Premiered: May 4, 2007 | Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco
A letter, a suitcase, a glance… and everything changes. “The Desire Line” is Dance theater about choice, change, balance and loss of balance in the landscape of everyday living. This piece is inspired by the paintings of Alan Feltus and an architectural landscape term “the desire line”. The desire line is the path people take as opposed to the path that’s been created. These ‘cool’ paintings of everyday life break open to reveal the heat and heart just below the surface.
Reviews:
“Deborah Slater’s new The Desire Line is as quietly atmospheric as it is rambunctiously explosive. It is also a lot of fun as you catch glimpses — a hand holding a foot, a striped tie, a letter, teacups — of Alan Feltus’s figurative paintings, reproduced in the Dance Mission Theater lobby, that inspired this fine hour-long piece.” — Rita Felciano, SF Bay Guardian
Credits:
Choreographed by: Deborah Slater w/ company
Dancers: Lizelle Gouws, Ross Hollenkamp, Kerry Mehling, Shannon Preto, Elizebeth Randall, Travis Rowland, Breton Tyner-Bryan, Shaunna Vella, Private Freeman
Poetry: Jaime Jacinto
Painter: Alan Feltus
Music: Combused by Jonathan Segel with additional music by Anouar Brahem and Elmer Bernstein
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Photos of the dancers by Liz Payne in SF and Christopher Duggan at the Joyce Theater, NYC