessie Awards and are performed throughout the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Asian - General - Performing Arts - History | Asia - General |
| Dewey: 812.54 |
| LCCN: 2003015699 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.6" W x 8.54" (0.69 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For nearly three decades, Ping Chong and his company have written and staged some of the most innovative and arresting examinations of the Other on stages in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. His work more than any other artist has explored the ways Asian cultures have intersected with contemporary American society and throughout history. This volume collects four of his masterworks created over the past decade, including:
The Washington Post has said these works are like poems in their simplicity and power to evoke . . . -carefully wrought and beautifully designed. Artfully and elegantly conceived, rich in metaphor, political yet deeply personal, the four works in The East-West Quartet tell us much about the pitfalls and ironies of history, the various contradictions, collisions and collusions within the East and the West, and the search for national and personal identity. A true citizen of the world, Ping Chong refuses to be pigeonholed and goes his own way, as much at home on the streets of Beijing and Paris as he is on the Canal Street in New York. He continues to make work that bristles with intelligence, that is filled with empathy for the human condition, that is angry yet beautiful - work that matters. It is all here in this book. - Jessica Hagedorn, from her preface As an artist, I'm an outsider in American society. As an experimental artist, I'm an outsider in the art world. As a person of color, I'm an outsider; as an immigrant, I'm an outsider; as a gay man, I'm an outsider. It's the position that fate has allotted me, but it's a valuable postion to be in, because I think every society should have a mirror held to it by the outsider.--Ping Chong, 1999 Ping Chong was born in 1946 and raised in the Chinatown section of New York City. He began his theatrical career with Meredith Monk and later founded his own company in 1975, which later became Ping Chong and Company. It was created to explore the meaning of contemporary theatre and art on a national and international level. He has created over fifty major works for the stage, including Humboldt's Current, Nosferatu, Kind Ness, and Undesirable Elements. His works have received numerous Obie and Bessie Awards and are performed throughout the world. |