TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s New Works Festival Online Presents:
pas de deux (lost my shoe) Written and Performed by Lisa Ramirez
Directed by Jeffrey Lo

The bonds between siblings are as layered, complex, and true as all great loves. At a time when she had just overcome her own addiction, Ms. Ramirez lost her younger brother, a principal dancer with the Oakland Ballet, to alcoholism. Upon his death, she enrolled in a ballet class and attempted to learn the dances he had performed. In trying to retrace his steps, she travelled through the complicated terrain of their childhood and tried to come to terms with why she survived and he didn’t. A semi-autobiographical dance theater piece about memory, grief, forgiveness, and freedom.

pas de deux (lost my shoe) was first commissioned by Angelina Fiordellisi through the Cherry Lane Theatre/Mentor Project.

Performance followed by talk with Lisa Ramirez.

https://www.theatreworks.org/new-works-initiative/nwfo/