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derstand her story-dance.
Switched from earlier plans, Ms. Read appeared last in the set of three. Darkness was a necessity for the Read dance.
Dance does not define the movement Ms. Read makes as she floats across the stage. The haunting sound of the sea and gulls and her near-suspended appearance as she whisped through the curtains captured the audience until they were spellbound — unable to move for fear it would break the spell she wove with the story of her “Sea Baby.”
Seeming to move backward and forward within one step, Ms. Read’s petite frame, clothed only in illuminated white, portrayed the illusion of the sea, ebbing and flowing into infinity.
The haunting sound of the baby’s murmur against the lyrical sound of the sea and the cry of the gull added to the illusion — only darkness was needed to create the spell of a dream.
Telling the story, hearing a story, living a story, she looked lonesome beyond the only visual aspect on stage — an isolated curtainless window'.
With such realness, she picks the baby from its place on the sand and hurries back to shore. The feeling of haste and terror holds the audience as she slowly swims across the Town Hall floor. The audience can almost feel the water encase her body, swirling her round upon the sand.
With stillness and perfect silence, the audience awaits the end of the tale, not wanting the minute to conclude, the sea to Slow its ebb or the gull to slience its call
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