How is sleep beautiful?
2010
A richly textured memoir, a story of heart, a story of wishes and dreams, of love and aspiration, of family and confusion, and of death as a transformation.
choreographer, performer Helen Walkley
costume Leslie Parent
rehearsal direction Cara Siu, Laura Hicks
text and song: Down in the Valley, traditional; Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Harold Arlen & E.Y Harburg, 'The Wizard of Oz', 1939; What Now My Love, Herb Alpert, 1966; The Sound of Music, Julie Andrews, Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1965; The Dancing Fairies, Helen Walkley, 1964; I'm a Little Teapot, nursery rhyme; letter - Frances Zera (Strong) Walkley, June 2, 1945; voice mail messages from my 90-year-old Father and my gardening companion of 15 years, Leda Lorenzeto; two dreams, Helen Walkley
supported by Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, Link Dance Foundation, Artist in Residence at The Dance Centre, private donation
