August 12, 2007

Heidi Latsky Video Interview

At the "Dances for deeAnn" benefit concert at Dance Theater Workshop on July 2nd, Heidi Latsky Dance performed an untitled work-in-progress with dancers Lawrence Carter-Long and Associate Director Jeffrey Freeze.

This was Lawrence's first dance performance. He lives with cerebral palsy and he speaks and advocates on behalf of those with this neurological disorder. I didn't even realize that this duet was a mixed-ability piece. Lawrence and Jeffrey both have great presence on stage. And even though Lawrence is forced to walk in an awkward manner, I just thought it was part of the performance. Maybe I should have realized this. But you have to give credit to Artistic Director Heidi Latsky and the dancers if I was responding to this work (and moved by it) on its own terms as opposed to thinking about it as the result of a mixed-ability collaboration.

Heidi choreographed this piece, which is part of an evening-length work "From the Limb" with dancer Lisa Bufano, a double amputee.

I conducted this video interview with Heidi in mid-July in which she talks about her work with Lawrence and Jeffrey:

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