Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: What starts as an open wound of sorrow often spirals into aching grief and depression for children coping with the loss of a loved one. The hollow a cherished family member leaves behind sometimes triggers an unending flow of emotional anguish.
In this stage of the grieving process, into this stream of emotion, Bodiography Contemporary Ballet artistic director Maria Caruso dips her choreographic cup to collect what she calls "the sacred gestures" that inspired her new work, "Whispers of Light," which will premiere Friday and Saturday at Byham Theater, Downtown.
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This is a very beautiful idea, and it seems that the project was handled with the grace and sensibility that a topic as heavy as that of grief makes necessary. I love that by extending this project to involve children in grief, it not only creates a choreography that is "true" and inspired, but also really help the children cope with the circumstances and their emotions. Art is a way of exploring the human condition in all its aspects, but also a mean of reaching out to and connecting many individuals with potentially very different stories and identities. It seems that "Whispers of Light" accomplishes both those things in a very powerful way.
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