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Saturday,  Nov. 5, 2011 Water Is Life: Hidden Springs, Atlanta Atlanta's Art on the Beltline  Produced by Gateway Performance Productions Conceived,Written  and Directed by Sandra Hughes Photos by Dean Hesse To View Online Program Click Here.       Hilda Willis and The Dancing Flowers for Peace Edeliegba Bowden Senior Dance Ensemble "A Soldier's Farewell" Jerilynn Bedingfield and Allen Pittman "Picnic at Ponce De Leon Springs" - Mike Hickey and Jerilynn Bedingfield 

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 ...

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...

Here's a recent review written by Barbara Knott about our production of the Heart of Rumi with (from left to right) David Hirschorn , Hilda Willis, Alireza Danaie as the poet Rumi, myself, Michael Hickey and Melanie Anderson. Photo: Elham Danaie