{"id":2,"date":"2017-08-30T12:45:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T12:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/layers\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-07-24T07:47:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T11:47:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-48\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/wing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/wing.jpg 900w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/wing-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/wing-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/wing-816x540.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/wing-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Virginia Wing is an American actress of Chinese descent, whose ancestors came to the \u201cGold Mountain\u201d from Canton (now Guangdong) in the mid-1800s to participate in the Gold Rush and the building of the railroads. She is currently writing about growing up Southern in the Mississippi Delta, where she was born and raised.<\/p>\n<p>Professionally, she has run the gamut from opera, theatre, cabaret, TV, film, playwriting, directing and producing to script analysis. She modeled in her youth and is in the Breck Girl Hall of Fame. She was the model in the Mitsouko by Guerlain ad in the 60s, which won awards internationally. She was a nominee for Best Actress in the Hollywood NAACP Image Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Her proudest role to date is Grandmother &#8212; to three fabulous grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/about\/fullsizerender\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-300x214.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(Marks, Mississippi, c.1939) Virginia Wing with her brothers, Tommie Wing and Charles Wing and her mother, Virginia Wong Wing.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-816x582.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-1250x892.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-400x285.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-684'>\n\t\t\t\t(Marks, Mississippi, c.1939)  Virginia Wing with her brothers, Tommie Wing and Charles Wing and her mother, Virginia Wong Wing. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/about\/fullsizerender-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-2-223x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(Marks, Mississippi, c. 1946) Virginia Wing, age 9.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-2-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-2-768x1035.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-2-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-2-816x1100.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-2-1250x1685.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-2-400x539.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-2.jpg 1187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-683'>\n\t\t\t\t(Marks, Mississippi, c. 1946) Virginia Wing, age 9.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/about\/2017-10-8-virgina-wing-photo-by-lia-chang-97-768x512\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"103\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-97-768x512-103x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(1960) Virginia Wing competes in the Miss Mississippi Contest in Vicksburg, Mississippi.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-97-768x512-103x300.jpg 103w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-97-768x512.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 103px) 100vw, 103px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-686'>\n\t\t\t\t(1960) Virginia Wing competes in the Miss Mississippi Contest in Vicksburg, Mississippi.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/johnny-carson-notes-for-interview\/2017-10-8-virgina-wing-photo-by-lia-chang-84\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-84-243x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(1962) Virginia Wing in dress bought by THE TONIGHT SHOW for her first appearance on the show.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-84-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-84-768x947.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-84-831x1024.jpg 831w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-84-816x1006.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-84-1250x1541.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-84-400x493.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-84.jpg 1298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-162'>\n\t\t\t\t(1962) Virginia Wing in dress bought by THE TONIGHT SHOW for her first appearance on the show.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/breck-girl-print_virginia-wing-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Breck-Girl-Print_Virginia-Wing-6-210x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(1962-68) Virginia Wing in an advertisement for Breck Creme Rinse.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Breck-Girl-Print_Virginia-Wing-6-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Breck-Girl-Print_Virginia-Wing-6-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Breck-Girl-Print_Virginia-Wing-6-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Breck-Girl-Print_Virginia-Wing-6-816x1165.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Breck-Girl-Print_Virginia-Wing-6-1250x1785.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Breck-Girl-Print_Virginia-Wing-6-400x571.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Breck-Girl-Print_Virginia-Wing-6.jpg 1121w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-580'>\n\t\t\t\t(1962-68) Virginia Wing in an ad for Breck Creme Rinse.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/guerlain-perfume-ad\/mitsouko-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/1965\/11\/mitsouko--246x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Mitsouko by Guerlain Perfume Ad. Photo by Mel Sokolsky\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/1965\/11\/mitsouko--246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/1965\/11\/mitsouko--400x487.