Performance at Dance Place, Washington, DC.
Kaleidoscope by Adam Peiperl – Mark Thompson, dance figure

(1990) (DATE TBD) Spirit Path / Migration
(locate Dance Place and Dorothy Betts Marvin Theater programs for information – Call dance place?)
Data below is documented in the video @1990, Spirit Path / Migration, (above) documented during the performance at Dance Place (no date; locate printed program. Date 4/14/1989 appeared online). Opening visuals, Adam Peiperl and closing visuals by Verabel Call Cluff.

The duet features the classic male/female figures in constant and close relationship and includes extreme “live” vocals by Maida and Mark along with two male, native American singers/drummers performing “live” downstage. Stunning kaleidoscope images combined with images of Mark Thompson were created by Adam Peiperl, visual artist/photographer.  The performance concludes with projections of light creating dancer bodies as human shadows and human petroglyphs.  Maida and Mark extreme vocals include vibrating the hands striking the throat creating dramatic vocal improvisations.  Costumes featured white organza fabric wrapped and tied on both male and female dancers.

Note:  Manipulation of white hand held objects by dancers  on stage to catch and move projected images  was discovered during an improvisation session in Moab, Utah with Bruce Hucko, photographer.  This magical performance action also appeared in several works include Spirit Path/Migration and  later in Utah * Spirit Place * Spirit Planet *Tukuhnikivatz.

Need to locate duet performance in Dorothy Betts Marvin Theater, Washington, DC that included a wooden set designed and male and female dancers wore long black see-through dresses.

Adam Peiperl – kaleidoscope image with Mark Thompson, dancer

Adam Peiperl – kaleidoscope image with Mark Thompson, dancer

Maida Withers and Mark Thompson – Rehearsal : Dorthy Betts Marvin Theater