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A Korean American teacher in Maumee, Ohio: "It brought back such wonderful memories! I remember that story! My grandmother used to tell me that one!" In Salina, Kansas, a woman tells the storytellers: "You were our family's favorite performers at the Smokey Hill River Festival." A boy in Ketchikan Alaska hears a Filipino folk tale and with pride says: "Hey, I'm Filipino! I know how to count to seven in Tagalog!" In Timpanogos, Utah, a woman writes a note: "Thank you deeply for sharing Takashi's Dream with us...My heart was touched as I thought of the far-reaching trials of the Atom Bomb...The evil effects rippling on and on. Thank you, too, for voicing Humanity's CRY - STOP THIS MADNESS!" In Beaumont, Texas children hear a Vietnamese tale told on stage. The Vietnamese children in the crowd light up and smile.
People who love stories, who have listened, laughed and loved Eth-Noh-Tec's humor, wit, and wisdom have this to say about Eth-Noh-Tec: "You brought joy, joy, joy into our hearts and souls. We are so glad you came to tell your stories." "I knew you would be an asset - even before 9/11 - to our work. As it happened, your stories became a life-line back into our humanity - a balance to the terrifying impulses toward violence that swirl around us. You are a blessing." "Am inspired to write because on a recent walk, I saw images of scarlet and violet with graceful movement, lovely music, amazing expression and exquisite synchronicity. Of course it was you - and I found myself smiling." You bring such dignity and craft to the telling of tales. Every gesture, vocal nuance and musical tone etched an unforgettable image in the mind of listeners. Your work is a treat for the eye as well as the ear. It is a joy to watch you work so closely together, weaving sound and motion at an intricate and masterful level." "They have the ability to convey with warm authenticity, high drama and high comedy, and a visually arresting style, a culture very different from our own." "We saw you at the National Storytelling Festival...GREAT PURE THEATRE! Thank you for your creative insight and power." "You're one of the best things about this City!" "...it was a joy and pleasure to watch you perform. I'm always in awe." "How heart-lifting it was to see the two of you at Jonesboro....The energy and spirit just rolled in waves off the platform, washing everyone with light and laughter! What a joy! It filled me..." "...good to see you two in performance...You're doing some lovely dancing in the frontier between theatre and storytelling." "The vivid ways in which they physicalize the images of their tales is highly imaginative- in turn amusing, surprising and beautiful. The seeming ease of their cooperation belies the taut discipline required for their precise timing. It is elegantly stunning, telling us something important-- beyond the words of the stories-- about what it is to be human." "I wish you'd come back every week to tell us stories!" "I want to grow up to be storytellers just like you." |
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Eth-Noh-Tec tells the stories and when the clapping finally stops, the people's voices can be heard:
From schools to universities, theater series to festivals, add some museums, conferences, a public access radio or TV show, you'll find our audiences are diverse and at the same time, unified - stretching between and beyond the shores of our Nation. Our audiences span all the generations and beyond time as they reach deep within their imaginations, reaching with love for their own creative power. Welcome to these shores of storytelling where the Human Spirit awakens!