After Sorrow
About the Production
After Sorrow is a dance theater work that features four separate—yet thematically related—solo dance theatre pieces performed by Muna Tseng. Based on biographical and autobiographical sources, After Sorrow examines the fragile place where personal histories intersect and are transformed into a universal truth. Using dance, spoken and recorded texts, live music and image, After Sorrow creates an imagistic picture of East-West relations, culminating in a portrait of Vietnam- after the French-after the Americans-after the war facing an inconclusive future. The first three pieces (L'Histoire Chinoise, Whispers of the Stone and 98.6: a convergence in 15 minutes) form a suite about loss and the obligations owed to family and friends; the fourth piece After Sorrow (Viet Nam) is about the legacy of war. 98.6 was a free standing chamber work which was integrated into After Sorrow.
After Sorrow is the third part of Ping Chong’s East/West Quartet.
Production Team And Cast
Conceived, Written and Directed by
Ping Chong
Composer
Josef Fung
Choreographer
Muna Tseng
Music
Wu Man (Pipa)
Lighting Design
Thomas Hase
Costume Design
Han Feng and Stefani Mar
Set and Production Design
Watoku Ueno
Sound Design
David Meschter and Brian Hallas
Dramaturg
Anna Seckinger
Stage Manager
Courtney Golden
Cast
Muna Tseng
Performance History
Premiere
La MaMa E.T.C., New York, NY (January 1997)
Tours
California State University in Long Beach, CA (July 1997)
The Theater of Nations Festival in Seoul, Republic of Korea (September 1997)
Dance Place, Washington, DC (October 1997)
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY (October 1997)
Rockford College, Rockford, IL (February 1998)
University of Texas, El Paso, TX (April 1998)
The Festival of Asian Art in Hong Kong (October 1998)
Partners
Muna Tseng Dance Projects
