Wild Hearts: Sappho and Isadora

A concert rich in the works of Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, ancient Greek poetess Sappho and Cynthia Word, the performance combines works of the early moderns with dramatic readings of the inspirational Sappho poetry, as well as original choreography, entitled Suite Sappho, a suite of dances choreographed by Cynthia Word and danced by Vanessa Carmichael-Elder, Sophie Mitrisin, Nicole McClam, Sarah Stoodley, and Ingrid Zimmer.

“Word’s own Suite Sappho in which maidens loosely attired skipped, traipsed and dallied to music by Vasily Tsabropoulos and translations of Sappho poems. Vanessa Carmichael-Elder, Sophie Mitrisin and Sarah Stoodley were the maidens led by emphatic Ingrid Zimmer.” – George Jackson