Choreography Commissions
(since 1978)
1997
"Judgment," (12 minutes) solo for Li
Chiao-Ping. Music: John Cage; Text: Mel Wong. First
Performance Wisconsin Union Theater, Madison, WI (March)
"Other Voices," (5 minutes). Music: Alfred Schnittke. Six
dancers, Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, Rochester MI (April)
"Other Voices," (5 minutes). Music: Alfred Schnittke. Six
dancers, Eisenhower Dance Ensemble. Macomb Center for the
Performing Arts, Rochester MI (April)
1995
"White Orchid," (10 minutes). Music: Henryk
Gorecki. Twelve dancers. Lathrop Hall, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI (April)
1994
"Eddy," (one hour), performed in six
different spaces (inside and out). Architecture: Frank
Gehry; Music: Drew Gordon and Henryk Gorecki; Text: Mel
Wong. Six dancers . Fredrick R. Weisman Art Museum,
University of Minnesota (February)
1992
"Lake Quartz Mountain and Sky," (20 minutes).
Music: Chopin and Mozart. Twenty dancers. Premiere,
Okalahoma Summer Arts Institute (June)
"Portico," (15 minutes). Music: Frederick Chopin. Five
dancers. Premiere, Community Dance Collective, Boulder, CO
(July)
"The Climb," (20 minutes). Music: Alfred Schnittke. Five
dancers. Premiere, Community Dance Collective, Boulder, CO
(July)
1991
"The Sun/The Moon," Premiere at the Louis B.
Mayer Theater, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
(October)
"The Sun/The Moon," new work for Silvia Martins, former
dancer for Mark Morris Dance Company, Melissa Fenley Dance
Company, and Jose Limon Dance Company. Music: Chopin and
Schnittke (September)
"The Other House." Music: Mozart; Text: Mel Wong.
Stanford University, Stanford, CA (May)
1990
"Dancing Through the Years," solo dance for
Mercy Sidbury, former dancer for Margret Jenkins Dance
Company, Music: Mozart, Text: Mel Wong. Footworks, San
Francisco, CA (April)
"1959," (8 minutes) for Sonja Delwaide, Canadian dancer
with Robert Desrosiers Dance Theater. Music: David Corell.
Footworks, San Francisco, CA (April)
"Falling Sky Event," (1 hour), an outdoor dance piece
with five skydivers, 30 dancers, trapeze artist, projection,
motorcycles and tree climbers. Music: David Corell, Jesse
Manno. Artsfest/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (July)
1989
"Running Rain," (12 minutes), Music: Nelson
Hiu. Glenwood Springs Dance Works (April)
1987
"Midnight," (18 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan.
7 dancers. Rhode Island Dance Company, Providence, RI
(March)
1986
"Les Adieux," (18 minutes). Music: Edith Piaf
and Mozart. 9 dancers. Plexiglass panel sets by Mel Wong.
Purchase Dance Corps, Purchase, NY (December)
"Contact," (34 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan. 18 dancers.
Painted panels and sculptures by Mel Wong. Arizona State
University, Tempe, AZ (April)
1985
"Buddha at the Mount," (25 minutes). Music:
Mozart's "Great Mass in C Minor." 12 dancers. Performed
simultaneously indoors and outdoors, so that the outdoors
was seen through the windows. EDAM (Experimental Dance and
Music), The Western Front, Vancouver, BC (July)
1984
"Sitting Bull Meets Buddha in the Reading
Room," (55 minutes). Music: Skip La Plante. 43 dancers, 3
motorcycles, and 2 horses. Choreographed outdoors around
Siah Armajani's sculpture, "Reading Room III." The Newberger
Museum, Purchase, NY (September)
1983
"Breakwater," (20 minutes), "Running Lights,"
(25 minutes), "Twighlight," (16 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan.
Modern Dance Theatre of Hong Kong, Asian Arts Festival, City
Hall, Hong Kong (October)
"Early Days," (12 minutes). Music: Michael Cherry. 92nd
Street Dance Center, New York City, NY (June)
"Ariel," (15 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan. Students.
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (May)
"Running Times," (16 minutes). Music: David Yokum.
