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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Hell, 1930
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 18:11:14 -0500 (EST)
Hell, 1930 http://www.asondheim.org/hell.mov documents what happens when two dancers complete the "octopus dance" - long a traditional Switzerland favorite - dangerously close to a cliff edge overlooking the famed Aletsch Glacier. Oh they dance, fine enough, but what would happen if the bluff gave way, the mesa shifted, cliff collapsed? Buried under tons of rubble, jammed into crevice after crevice, Swiss culture would be the poorer. Let us give these stellar performers their due, their magnificent bodies carrying the hallmarks of their trade. Dance is close to prostitution, but since the Swiss government lavishly spends on the country's cultural heritage, these two have been rescued from a life of unbelievable perdition. Appalause for these dancers, who continued in spite of all the obstacles life's thorny path has thrown into their way. Too bad the woman has left the profession, such as it is, departed for parts unknown, to start a new life far from Alpine pastures. Here, then, the remarkable, almost aerial, duets from two of the most remarkable dancer in recent memory! http://www.asondheim.org/hell.mov