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/1965\/11\/mitsouko-.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-572'>\n\t\t\t\t(1965) Mitsouko by Guerlain Perfume Ad. MelvinSokolsky\u00a9wwwSokolsky.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/about\/2017-10-8-virgina-wing-photo-by-lia-chang-60-816x1019\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-60-816x1019-300x298.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(1963) David Atkinson, Virginia Wing, Garold Gardner and Robert Schlitt in The Fantasticks, Detroit, Michigan.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-60-816x1019-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-60-816x1019-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-60-816x1019-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-60-816x1019-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-60-816x1019-400x398.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-60-816x1019-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/12\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-60-816x1019.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-685'>\n\t\t\t\t(1963) David Atkinson, Virginia Wing, Garold Gardner and Robert Schlitt in The Fantasticks, Detroit, Michigan.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/the-king-and-i_music-circus_james-shigeta-and-virginia-wing-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/The-King-and-I_Music-Circus_James-Shigeta-and-Virginia-Wing-1-237x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(1967) Virginia Wing as Tuptim and James Shigeta as The King in THE KING AND I in Sacramento, CA).\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/The-King-and-I_Music-Circus_James-Shigeta-and-Virginia-Wing-1-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/The-King-and-I_Music-Circus_James-Shigeta-and-Virginia-Wing-1-768x971.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/The-King-and-I_Music-Circus_James-Shigeta-and-Virginia-Wing-1-810x1024.jpg 810w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/The-King-and-I_Music-Circus_James-Shigeta-and-Virginia-Wing-1-816x1032.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/The-King-and-I_Music-Circus_James-Shigeta-and-Virginia-Wing-1-1250x1580.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/The-King-and-I_Music-Circus_James-Shigeta-and-Virginia-Wing-1-400x506.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/The-King-and-I_Music-Circus_James-Shigeta-and-Virginia-Wing-1.jpg 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-595'>\n\t\t\t\t(1967) Virginia Wing as Tuptim and James Shigeta as The King in THE KING AND I in Sacramento, CA).\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/peter-falk-and-virginia-wing\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Peter-Falk-and-Virginia-Wing-235x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(1975) Peter Falk and Virginia Wing in the episodic television show, &quot;The Trials of O&#039;Brien&quot;.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Peter-Falk-and-Virginia-Wing-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Peter-Falk-and-Virginia-Wing-768x979.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Peter-Falk-and-Virginia-Wing-803x1024.jpg 803w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Peter-Falk-and-Virginia-Wing-816x1040.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Peter-Falk-and-Virginia-Wing-1250x1593.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Peter-Falk-and-Virginia-Wing-400x510.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Peter-Falk-and-Virginia-Wing.jpg 1255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-590'>\n\t\t\t\t(1975) Peter Falk and Virginia Wing in the episodic television show, &#8220;The Trials of O&#8217;Brien&#8221;. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/inner-city-cultural-center-los-angeles-ca\/wss-dancing\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/wss.dancing-e1511625234626-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(1969) Lee Clark Champion and Virginia Wing in Inner City Cultural Center&#039;s production of WEST SIDE STORY.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/wss.dancing-e1511625234626-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/wss.dancing-e1511625234626-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/wss.dancing-e1511625234626.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-477'>\n\t\t\t\t(1969) Lee Clark Champion and Virginia Wing in Inner City Cultural Center&#8217;s production of WEST SIDE STORY. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/sleep-no-more_-virginia-wing\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Sleep-No-More_-Virginia-Wing-227x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(1984) Virginia Wing and Felton Perry in Inner City Cultural Center&#039;s production of SLEEP NO MORE.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Sleep-No-More_-Virginia-Wing-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Sleep-No-More_-Virginia-Wing-768x1017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Sleep-No-More_-Virginia-Wing-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Sleep-No-More_-Virginia-Wing-816x1081.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Sleep-No-More_-Virginia-Wing-1250x1655.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Sleep-No-More_-Virginia-Wing-400x530.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/08\/Sleep-No-More_-Virginia-Wing.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-624'>\n\t\t\t\t(1984) Virginia Wing and Felton Perry in Inner City Cultural Center&#8217;s production of SLEEP NO MORE. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/inner-city-cultural-center-los-angeles-ca\/2017-10-8-virgina-wing-photo-by-lia-chang-210\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-210-232x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(1984) Felton Perry and Virginia Wing in SLEEP NO MORE. 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