MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S SWING (1998)

Unique book
12″ H x 5.5″W x 35″ open
Triple layer accordion in clamshell box.
Watercolor on black Arches paper
Paste paper covers and box lining
COLLECTIONS :
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection

T H E  D A N C E R S

MARCIA (MARSEE-AH) FAIR-FOULWORTH, 56
Works at Port Authority Bus Terminal.
Collects blown glass fish.
(NEWARK)

DAN GIACOUMO, 48
Dental technician. Collects stamps.
Stand-up comic.
(ASTORIA)

DONNA DETROIT, 34
Unemployed.
Goes from one art colony to another.
Lives on grants.
Looking for a poet.
(EAST VILLAGE)

HERNANDO CASTILLO, 20
Speedy Messenger.
Dances every weekend at theLatin Quarter. Always wears orange.
(SOUTH BRONX)

COCO ST. CLAIR, 30
Fashion stylist. Prefers aubergine.
Collects Bakelite bracelets.
(STATEN ISLAND)

ANTONIO, 60
Never gives his last name.
Works for AT&T.
Likes to speak tostrangers on the phone late at night.
(CHELSEA)

DR. GERALDINE STONER, 40
Performs autopsies in the Coroner’s Office. Has over 50 pairs of Tango shoes.
(UPPER WEST SIDE)

TOM HIGHBARTH, 34
Teaches kindergarten.
Interested in Past Lives.
(FLUSHING)

TIFFANY WEINGARDEN, 22
Psychiatric Social Worker.
Takes three dance classes, five nights a week.
Her favorite dance is the Hustle.
(BROOKLYN HEIGHTS)

MARTIN BLOOM, 54
Lives temporarily at the Y.
Hasn’t opened his mail in over a year.
(ADDRESS UNKNOWN)