Sonsheree Giles and Lisa Bufano on table-leg stilts

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 4pm
Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 2pm

START WITH THE ARTS FAMILY FESTIVAL is a celebration of the visual and performing arts, at Union Station in Washington D.C. All events are free and open to the public.
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One Breath is an Ocean for a Wooden Heart is an unusual dance duet that premiered December 2007 in Zagreb, Croatia. Two dramatically different bodies, transformed by Queen-Anne style table legs stilts, navigate an illusive movement and sound landscape.
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Whirligig is what happens when the illusion is shed. Thematically linked to the music of early America, the irregular partnership regenerates in a revealed and essential form.

Learn more about Lisa Bufano:
www.lisabufano.com

Learn more about Sonsherée Giles and Jerry Smith:
www.sonsmi.com

photo: Trib La Prade


One Breath is an Ocean for a Wooden Heart was commissioned in part by AXIS Dance Company, in association with Alliger Arts. Support was provided, in part by CA$H, a grants program of Theatre Bay Area, in partnership with Dancers' Group, and Next Step Orthotics and Prosthetics.