415 "Love+Live+Life" Podcast - Yanzi Ding - Creator of "Sans Everything"

In this episode, I invited Yanzi Ding. She's a creator of "Sans Everything".

We talked about

- Immigrant Artists in NYC; Language & Authenticity

- The importance of creating your own work

- “Sans Everything” Inspiration behind the film

Guest Bio

New York Taiwanese bilingual actress Yanzi Ding is also a writer, translator, and dubbing artist. As an actor, she leads two Off-Broadway Play and two feature films. However, her mission in the United States is to create work and collaboration opportunities for diverse groups. Therefore, she creates many original works including the stage play which has been world premiered in New York east Broadway theater and has been invited to Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA). Her film scripts have also won Best Screenplay in reputable film festivals around the world.

As a speaker in Asia, she shares and discusses with alien artists how to create a career in the United States with your own craft and creativity.

For more information, please visit the website: yanziding.com

⟪Sans Everything⟫is inspired by Shakespeare’s famous prologue “All the Worlds’ a Stage”, which discloses the meaning of this transient and illusive life. The story unfolds an Asian dancer who strives to live in New York and confronts a series of life crises in 2020 including COIVD-19. Surprisingly, she conquers all the ordeals enlightened by Shakespeare’s word “Sans Everything”. Based on a true story.

The script has won 11 Best Screenplay in reputable film festivals around the world and is now the Finalist in Oscar Qualifying festival --Rhode Island International Film Festival. The project is also honored to be sponsored by New York Foundation for the Arts(NYFA) artist program, which makes your kind donation tax-deductible, Please check the pitch video and the gift we prepare for you on NYFA.org.

*How to Donate on NYFA.org or Sponsor the Film:

1. Click New York Foundation for the Arts, choose a gift, and support the amount you like:

https://www.nyfa.org/fiscal-sponsorship/project-directory/view-project/?id=YD1731

2. Sponsor the film as an Entrepreneur: Reach out to Yanzi Ding by yanziding2222@gmail.com , she is more than happy to give you a one-on-one sponsorship proposal presentation, One of the benefits we give for our donor is to become the “Associate Producer” announced in IMDB(Internet Movie Database) and the film festivals we attend.

Show Notes

02:30 Yanzi’s fun fact that most people don’t know about.

04:25 Moving to NYC; Falling in love with Musical

08:38 Becoming characters; Finding peaceful moments on the stage.

11:05 Immigrant Artists in NYC; Language & Authenticity

16:30 The importance of creating your own work as an immigrant.

19:14 * QUOTE * ”Your original work can really change people”

19:45 Creating first One-Woman-Show, “Rushi; Three reincarnation of a Chinese Woman”

24:40 Inspiration & creation of a Short film “Sans Everything”

“What is the meaning of this meaningless life?”

30:42 * Quote *“I want to write this story because I want to heal myself.”

35:30 Raising funds for “Sans Everything”

CALL TO ACTION

Be present with what’s right in front of you.