Thirsty for some salty culture?
A wave of salt-inspired culture is forming. The Big Apple is already home to sculptress Bettina Werner , self-styled "Salt Queen ." Now, before Labor Day, an off-Broadway -- actually 145 6th Avenue (between Spring and Broome) -- ballet choreographed by Vicky Virgin and directed by Umit Celebi exploring "salt in its myriad forms." It's on our calendar ; is it on yours? Here's the playbill:
Salt becomes a metaphor for desire in Vicky Virgin's new dance theater piece, Salt Lake, a New Ballet in 3 Acts . Story ballet converges with performance art providing the framework for the emergence of Fleur de Sel, an odd character with an irrational craving for salt. Three salt nymphs join her as she negotiates that dangerous landscape of passion: the desire, bliss and despair. Elements include video on a screen of falling salt and a Shakespeare sonnet. Salt in its myriad forms are fully explored. In the end, you will be left with nothing less than pure unadulterated thirst.