Students. Manhattanville College (April)
1982
"Manhattanville Summer Piece," (20 minutes).
Music: David Yokum. Students. Manhattanville College (July)
"Landings," (20 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan & Skip La
Plante. Basement Workshop, Morita Dance Company, New York
City, NY (March)
1981
"Towers," (20 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan.
Mixed media. SUNY, College at Purchase, NY (November)
"Jelly Bean (red)," (7 minutes), "Jelly Bean (white),"
(19 minutes), "Jelly Bean (blue)," (3 minutes). Music:
Ligeti & Rob Kaplan. New York University, New York City,
NY (July)
"Rush," (6 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan. Douglas Bolivar,
Dancers in Repertory. Japan Society, New York City, NY
(June)
1980
"Imprint," (8 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan.
Junko Kikuchi. Japan House, New York City, NY (November)
"Kiezelstenen (Pebbles)," (24 minutes). Music: Rob
Kaplan. Werkcentrum Dans, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
(August)
1979
"Windows," (27 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan.
Werkcentrum Dans, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (August)
1978
"Winds," (20 minutes). Music: Michael Blair.
SUNY, College at Purchase, NY (January)
"Watertown," ( 1 hour, 20 minutes). Mixed media. Harvard
Summer School Dance Center, Cambridge, MA
Choreography
(since 1970)
1997
"Guava," (9 minutes). Music: Philip Glass
from the music of David Bowie and Brian Eno; Costumes:
Rebecca Lustig. Eleven dancers. University of California,
Santa Cruz (May)
"Night Piece," (25 minutes). Text: Mel Wong; Costumes:
Rebecca Lustig. Eleven dancers. University of California,
Santa Cruz (May)
"Grace," (12 minutes). Music: Michael Nyman; Costumes:
Rebecca Lustig. Eleven dancers, University of California,
Santa Cruz (May)
1996
"Stories," (20 minutes). Music: John Cage;
Text: Mel Wong. Eleven dancers. Performing Arts Main
Theater, University of California, Santa Cruz (May)
"Zone," (5 minutes). Music: Alfred Schnittke. Six
dancers. Performing Arts Main Theater, University of
California, Santa Cruz (May)
"Voices," (18 minutes). Music: Richard Finhon; Text: Mel
Wong. Thirteen dancers. Performing Arts Main Theater,
University of California, Santa Cruz (May)
"Stars," (22 minutes). Music: Scott Joplin. Fifteen
dancers. Performing Arts Main Theater, University of
California, Santa Cruz (May)
1995
"Never Say Never," (12 minutes), solo for
Connie Kreemer. Music: Robby Maclean; Text: Mel Wong;
Lights: Julia Festa. This dance was made possible in part by
the National Endowment for the Arts. Santa Cruz Dance
Gallery (October)
"Where the Dreams Lead," (27 minutes). Music: Racel
Somerville, Robby Maclean and Franz Liszt; Text: Mel Wong;
Lights: Julia Festa; Costumes: Irene Wright. Twenty-one
dancers. University of California, Santa Cruz (March)
"White Lily," (15 minutes). Music: Laurie Anderson;
Costumes: Irene Wright; Lighting: Julia Festa, twelve
dancers. University of California, Santa Cruz (March)
1994
"Nine Women," (18 minutes). Music: Le Mystere
des Voix Bulgares. Nine dancers. Performing Arts Theater,
University of California, Santa Cruz (May)
"Bolero," (17 minutes), solo for guest artist Silvia
Martins. Music: Maurice Ravel. Performing Arts Theater,
University of California, Santa Cruz (May)
"O Superman/Beautiful Red Dress," (11 minutes). Music:
Laurie Anderson. Nine dancers. Performing Arts Theater,
University of California, Santa Cruz (May)
"Testimony," (30 minutes). Music: Gordon Mumma; Text: Mel
Wong; Video: Gregory Blum. Sixteen dancers. Performing Arts
Theater, University of California, Santa Cruz (May)
1993
"Orchid," (10 minutes). Music: Henryk
Gorecki. Eighteen dancers. Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute
(June)
"Comet," (12 minutes). Music: Philip Glass. Eighteen
dancers. Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute (June)
"The Dream," (16 minutes). Music: Mozard and Edith Piaf.
