Ping Chong is an American contemporary theater director, choreographer, video and installation artist.
11 Facts About Ping Chong
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Ping Chong was born in Toronto and raised in the Chinatown section of New York City.
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Ping Chong is an early pioneer of interdisciplinary theater and the integration of media into it.
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Ping Chong is considered a seminal figure in Asian American theater and the Asian American arts movement.
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Ping Chong was both a performer and collaborator in Monk's company.
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Ping Chong created his first independent theatre work, Lazarus in 1972.
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Ping Chong's roots are in the visual arts, in film, in dance and in the Chinese Opera.
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Central to Ping Chong's work is the theme of Otherness.
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In 1980 Ping Chong formed a small ensemble and it is with this group of performers which includes, Jeannie Hutchins, Louise Smith, John Fleming, and Brian Hallas that he evolved his performance style.
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This, The 2nd decade of Ping Chong's works include 3 major works back to back.
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Nosferatu, A Symphony of Darkness, a work straddling the allegorical with Ping Chong's increasing interest in art as activism.