"UpStaged!" An Interview with Dennis Nahat

Exerpts from Reid and Ruth's phone interview with artistic visionary Dennis Nahat, who talks about his decades in theatre and, most notable, ballet. Dennis speaks about his decision to leave Ballet San Jose, in 2012, and how since then he has created a worldwide phenomenon of art, sound and dance by partnering with the country China to create the groundbreaking performance piece, 'Yulan'. Yulan, an international artistic cooperative vision between Nahat and a collective of like-minded international artists breaks down social and political international boarders with YULAN, inspiring a new thought and take on world creative vision. ***Please note, due to VoIP technology the sound quality of this phone interview is terrible. As of March 2013, we are working to coordinate a proper sit-down interview with Dennis Nahat to expand upon and record properly a new, in-person interview with Dennis. In the meanwhile, please excuse the poor audio quality until the new interview is uploaded.***