Ten dancers. University of California, Santa Cruz (May)
"The Call," (25 minutes). Music: David Hykes, Tom Waits;
Text: Mel Wong; Video: Wendy Bell. Ten dancers. University
of California, Santa Cruz (May)
"Formation," (9 minutes), performed by guest artist Mercy
Sidbury. Music: John Cage. University of California, Santa
Cruz (May)
1992
"Reunion," (30 minutes). Music: Tim Rush;
Video: Wendy Bell. Premiere, University of California, Santa
Cruz. (May)
"Summit," (20 minutes). Music: Wade Peterson and Greg
Blum. Eleven dancers. Premiere, University of California,
Santa Cruz (May)
Silence," (10 minutes), Music: Tang Dynasty. Premiere,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
(January)
1991
"The House," (20 minutes). Music: Aruo Part.
Twenty dancers. Performing Arts Theater, University of
California, Santa Cruz (March)
"PI = 3.14," (15 minutes). Music: Chopin. Ten dancers.
Performing Arts Theater, University of California, Santa
Cruz (March)
"What's in the Bag," (10 minutes). Six dancers.
Performing Arts Theater, University of California, Santa
Cruz (March)
1990
"With a Blink of the Eye," choreographed and
performed for the Fifth Hong Kong International Dance
Conference/Festival, Hong Kong Academy for the Performing
Arts (July)
"Butterfly Dream," (15 minutes), Chinese folk tale,
directed by Xu Qi Ping, Porter College, University of
California, Santa Cruz (April)
"Dancing Through the Years," solo for Mercy Sidbury.
Music: Mozart; Text: Mel Wong. Footworks, San Francisco
(April)
"Current Edition," (1 hour). Music: Billy McGurrin; Sets:
Norvid Roos and Mel Wong; Costumes: Elaine Roos. Seventeen
dancers. Performing Arts Theater, University of Califronia,
Santa Cruz (March)
"Le Sacre du Printemps," (42 minutes). Music: Stravinsky;
Costumes: Elaine Roos. Nine dancers. Performing Arts
Theater, University of California, Santa Cruz (March)
1989
"Childhood Secrets," choreographed especially
for the Chinese Hawaii Bicentennial Celebration.
Text/dancer: Mel Wong. Kennedy Theatre, Honolulu, Hawaii
(November)
"Editorial News," (one hour). Music: David Correll; Text:
Mel Wong; Sets: Mel Wong. Thirteen dancers. Film Collection,
University of Colorado, Boulder (April)
1988
"I'm Running as Fast as I Can But Where Am I
Going?" (12 minutes). Music: Jesse Manno. University of
Colorado, Boulder (December)
"Pass," (24 minutes). Music: Franz Liszt. University of
Colorado, Boulder (December)
"August," (30 minutes). Music: Antonio Vivaldi.
Twenty-two dancers. University of Colorado, Boulder
(December)
"Luminary Comelight," (15 minutes), World Premiere. Also
performed at the International Festival of Dance Academies
(Hong Kong, 1988), Tour Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhous.
Music: Antonio Vivaldi; Sets: Mel Wong. Eight dancers. Hong
Kong Academy for the Performing Arts (May)
"Luminary Rust," (15 minutes). Music: Nelson Hiu. Eight
dancers. Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts (May)
1987
"Blue Mesa," (32 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan.
Collaboration with film maker T.W. Timreck. Filmed in the
Petrified Forest National Park with six dancers. Mel Wong
Dance Company. Emanu-El Midtown "Y," New York City, NY
(February)
1985
"Buddha Meets Einstein at the Great Wall,"
(one hour). Music: Philip Glass. Collaboration with computer
video artist Ron Rocco, and architect Michael Janne. Mel
Wong Dance Company. The Asia Society, New York City, NY
(March)
1984
"Future Antiquities," (one hour). Music: Ron
Kuivila. Collaboration with environmental light sculptor
Cathey Billian. Mel Wong Dance Company. The Whitney Museum
of American Art at Philip Morris (May)
1983
"Eclipse," (7 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan.
