Deborah Slater's guest appearances

Deborah Slater

KQED: Spark Art Video Podcast

Spark

Chris Natrop

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Joe Mangrum

Katherine Westerhout

Michael Arcega

Nikolas Weinstein

Gregory Gavin

Tracey Snelling

Lauren Shera

Anna Von Mertens

Lu Huan

Pamela Z

Pamina Traylor

Viola Frey

Shuji Ikeda

OwlTail

Spark features Deborah Slater in her element working in collaboration on "Hotel of Memory - More Furniture Dances" with multi-disciplinary performing artists who are known for their dancing, singing, and trapeze work. This piece was inspired by Erik Satie's "furniture music," which was meant to be nothing more than ambient sound.Slater's dancers perform on and around a living room set. The furniture becomes an integral part of an evening-length narrative that deals with loss and memory. When the furniture disappears, what was once taken for granted leaves a physical and emotional gap in the lives of Slater's unsuspecting characters. With an eye on the bigger social issue of decreasing government subsidies for the arts, Slater's "Hotel of Memory" comments on the possibility of life without art.

Spark features Deborah Slater in her element working in collaboration on "Hotel of Memory - More Furniture Dances" with multi-disciplinary performing artists who are known for their dancing, singing, and trapeze work. This piece was inspired by Erik Satie's "furniture music," which was meant to be nothing more than ambient sound.<br><br>Slater's dancers perform on and around a living room set. The furniture becomes an integral part of an evening-length narrative that deals with loss and memory. When the furniture disappears, what was once taken for granted leaves a physical and emotional gap in the lives of Slater's unsuspecting characters. With an eye on the bigger social issue of decreasing government subsidies for the arts, Slater's "Hotel of Memory" comments on the possibility of life without art.

Deborah Slater: Dance

Spark features Deborah Slater in her element working in collaboration with multi-disciplinary performing artists who are known for their dancing, singing, and trapeze work. "Hotel of Memory - More Furniture Dances," was inspired by Erik Satie's "furniture music," which was meant to be nothing more than ambient sound. Original air date: May 2006.

Spark: Deborah Slater