Solo in the Wild – A Safe Place to Rest
4 1/2 min / experimental / 2016 / UK
Being on the lookout, ever shifting, awake to danger. Moments of abandon letting go and enjoying the sensations of the forest, finally resting and being held by the forest. Performer: Graham Busby
One of the Four Solos in the Wild series – performers with learning disabilities present their own creative response to the beautiful wild woods of Pembrokeshire, Wales in the form of four short solos.
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