Solo for Mel Wong. The Asian Arts Festival, City Hall, Hong
Kong (October)
"Seasons," (6 minutes). Music: Beethoven. Solo for Connie
Kreemer. The Asian Arts Festival, City Hall, Hong Kong
(October)
"Untitled," (12 minutes). Music: Poulenc. Quebec Ete
Danse Dancers. Lac du Nations, Sherbrooke, Canada (July)
"Scenario on a Bridge," (one hour). Music: Rob Kaplan,
Bob Kuttruf, Skip La Plante. Commissioned by Creative Time
Inc. Collaboration with architect Michael Janne for the
Brooklyn Bridge Centennial Celebration. Mel Wong Dance
Company. The Brooklyn Anchorage, Brooklyn, NY (June)
"Jade," (1 hour, 20 minutes). Music: Skip La Plante.
Projections and sets: Mel Wong. Lighting: Blu. Costumes:
Gabriel Berry. 36 performers. Two-week season at La Mama
E.T.C., New York City, NY (May)
1982
"Paris," (20 minutes). Music: Skip La Plante.
Costumes: Gabriel Berry. Lighting: Blu. Abstract 12 foot
sculpture. Mel Wong Dance Company. Riverside Dance Festival,
New York City, NY (December)
"Zephyr," (5 minutes). Music: Skip La Plante. Costumes:
Gabriel Berry. Lighting: Blu. Mel Wong Dance Company.
Riverside Dance Festival, New York City, NY (December)
"Catch," (15 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan. Costumes:
Gabriel Berry. Mel Wong Dance Company. The Dance Place,
Washington, D.C. (May)
"Prologue A,B,C," (total 7 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan.
"Migration," (15 minutes). Music: Skip La Plante.
"Telegram," (19 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan and Skip La
Plante.
"From Connecticut to New York," (7 minutes). Music: Skip
La Plante.
"Desert Ghosts," (25 minutes). Music: Skip La Plante.
Costumes: Gabriel Berry. Lighting: Blu. Mixed media.
Drawings exhibited. Mel Wong Dance Company. The Riverside
Dance Festival, New York City, NY (March)
"Seasons," (7 minutes). Music: Beethoven. Trinity
College, Hartford, CT (January)
1981
"Merge," (30 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan.
Video: Dennis Diamond. Costumes: Gabriel Berry. Lighting:
Colman Rupp. Mel Wong Dance Company. Hunter College
Playhouse, New York City, NY (May)
"Shuttle," (15 minutes). Music: Skip La Plante. Costumes:
Gabriel Berry. Lighting: Colman Rupp. Mel Wong Dance
Company. Hunter College Playhouse, New York City, NY (May)
"Solo 1," "Solo 2," "Solo 3," (3 minutes each). Mel Wong
Dance Company. Hunter College, New York City, NY (May)
"Palms," (21 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan. Mel Wong Dance
Company. West Orange Y, NJ (January)
1980
"Bouncing," (19 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan.
Students. Pepsico Summerfare '80, SUNY, College at Purchase,
NY (August)
"Untitled," (45 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan. Lecture
demonstration. Mel Wong Dance Company. George Washington
University, Washington, DC (June)
"Wings-Arc," (30 minutes). Music: Skip La Plante. Used
stones and logs. Sets: Mel Wong. Lighting: Colman Rupp.
Costumes: Allison Lances. Mel Wong Dance Company. Emanu-EL
Midtown YM-YWHA. New York City, NY (May)
"Streams," (8 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan. Lighting:
Colman Rupp. Three dances performed in the nude, in 30 trays
of water. Mel Wong Dance Company. Emanu-EL Midtown YM-YWHA,
New York City, NY (May)
"Phones," (19 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan. Drawings
exhibited. Mel Wong Dance Company. The Performing Arts
Center, the Emanu-El Midtown YM-YWHA, New York City, NY
(May)
1979
"Peaks," (1 hour, 20 minutes). Music: Rob
Kaplan. Mixed media. Drawings and sculpture exhibited. Mel
Wong Dance Company. Dance Umbrella, Camera Mart/Stage One,
New York City, NY (November)
"Salt," (1 hour, 20 minutes). Music: Rob Kaplan. Video:
Dennis Diamond. Program booklet, drawings and sculpture:
50-foot wall dividing dance space. Mel Wong Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Dance Studio, New York City, NY (June)
"Epoxy," (15 minutes). Music: Sound Collage. Student
repertory. SUNY, College at Purchase, NY (Spring)
1978
"You See It All Started Like This...," (1
hour, 30 minutes). Music: J. S. Bach, Skip La Plante and Rob
Kaplan. Mixed media. Dialogue, drawings exhibited, film,
slides, paintings and sculptures. Mel Wong Dance Company.
