Catch Your Breath at Barlow Respiratory Hospital

October 25th-28, 2012...Designed as an artistic journey through the environs of the hospital property, Catch Your Breath guided the audience through scenes motivated by the preserved and reinvigorated spaces of the Barlow facility, the history of the hospital, and specific patients’ stories to recovery.

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Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre

a woman is standing in front of some statues and holding her hand up to the sky

Core Company Dancer Pamela Debiase plays Librarian to audience members. -Photo Credit: Kaitlyn Pietras

two women in dresses are dancing on stage

The Bridge

Bridge

From the archways, to the pathways, to the bridge, to the Barlow library, HDDT covered the entire campus with intriguing movement. -Photo Credit: Kaitlyn Pietras

a man and woman standing in front of an open window at night with one person looking out the window

Video Projection

Live Music

Music

Live music and video projections were used to animate the entire landscape of the Barlow facility. -Photo Credit: Kaitlyn Pietras

a man is playing frisbee in front of a wall and trees at night

Core Company Dancer Jessica Emmanuel moves gracefully through the Barlow campus...-Photo Credit: Kaitlyn Pietras

a man standing next to a tree in front of a building with blue lights on it

Catch Your Breath dress rehearsal moment--Marissa and Joe perform the "A Pair" section where two lungs learn to breathe independently when the other becomes injured... -Photo Credit: Kaitlyn Pietras

three people are sitting on the floor in front of white drapes, with lights behind them

Inhale Exhale

The final scene of Catch Your Breath...inhale...exhale..-Photo Credit: Kaitlyn Pietras

a man in white is standing on a ledge with his hands on his hips and looking at something behind him

The Hospital

History

One of our favorite Catch Your Breath moments- Before each performance, audience members were admitted to the hospital by our own HDDT doctor Leisel Euler...-Photo Credit: Kaitlyn Pietras

Last Catch Your Breath moment- "Stairway to Heaven" scene...these 85 stairs were used to determine progress patients were making in their healing lung capacity at Barlow Respiratory Hospital...-Photo Credit: Kaitlyn Pietras

two people are doing tricks in the middle of a room with a couch and table

HDDT activates the Hospital archways...