Spirit Path / Migration / Remains

Original Performance on January 12, 1991

(MRW is looking for a video that may have been here – cannot locate on vimeo so maybe does not exist.

1991 Spirit Path / Migration / Remains  January 12 and 13
“The spirit of place” – the Anasazi

Spirit Path / Migration / Remains explores the notion of “place” – inhabitants come to know the earth and all things therein that allow for life and survival, joy and pain…..a constant, sometimes repetitive venture to survive and thrive.  Withers created several works reflecting six/seven years of revisiting the lands of her birth in Utah and and Four Corners region (New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado).

1991 Program at Dance Place includes the following:
Prolog – Earth photographs by Belle Cluff and Bruce Hucko
Spirit Path/Migration/Remains – Quartet: Mark Thompson, Maida Withers, Leah Kline Tabassi, John Lancaster
Crossing the Edge – Duet by John Lancaster and Leah Kline
Still Rush – Premiere – New York City Dancers:  Lisa Bleyer, Duane Ellis, Debra Noble, Renee Maccioli, Tracy Pattison, Marie Pelletier, and Artemis Preeshl

Dances related to Spirit Path / Migration/ Remains:
1989 Path  (Quartet – Yellow Springs Institute Creation Residency in Philadelphia, PA)
1990 Spirit Path/Migration  (Duet) (Maida and Mark) Dance Place & Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre
1991  Spirit Path/Migration/Remains (Quartet) Dance Place January 12 and 13


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