March 21, 2007

Lisa Bufano's "Five Open Mouths"

Monday evening I heard a captivating segment on NPR about artist and dancer Lisa Bufano who has been performing a solo "Five Open Mouths," which is her story about coming to terms with being a double amputee. I was in my car when I heard the story. So I pulled over and wrote down Bufano's name on my mobile phone so I wouldn't forget to learn more about her work when I returned home.

Here's the segment on NPR: "Artist Takes Inspiration from Amputation." On this page, you can also watch video segments from "Five Open Mouths."

Here's one of the segments from YouTube:

And here's a clip of Bufano stilt dancing last summer at an arts festival in Union Square in NYC:

You can learn more about Lisa Bufano and her work on her website. And she has a podcast, "Lisa Bufano's Morphology," with more video of her work.

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