Dance Umbrella Entermedia Theatre, New York City, NY
(November)
"The Organization, Performed by the Organization: We are
Looking for the Letter," (25 minutes). Music: Bach.
Dialogue: Mel Wong. Student repertory. SUNY, College at
Purchase, NY (Spring)
"Harbor," (1 hour, 45 minutes). Music: Skip La Plante.
Drawings exhibited. Mel Wong Dance Company. American Theatre
Laboratory, Dance Theater Workshop (full production), New
York City, NY (March)
"Door Number One, Door Number Two and Door Number Three,"
(27 dancers). Music: Rob Kaplan. SUNY Purchase, NY
1977
"I Was Flying the Other Day," (six 3 minute
pieces). Music: Skip La Plante. Mixed media. American Dance
Festival, Connecticut College (Summer)
"Envelope," (1 hour, 30 minutes). Music: Skip La Plante.
Video, program booklet of drawings. Mel Wong Dance Company.
Merce Cunningham Studio, New York City, NY (June)
"Quick Run," (12 hours, 8 p.m.-8 a.m.). Music: singing
and dialogue by Mel Wong. Mixed media, three different
environments, 37 dancers. Student repertory. SUNY, College
at Purchase, NY (May)
1976
"Glass," (3 hours). Music: Beethoven, Skip La
Plante. Environmental sculptures, video, paintings, 13
dancers, 3 children. Mel Wong Dance Company. American
Theatre Laboratory, Dance Theatre Workshop (full
production), New York City, NY (December)
"C-10-20-W," (45 minutes). Music: Skip La Plante.
Multi-media, 18 dancers. Student repertory. American Dance
Festival (Summer)
"Breath," (1 hour, 15 minutes). Mixed media. Mel Wong
Dance Company. St. Peter's Church, New York City, NY (June)
"Wells." Mel Wong Dance Company. Wells College, Aurora,
NY
1975
"Bath," (45 minutes). Music: Denman Maroney.
Mixed media. Student repertory. SUNY, College at Purchase,
NY (December)
"A Town in Three Parts," (4 hours). Mixed media, 14
dancers. Mel Wong Dance Company. Church of St. John the
Divine, New York City, NY
"Rocktown," (45 minutes). Music: Sound collage. Mixed
media, video. Student repertory. SUNY, College at Purchase,
NY
1974
"Four or Five Hours with Her," (15 minutes).
Mixed media, video, sculpture. Student repertory. Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY
1973
"Catalogue 34," (2 hours, 30 minutes). Music:
Gordon Mumma, Pauline Oliveros. Mixed media, paintings,
sculpture, video, slides. Mel Wong Dance Company. Herbert F.
Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
(September)
1972
"Zip Code," (12 hours, 6 p.m.-6 a.m.). Music:
Gordon Mumma. Lighting: Blu. Mel Wong Dance Company.
Washington Square Methodist Church, New York City, NY (June)
1971
"Ramp Walk," (12 minutes). A ramp on a 45
degree angle, 9 feet high, 8 feet long, and 4 feet wide. Mel
Wong Dance Company. Cubiculo Theatre, New York City, NY
(October)
"Wax Walk," (13 minutes). 25 trays filled with water. Mel
Wong Dance Company. Cubiculo Theatre, New York City, NY
(August)
"Continuing Dance Project," (20 minutes). Mel Wong Dance
Company. Cubiculo Theatre, Prospect Park and Statue of
Liberty (June)
1970
"Subway Piece." Mel Wong Dance Company.
Performed in different subway stations in New York City, NY
"Dance for One Mile." Mel Wong Dance Company. Performed
in various streets in New York City, NY
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