Mayim/Waters
2012-2013 Digital Video
2 minutes 39 seconds
Mayim/Waters features a community gathering in an abandoned recreation center for an Israeli folk dance lesson. Mayim, the Hebrew word for waters, is also the name for a popular twisting dance step known in the USA as the Grapevine. Participants of all skill levels come together for the event and learn the dances as if they are learning a new language. A metronome attempts to order the communal steps and frames of transition.
Participants:
Theresa Pizzuto, Jennie Wakefield, Erin Moore, Jeffrey Prater, Victor Chen, Dana Wachter, Julian Loue, Rachel McAlister, Zachary Deuerling, Taylor Crouch, Betsy Dunkle, Ted Ford, Rosellen Aleguire, Elaine Epstein, Ellen Saltzman, Alex Gula, Meghan McKellar, Tabitha Cook, Daryl Ham, Mountainsmith Michaela Barnett, Susan Hackett, Paula Kelley, Troy Kelley
Directed by:
Elizabeth Stehling
Camera:
Steve Snell
Dance Teacher:
Theresa Pizzuto
Dance Consultant:
Jennie Wakefield.
Producers:
Dexter Wakefield, Franklin Jones, Elizabeth Stehling,
and Foothills Home Inspection, LLC
Support:
Metropolitan Arts Council Artist Support Grant
Greenville, South Carolina
Special thanks to the additional supporters:
Doug and Joan Shier
Shelly Smith
Wayne Richard
Alexa Woodward
Jessica Kendall
Steve Snell
Nancy Sokolove
Jennie Wakefield
Mary Bethune
The Clemson and Greenville International
Folk Dancers
The Greenville Department of Recreation
and
Zachary Deuerling
Participants include the Greenville International Folk Dancers, Clemson International Folk Dancers, Harvest Moon Folk Society, and the general public.
Made possible in part by the Greenville Metropolitan Arts Council’s Artist Support Grant.