This program was part of a welcoming and gift exchange with a contingent from Ballina, Ireland, including Ballina Mayor Michael Loftus, and is one many performances these special young dancers have scheduled.
To hear Thoreau's words spoken by David Adkins is revelatory. Adkins is never preachy, always real and confrontational, never violent even with an axe in his hands. His final speech about a vagrant water-lily is as touching a moment as any I've seen on a stage in many years.
