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To View Peformance Photos Click Here  Art on the Beltline Sat., Nov. 5 @ 3 p.m. Atlanta, Georgia Free and Open to the Public The performance site is located off Memorial Drive on the section of the Beltline behind the H. Harper Station Restaurant at 904 Memorial Drive, Atlanta, 30316 Water Is Life: Hidden Springs, Atlanta Produced by Gateway Performance Productions Conceived, Written  and Directed by Sandra Hughes Masks Designed and Crafted by Michael Hickey Bowls Designed by Sandra Hughes and Crafted by Michael Hickey The Performance Meer-ah - Storyteller and Singer: Hilda Willis Pre-History - An Awakening "Spirit of the Springs " Choreographed  and Performed by Jerilynn Bedingfield with Hilda Willis "The Critters Gather" Choreographed and Performed by Allen Pittman with Hilda Willis "The Flowers"  Dancing Flowers for Peace with Hilda Willis Directors:  Lesly Fredman, Noel Marts, Lori Teague Choreographed by   Darlene Carra, Marie Carrera, Nurah ...

Noel Marts and Lesly Fredman, co-directors of The Dancing Flowers for Peace, perform at the Academy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia for Women's History Month, March 15, 2009. Photo: Michael Birnbaum

A Winter Celebration for Transformation produced by Gateway Performances Productions in collaboration with the Dancing Flowers for Peace, the New Acropolis Cultural Association of Atlanta and performing artists from String Theory was performed on December 29, 2008 to a capacity audience at The Academy Theatre. Guest spoken word artist and musician from Santa Fe, New Mexico Robert Poorman - accompanied by David Hirschorn's inspired guitar music - was a wise and, at times, whimsical ring master. Mask theatre performed by Gateway's director, choreographer Sandra Hughes and mask maker Michael Hickey conjured the duo's ancient Irish ancestors. String Theory performed by poet Alice Teeter, violinist Chip Epsten, choreographer-dancer Priscilla Smith and dancers Eleanor Brownfield, Jaehn Clare, Steve Seaberg and Sally Wylde evoked cheers from the crowd. Atlanta's beloved Dancing Flowers for Peace - represented by Karen Adler, Lynn Hesse, Sandra Hughes, Randy Hyman, Leila La...