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Try a Little Tenderness…

March 7, 2012 By Diane Lefer Leave a Comment

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Diane Lefer: In Peru and Bolivia and Colombia, the idea is that school needs to be a place of nurture, not discipline, for people who’ve been silenced, hardened and traumatized by years of violence.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Aerial Dance, Chess Moves, Circus Arts, Circus Tent, Cochabamba Bolivia, Disrespect, Families In Crisis, Gestures, Health Nutrition, Hugs And Kisses, Migrants, Nonprofit Organization, Perseverance, Rights And Responsibilities, Schoolroom, Self Confidence, Self Expression, Sexual Harassment, Teaching Chess, Tightrope, Try A Little Tenderness, Unicycle, Writing Workshop

Phoenix Rising Theater Company: Casting without Borders

October 10, 2011 By Diane Lefer 1 Comment

Ray-Paolantonio-widel

Diane Lefer: When will contemporary theatre catch up with the actual composition of the contemporary American family? When are we going to stop referring to color-blind casting as “nontraditional”? Given today’s society, a multiracial, multiethnic cast doesn’t look experimental, but realistic.

Filed Under: Stage Tagged With: African American Playwrights, Coriolanus, Diversity Initiatives, Ethnic Background, Fabulation, LA Times, Lead Role, Libby, lynn nottage, Macbeth, Medea, Midsummer Night, Nicky Silver, Paolantonio, phoenix rising, pulitzer prize, Sahran, Sci Fi, shakespeare, Shakespeare Othello, skid row, stephen wolpert, the maiden't prayer, Undine

Building Trust and Community Through Theatrical Programs

June 17, 2011 By Diane Lefer Leave a Comment

Barrancabermeja

Diane Lefer: What did it mean to hold an International Theatre Festival for Peace when till 2010, during the eight years of the Uribe administration, anyone who talked about peace or a political solution to the country’s woes risked being called a terrorist — a label that could target you for assassination?

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Filed Under: Stage Tagged With: Armed Conflict, Barrancabermeja Colombia, Building Trust, colombia, Colombian Army, Culture Of Peace, disappeared, Farc, Guerrilla Forces, Guerrillas, international theatre festival, Nonviolent Social Movements, Oil Industry, Paramilitary Death Squads, Peace One, Political Solution, Profound Sense, Social Disruption, Social Fabric, Spending Money, taxi driver, Theatrical Programs, Writing Workshops

Incendies: A Perspective on War We Rarely See On-Screen

March 30, 2011 By Diane Lefer Leave a Comment

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Diane Lefer: I have never before seen such a viscerally engaging portrayal of war from the civilian perspective, how violence can turn victims into perpetrators, and how trauma–even when kept hidden and silent–is transmitted from generation to generation.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Adult Twins, Canadian Playwright, civil war, Denis Villeneuve, Exiles, Extreme Circumstances, Family History, Forgiveness, Generation To Generation, Lebanon, Montreal, Notary, Parallel Sequences, Path To Redemption, Perpetrators, Portrayal, Refugees, Trauma, Two Letters, Wajdi Mouawad

In Flight from the Dictates of Gender

January 25, 2011 By Diane Lefer 2 Comments

helie lee

Diane Lefer: Helie Lee says she was transformed both by her six-month experience and the process of creating the documentary film and stage show. Learning what it’s like to be a man and learning to laugh at herself all served to release bitterness and open her heart.

Filed Under: Stage Tagged With: coast playhouse, helie lee, homophobia, macho like me, north korea, yalu river

“La Razón Blindada”–Theatre of Confinement and Liberation

September 29, 2010 By Diane Lefer Leave a Comment

De la Mancha (Castanos-Chima) and his Panza (Diaz de Sandy)

Diane Lefer: For those unfamiliar with contemporary experimental theatre from Latin America, Vargas’ work is a fine introduction with its stylized performances, heightened language, philosophical concerns, and its exploration of the dynamics of power.

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Filed Under: Stage Tagged With: ar??stides vargas, confinement, don quijote, don quixote, dulcinea, experimental theatre, la raz??n, latin, latin america, latin american theatre, liberation, literature, miguel de cervantes, physical theatre, razon, sancho panza, street theatre, theatre, theatre movement bazaar

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