Variation #1: Sarah Sanford
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“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.”
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Enter this website and click on the box next to DINING ROOM. When the animation loads and the fly has landed, click on #3 along the bottom.
Sarah Sanford is the conceiver/director the original dance/theatre work Appetite opening April 17th in Toronto at Theatre Passe Muraille and April 30th in Philadelphia at The Wolf Building.
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SOURCES PROVIDED BY ARTIST:
Text:
stolen from the wall of Headlong Dance Theatre’s office in Philadelphia: George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Epistle Dedicatory
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i took this photo at a truck stop in maryland.
Sound:
the band The Books, esp. the cd Thought for Food. i was introduced to them through the theatre company i work with in Philadelphia, Pig Iron. also their website is brilliantly designed and makes me wish i could be that talented.