theatre Archives - Yin Wah Kreher

Creative Problem-Solving in Reality

(Image Source: Tashi Mannox website: http://bit.ly/f8jkfN) Note: I learned about these clouds through Dr. Julia Marshall’s presentation. Beautiful and iconic — representing nature, energy, heaven. And I stumbled upon Tashi…

Art(s), Creativity, Visible Thinking

Bidart Lipsynch and Imagery

[This post is still under construction.]The last few weeks have been a blur of activities. Does your brain hurt from non-stop mentation? Mine does and did. As Countess Dowager [Dame…

Art(s)

A Reflection on Tribes the Play

“Tribes” by Nina Raine at Barrow Street TheatreI didn’t know what to expect from the play. I went with one goal: to watch border-crossing enact in hybrid spaces when a…

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In Defense of Culture

My heart breaks to read of the Egyptian looters and the irreparable damage they inflicted on the learning of future generations. Years and years of accumulated cultural heritage, lifeworlds and…

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Wicked Memories

April 25, 2014 /

Altria Theater, Richmond, VA. Yin Wah Kreher (Copyright). Dancing through life. Defying gravity.“Like a comet pulled from orbit, as it passes a sun. Like a stream that meets a boulder, halfway through the wood… Because I knew you.”

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A Community-Based Theatre Experience

December 10, 2010 /

Cry for Peace: Voices from the Congo. Storch Theatre, Syracuse Stage (SS). Last night, I was fortunate to be invited by one of my committee members to watch the poignant documentary-theater, public workshop performance, community-based play (?) about the Congolese refugees now located in Syracuse. It was co-written by Ping Chong and SS dramaturg, Kyle Bass. True, I have used multiple labels in an effort to describe what it is. Still, they are inadequate at conveying what I perceived. Methinks it is a bit of CBP (Jan Cohen-Cruz’s model), with…

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