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Heart Connection: a letter to Maria Nurmela

Dear Maria Nurmela, I watched the piece Closer to the Wild Heart, which you choreographed and performed, at this year’s KoresponDance festival in Žďár nad Sázavou. To my surprising delight… Usually it takes more than a committed dancer, an exalted human, to hold my interest. But I spent every minute glued to your every move. What happened there? I write here to try and pry open that question. To touch on some of the ways your piece spilled over from the stage, and gather thoughts that hopefully also speak to you. 

Closer to the Wild Heart. Photo: KoresponDance archive.
Closer to the Wild Heart. Photo: KoresponDance archive.

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