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Ping Chong | |
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Born | Toronto, Canada | October 2, 1946
Education | School of Visual Arts, and Pratt Institute |
Occupation(s) | Theater Director, Interdisciplinary Artist, Choreographer, Playwright, Filmmaker, and Visual Artist |
Ping Chong (Chinese: 張家平; pinyin: Zhāng Jiāpíng; born 1946) is a Canadian-born American contemporary theatre director, choreographer, video and installation artist. Born in Toronto and raised in the Chinatown section of Manhattan, Chong is a creator of and an early pioneer in interdisciplinary theater work and the integration of media into it. Chong is considered a seminal figure in Asian American theatre and the Asian American arts movement.