Preview: Martha Wittman.A coal miner's granddaughter, Martha Wittman invokes her hardworking ancestors Ancestors See also father; heredity; mother; origins; parents; race. archaism an inclination toward old-fashioned things, speech, or actions, especially those of one’s ancestors. Also archaicism. — archaist, n. in Imprints on a Landscape: The Mining Project. A multimedia work for 14 dancers ages 10 to 72 affiliated with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, it draws from oral histories and trips into now-defunct Pennsylvania mines. Themes of endurance Endurance See also Longevity. Atalanta feminine name denotes power of endurance. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 148] Boston marathon famous 26-mile race held annually for long-distance runners. [Am. Pop. Culture: Misc. amid challenging circumstances stand at the work's core. In this first "Senior Masters" project from the Dance Exchange, the 71-year-old choreographer cho·re·o·graph v. cho·re·o·graphed, cho·re·o·graph·ing, cho·re·o·graphs v.tr. 1. To create the choreography of: choreograph a ballet. 2. invoked her father, a WPA WPA: see Work Projects Administration. WPA in full Works Progress Administration later (1939–43) Work Projects Administration U.S. work program for the unemployed. artist who sketched the mining life, and grandfather. "Something about the labor of art-making and the labor in the mines has connected for me." Jan. 6-7, Round House Theater, Silver Spring, MD; www.daneeexchange.org. |
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