Article: Dance to Tolerance: Choreographer Yasmen Mehta combines the thinking

Mamie Huey
AsianWeek
08-25-1995
Dance to Tolerance: Choreographer Yasmen Mehta combines the thinking of. three great Eastern philosophers in a single work

By Mamie Huey

Before reaching to the core of a person, several protective layers must be removed. It is within the core that the essence of a person is discovered--the foundation, the part of the self that cannot be changed. The core is where the soul is housed and where energy is released.

Yasmen Mehta, the choreographer for and director of the California Contemporary Dancers, looks for the core and expects her dancers to do the same. Mehta calls herself a seeker of truth and in her work confronts some fundamental questions.

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