Thurs. - Sat., March 28 - 30, at 8 pm
Deborah Slater Dance Theater announces its 2019/2020 season -- the Company's 30th season -- launching with the reprisal of one of its major works, "The Sleepwatchers," March 28-30 at ODC Theater in San Francisco. Originally inspired by the writings and research of Stanford sleep specialist Dr. William Dement and newly re-worked and re-cast, "The Sleepwatchers" looks at sleep metaphorically and literally, examining how it affects society's mental and physical well-being.
"The Sleepwatchers" is inspired by the eponymous book by Dr. William Dement, M.D., Ph.D., the world's leading authority on sleep, sleep disorders, and the dangers of sleep deprivation. In the book, Dement, the director and founder of the Stanford University Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, the world's first sleep disorders center, offers his views on "sleep debt," its consequences, and dangers, champions napping during the day, and provides a history of modern sleep research while discussing his experiences studying REM sleep and its link to sleep.
Choreographer Deborah Slater explains, "'Sleepwatchers' is a lot like a Wonderland tour through sleep deprivation: Alice doesn't get enough sleep and goes through the looking glass into restless limbs, gnawing appetites, shifting perspectives and a dose of reality."
With the recent resurgence of interest in sleep provoked by Arianna Huffington's popular 2016 book, The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time and the 2017 studies linking sleep deprivation to increased events of memory loss and heart problems, Slater decided to revise the work with new characters and situations. "Sleep will always be relevant," Slater says. "Everything is affected by how well we rest and whether or not we are restored to a productive wakeful life or if we remain in a warped state of deprivation and dislocation due to chronic lack of sleep."
"The Sleepwatchers" is co-directed by Jim Cave, with music by David Allen Jr.
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Deborah Slater Dance Theater announces its 2019/2020 season -- the Company's 30th season -- launching with the reprisal of one of its major works, "The Sleepwatchers," March 28-30 at ODC Theater in San Francisco. Originally inspired by the writings and research of Stanford sleep specialist Dr. William Dement and newly re-worked and re-cast, "The Sleepwatchers" looks at sleep metaphorically and literally, examining how it affects society's mental and physical well-being.
"The Sleepwatchers" is inspired by the eponymous book by Dr. William Dement, M.D., Ph.D., the world's leading authority on sleep, sleep disorders, and the dangers of sleep deprivation. In the book, Dement, the director and founder of the Stanford University Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, the world's first sleep disorders center, offers his views on "sleep debt," its consequences, and dangers, champions napping during the day, and provides a history of modern sleep research while discussing his experiences studying REM sleep and its link to sleep.
Choreographer Deborah Slater explains, "'Sleepwatchers' is a lot like a Wonderland tour through sleep deprivation: Alice doesn't get enough sleep and goes through the looking glass into restless limbs, gnawing appetites, shifting perspectives and a dose of reality."
With the recent resurgence of interest in sleep provoked by Arianna Huffington's popular 2016 book, The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time and the 2017 studies linking sleep deprivation to increased events of memory loss and heart problems, Slater decided to revise the work with new characters and situations. "Sleep will always be relevant," Slater says. "Everything is affected by how well we rest and whether or not we are restored to a productive wakeful life or if we remain in a warped state of deprivation and dislocation due to chronic lack of sleep."
"The Sleepwatchers" is co-directed by Jim Cave, with music by David Allen Jr.
Thurs. - Sat., March 28 - 30, at 8 pm
Deborah Slater Dance Theater announces its 2019/2020 season -- the Company's 30th season -- launching with the reprisal of one of its major works, "The Sleepwatchers," March 28-30 at ODC Theater in San Francisco. Originally inspired by the writings and research of Stanford sleep specialist Dr. William Dement and newly re-worked and re-cast, "The Sleepwatchers" looks at sleep metaphorically and literally, examining how it affects society's mental and physical well-being.
"The Sleepwatchers" is inspired by the eponymous book by Dr. William Dement, M.D., Ph.D., the world's leading authority on sleep, sleep disorders, and the dangers of sleep deprivation. In the book, Dement, the director and founder of the Stanford University Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, the world's first sleep disorders center, offers his views on "sleep debt," its consequences, and dangers, champions napping during the day, and provides a history of modern sleep research while discussing his experiences studying REM sleep and its link to sleep.
Choreographer Deborah Slater explains, "'Sleepwatchers' is a lot like a Wonderland tour through sleep deprivation: Alice doesn't get enough sleep and goes through the looking glass into restless limbs, gnawing appetites, shifting perspectives and a dose of reality."
With the recent resurgence of interest in sleep provoked by Arianna Huffington's popular 2016 book, The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time and the 2017 studies linking sleep deprivation to increased events of memory loss and heart problems, Slater decided to revise the work with new characters and situations. "Sleep will always be relevant," Slater says. "Everything is affected by how well we rest and whether or not we are restored to a productive wakeful life or if we remain in a warped state of deprivation and dislocation due to chronic lack of sleep."
"The Sleepwatchers" is co-directed by Jim Cave, with music by David Allen Jr.
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Deborah Slater Dance Theater announces its 2019/2020 season -- the Company's 30th season -- launching with the reprisal of one of its major works, "The Sleepwatchers," March 28-30 at ODC Theater in San Francisco. Originally inspired by the writings and research of Stanford sleep specialist Dr. William Dement and newly re-worked and re-cast, "The Sleepwatchers" looks at sleep metaphorically and literally, examining how it affects society's mental and physical well-being.
"The Sleepwatchers" is inspired by the eponymous book by Dr. William Dement, M.D., Ph.D., the world's leading authority on sleep, sleep disorders, and the dangers of sleep deprivation. In the book, Dement, the director and founder of the Stanford University Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, the world's first sleep disorders center, offers his views on "sleep debt," its consequences, and dangers, champions napping during the day, and provides a history of modern sleep research while discussing his experiences studying REM sleep and its link to sleep.
Choreographer Deborah Slater explains, "'Sleepwatchers' is a lot like a Wonderland tour through sleep deprivation: Alice doesn't get enough sleep and goes through the looking glass into restless limbs, gnawing appetites, shifting perspectives and a dose of reality."
With the recent resurgence of interest in sleep provoked by Arianna Huffington's popular 2016 book, The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time and the 2017 studies linking sleep deprivation to increased events of memory loss and heart problems, Slater decided to revise the work with new characters and situations. "Sleep will always be relevant," Slater says. "Everything is affected by how well we rest and whether or not we are restored to a productive wakeful life or if we remain in a warped state of deprivation and dislocation due to chronic lack of sleep."
"The Sleepwatchers" is co-directed by Jim Cave, with music by David Allen Jr.
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