15-17 Oct 2004. For Romaeuropa Festival in Undesirable Elements UE 92/02. Ping Chong was born in 1946 and raised in New Yorks Chinatown. He studied film-making and graphic design before beginning his theatrical career as a member of Meredith Monks The House Foundation. He collaborated with her on several major works, and in 1972 Ping Chong gathered a group of artists at Meredith Monks loft in New York to create Lazarus, his first independent theatre work. Since then, he has created over 50 major works for the stage. In 1998 he created Kwaidan, his first full-length work for puppets, in collaboration with Jon Ludwig and Mitsuru Ishii. In recent years he has expanded his exploration to include video and visual arts installations. Ping Chong and Company, originally The Fiji Theatre Company, was founded in 1975 to explore the meaning of contemporary theatre and art at an international level. In English with Italian subtitles.