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Additional authors

1. Shang, Ruby
2. Hwang, David Henry, 1957-
3. Ruby Shang and Company, Dancers.
4. ABC Television Network.
5. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (7 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. News story on the dance work Yellow punk dolls, created in collaboration by choreographer Ruby Shang and playwright David Henry Hwang. They discuss the work's themes, which deal with stereotypes of Asian women, and interactions and conflicts between East and West. Scenes from rehearsals of the work, which was first performed at the Joyce Theater in New York in January 1991, include a section based on kendo, a Japanese martial art form.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Ellen Jacobs Associates.

Uniform title

1. Yellow punk dolls (Choreographic work : Shang)

Subject

1. News
2. Asian Americans
3. Dance
4. Artistic collaboration
5. Video
6. Kendo

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. News.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-2523

Note

1. Title from original container ; choreographer's name misspelled Ruby Chang.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewees: Ruby Shang and David Henry Hwang.

Event (note)

1. Telecast by WABC-TV, New York, on January 19, 1991.

Title

1. New York views. Ruby Shang/Yellow punk dolls [videorecording] / WABC-TV, New York ; producer, Jeelu Billimoria.

Imprint

1. New York, N.Y. : WABC-TV, 1991.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Event

1. Telecast by WABC-TV, New York, on January 19, 1991.

Performer

1. Interviewees: Ruby Shang and David Henry Hwang.
2. Danced by Ruby Shang and Company.

Added author

1. Shang, Ruby, choreographer. Interviewee
2. Hwang, David Henry, 1957- interviewee.
3. Ruby Shang and Company, Dancers.
4. ABC Television Network.
5. DHCA.

Added title

1. Yellow punk dolls (Choreographic work : Shang)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-2523