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Five fingers, one hand: a unique international project melds far-flung performance styles. (Connections).

American Theatre,  May, 2003  by Quick, Robyn

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WARSAW: As they introduced themselves in five languages, the performers--who came from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Poland and the United States--aptly described themselves as "five fingers, one hand." This one hand conjured a series of stories ranging from the spiritual vitality and physical devastation of contemporary Africa, to the romantic tragedy of Poland's legendary Princess Wanda, to a deconstruction of the remote-control, drive-through landscape of American popular culture.

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