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Avoid Walking Backwards, one
of Hand2Mouth's early, exploratory pieces, was
created by a group of theatre artists over a period of six months.
After months of physical training in the methods of Jerzy Grotowski,
Anne Bogart and Gardzienice, the group began to develop and improvise
scenes, eventually arriving at five interlocking scenes exploring love,
death, and possessiveness. The piece was performed in
Portland at the Back Door Theatre and later at the Raindog Theatre.
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April & June 2000 |
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Aryn Bartley, Susan Faust, Faith Helma, Walt
Schaefer & Jonathan Walters |
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The new Hand2Mouth
Theatre company is a troupe of young artists who gained their
experience by training with Anne Bogart [and] immersing themselves in
ritual and stilt-walking around Europe. In short, theirs is an eclectic
theater, interested in creating collages of movement and language. The
company's second piece is a series of blackouts primarily exploring
human behavior and the difficulties in communication. There are also
some comical interludes, as well as a balletic segment of mourners
ritualistically washing the dead. The performers, which include Walt
Schaefer, Aryn Bartley, Faith Helma, Susan Faust and artistic director
Jonathan Walters, are rarities in Portland, as they are nimble in
movement and expressiveness and are able to communicate more in a
raised eyebrow than half the Macbeth cast can in
their three hours of arm spasms and shouting.
Steffen
Silvis, Willamette Week, April 2000
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