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To View Performance Photos Click Here . The  view an update on the Hidden Springs performance on Nov. 5, 2011 for Atlanta's Art on the Beltline   click here . My project proposal  - Water is Life - Hidden Springs , Atlanta  -  has been selected for inclusion in Atlanta’s 2011 Art on Beltline. The project brings focus through public performance, community art making and landscape alignment to Atlanta’s now hidden springs and their former function as public and private water resources before, during  and after the American Civil War. 2011 marks the beginning of the 150th anniversary of this war. The performance includes dance, drama, masks, mime and music and will take place on Saturday, November 5th at 3 p.m. at the outdoor performance site  near the Memorial Drive entrance to the Atlanta Beltline (behind the Station). Eleven years ago Gateway Performance Productions, -the non-profit arts and education ...

To View Performance Photos Click Here .   Water is Life Part 1 Hidden Springs   Atlanta Spirit of the Springs Inspiration Two major influences, history and healing, inspired the creation of Hidden Springs - an original, outdoor, site specific performance work. In September 2000 I became the Artistic Director of The MASK Center - located on the ground floor of The Little Five Points Community Center in Atlanta. During renovation into an exhibit, studio and performing venue Joe Shifalo, the then building manager, told me the space was directly above a spring that had once been part of a field hospital that treated injured soldiers during The Civil War. I think of this often as I work and create in the space. This historic reality has been aching to express itself artistically for over a decade and especially now as 2011 begins the 150th anniversary of The Civil War. Water to Heal During the summer of 2009 with support from Alternate ROOTS and the Ford Foundation I returned...