How does one deal with memories that burn in the brain, that haunt one’s waking hours, that tattoo images of rage beneath one’s skin?
[1] Yin Mei Dance aims to evoke a personal or spiritual connection with audiences by offering interdisciplinary work that goes beyond the immediate performance.
[9] The New York Times dance critic Jennifer Dunning wrote that Empty Tradition "recreates the experience of living under a repressive government and society where forbidden language, thoughts and feelings nonetheless push through like green grass cracking concrete paving.
"[10] Jennifer Dunning, writing of the piece "/Asunder" in the New York Times, describes Yin Mei as having "a striking visual sense and an authoritative way with social and literary themes.
"In a perfectly synchronized duet for Mei and Kanako Yokota, the women .. move along a sheet of heavy paper that has been unrolled with a startling snap from the wings".
[12] Larry Murray, writing in Berkshire on Stage, said of Yin Mei that she "combines her training in classical Chinese dance with contemporary forms and a unique spatial awareness to create powerful, innovative work."
[13] Jennifer Fisher, in the Los Angeles Times, comments that Yin Mei "has a strong sense of design and is a dancer of luminous clarity....