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An evening of contemplation of an ancient Chinese poetess Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
An evening of contemplation of an ancient Chinese poetess [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
1989.

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Additional Authors
  • Chiang, Ching (Dancer)
  • Li, Zhaoji, active 11th century-12th century.
  • Gao, Xingjian.
  • Gao, Yougong, 1929-
  • Zhou, Long, 1953-
  • Tsao, Calvin.
  • Liu, Tim.
  • Chung, Yiu-Kwong.
  • Giannini, Christina.
  • Spence, Chenault.
  • Louis, John Peter.
  • Kisselgoff, Anna.
  • Chiang, Ching (Dancer).
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (28 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
A documentary about Chiang Ching (Jiang Qing), who performs her dance Variations on a poetess' lament, interspersed with observations by Chiang Ching as well as several other commentators. The commentators, including Anna Kisselgoff, Chief Dance Critic of the New York Times; Kao Yu-Kung, professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University; Calvin Tsao, architect, New York City; and Gao Xing-Jian, novelist, playwright and painter, discuss the life of Chiang Ching; her combination of Chinese classical dance and western modern dance techniques; the 12th-century poetess Li Ch'Chao, whose work inspired the piece; and the use of architectural typology in the set design.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 023
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, April 7-8, 1989.
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Biography (note)
  • Variations on a poetess' lament was first performed in April 1989 at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden.
Contents
Introduction, roots of Chinese dance / Chiang Ching, dancer ; Zhou Long, music arrangement/conductor ; Chang-Yuan Wang, Tim Liu, Yiu-Kwong Chung, musicians -- Variations on a poetess' lament / Chiang Ching, conception/choreography ; Li Ch' Chao, author, original poem ; Gao Xing-Jian, adaption and variation ; Zhou Long, composer ; Calvin Tsao, visual design ; Chenault Spence, lighting design ; A. Christina Giannini, costume design ; John Peter Louis, video effects.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1023
OCLC
172991407
Title
An evening of contemplation of an ancient Chinese poetess [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
1989.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 023
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Dancer, Chiang Ching.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, April 7-8, 1989.
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Biography
Variations on a poetess' lament was first performed in April 1989 at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden.
Added Author
Chiang, Ching (Dancer), choreographer.
Li, Zhaoji, active 11th century-12th century. Author in quotations or text abstracts
Gao, Xingjian. Adapter
Gao, Yougong, 1929- Speaker
Zhou, Long, 1953- Composer
Tsao, Calvin. Designer
Tsao, Calvin. Speaker
Liu, Tim. Musician
Chung, Yiu-Kwong. Musician
Giannini, Christina. Costume designer
Spence, Chenault. Lighting designer
Louis, John Peter. Designer
Chiang, Ching (Dancer), dancer.
Kisselgoff, Anna. Speaker
Chiang, Ching (Dancer). Speaker
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1023
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