Tender Ground

An Evening of Intimate Aerial Dance Theater

Three pieces about the vulnerability of homelessness, mental health and aging.

How many light bulbs does it take to change an octogenarian?

What is it like to sleep on air?

How does a psychotherapist stay grounded when his patient becomes an earthworm?

Saturday and Sunday October 20 and 21, 2007 at 8:00PM

2:00 PM matinee on Sunday, October 21

at The 418,

418 Front Street,

Santa Cruz, California.

“Pearl Berry” Pearl, an octogenarian, changes a light bulb but gets caught in the lamp’s pull chain and reverie occurs.

“What Made You This Way?” premieres one of Christensen’s original contraptions, The Human Mobile. It uses counterbalance as a metaphor to examine the interrelationships within a quirky homeless community and “normal” people.

“Hold on to the Chair” explores the progression of the awkward and intimate relationship between therapist and patient.