Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Chong, Ping
2. Chong, Ping
3. Fleming, John
4. Carpenter, Mel
5. Stanley, Walton
6. McDevitt, Mary
7. Habermas-Scher, Marilyn
8. Johnson, David
9. Morris, Bonnie
10. Robins, Michael
11. Rosenberg, Ira
12. Spector, Matthew
13. Stephens, Georgia
14. Kreilkamp, Ben
15. Harrison, Alfred
16. Graham, Hugh
17. Dimmitt, Marc
18. Thall, Larry
19. Swarbrick, John
20. Pappas, Sam
21. Brogger, Mary
22. Walker Art Center
23. Ping Chong & Company
24. Ping Chong & Company. dnr

Found in

1. Ping Chong archive.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (12 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. The multimedia performance combines dance, theater and audio-visual elements, and blends moderm technology and psychology with ancient ritual. Inspired by the musings of the 18th-century Swedish scientist and mystic Emmanuel Swedenborg and the late Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, Angels is premised on the notion that angels and devils derive from the human race -- Program.

Uniform title

1. Angels of Swedenborg (Choreographic work : Chong)

Alternative title

1. Fighting angels sequence
2. Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials

Subject

1. Dance
2. Filmed performances
3. Video
4. Performing arts > Minnesota > Minneapolis
5. Video art
6. Modern dance

Genre/Form

1. Filmed performances.
2. Video.
3. Dance.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6242

Note

1. Excerpt from unedited copy (Chong # 653).

Credits (note)

1. Assistant director and co-choreographer, John Fleming ; costume and prop design, Mel Carpenter ; set designer, Ping Chong ; lighting designer, Hugh Graham ; sound and production designer, Marc Dimmitt ; slide photographer, Larry Thall ; graphic artist, John Swarbrick ; prop artist, Sam Pappas ; mask artist, Mary Brogger ; comissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Ill.

Performer (note)

1. Walton Stanley (Robert Swedenborg) ; Mary McDevitt (Beast) ; Marilyn Habermas-Scher, David Johnson, Mary McDevitt, Bonnie Morris, Michael Robins, Ira Rosenberg, Matthew Spector, Georgia Stephens (Angels) ; Alfred Harrison, Ben Kreilkamp, Michael Robins (Spirits).

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn., 1986.

Funding (note)

1. The processing of the Ping Chong audio-visual materials was made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Leon Levy Foundation.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Source (note)

1. Ping Chong & Company;

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: the Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials.

Title

1. The angels of Swedenborg [videorecording] : fighting angels sequence / [production of] Ping Chong and the Fiji Theater Company ; directed and choreographed by Ping Chong.

Imprint

1. 1986.

Cast

1. Walton Stanley (Robert Swedenborg) ; Mary McDevitt (Beast) ; Marilyn Habermas-Scher, David Johnson, Mary McDevitt, Bonnie Morris, Michael Robins, Ira Rosenberg, Matthew Spector, Georgia Stephens (Angels) ; Alfred Harrison, Ben Kreilkamp, Michael Robins (Spirits).

Credits

1. Assistant director and co-choreographer, John Fleming ; costume and prop design, Mel Carpenter ; set designer, Ping Chong ; lighting designer, Hugh Graham ; sound and production designer, Marc Dimmitt ; slide photographer, Larry Thall ; graphic artist, John Swarbrick ; prop artist, Sam Pappas ; mask artist, Mary Brogger ; comissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Ill.

Event

1. Videotaped at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn., 1986.

Original version

1. Original format: 1 videoreel ; 1/2 in.

Funding

1. The processing of the Ping Chong audio-visual materials was made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Leon Levy Foundation.

System details

1. DVD.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: the Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials.

Source

1. Gift; Ping Chong & Company; 2009. NN-PD

Added author

1. Chong, Ping, director.
2. Chong, Ping, producer.
3. Chong, Ping. Angels of Swedenborg.
4. Chong, Ping, choreographer.
5. Fleming, John, choreographer.
6. Carpenter, Mel. Designer. Costume designer
7. Chong, Ping, set designer.
8. Stanley, Walton. Performer
9. McDevitt, Mary. Performer
10. Habermas-Scher, Marilyn. Performer
11. Johnson, David. Performer
12. Morris, Bonnie. Performer
13. Robins, Michael. Performer
14. Rosenberg, Ira. Performer
15. Spector, Matthew. Performer
16. Stephens, Georgia. Performer
17. Kreilkamp, Ben. Performer
18. Harrison, Alfred. Performer
19. Graham, Hugh. Lighting designer
20. Dimmitt, Marc. Sound designer
21. Thall, Larry. Photographer
22. Swarbrick, John.
23. Pappas, Sam. Production personnel
24. Brogger, Mary.
25. Walker Art Center.
26. Ping Chong & Company.
27. Ping Chong & Company. Donor

Added title

1. Angels of Swedenborg (Choreographic work : Chong)
2. Ping Chong archive. Moving image materials

Found in:

1. Ping Chong archive.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6242