Anna Yen
Not only is Anna a movement teacher, theatre maker and director based in Australia but an incredibly multi skilled performer including juggling, slack rope, plate juggling, roving characters and comic performer.
A highlight of her work is the acclaimed one-woman show ‘Chinese Take Away’ and its film adaptation, which toured to festivals in Asia, Europe, Australia and USA.
Anna is a member of ‘Los Lunch Dates’, a comedic performance group who recently performed “The Case of All Things’ in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Her collaborative physical / visual work was part of ‘Undiscovered Country’ at the OzAsia Festival. Anna trained with Philippe Gaulier, Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe, Shanghai Circus School and Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre Summer School. She also studied with renowned European theatre teacher Monika Pagneux in Europe and Australia, including being invited to her Pedagogy Courses in recent years - Paris 1994, Barcelona 2007 and 2008.
GRANDMA
An old Chinese Grandma that wanders around chatting with people (sometimes being endearingly blunt with them as old people can be) whilst doing tricks: plate juggling, balancing a chopstick from her mouth with a glass of water on top of that, juggling cooking utensils whilst telling a story about the old days of her youth.