It's an apt topic for SpectorDance, whose studios are situated minutes from the beach in Marina, near Monterey. For 15 years, Fran Spector Atkins has worked with multimedia artist William Roden to create work that explores the connections between communities and the sea. The result is "Ocean," a blend of her choreography, a score by Colin Farish, underwater film, and interviews with oceanographers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute."It's so easy for very critical issues to fall out of the realm of what people think about because we're so involved in our lives and concerns. I wanted to bring the issue of human impact on world oceans into people's consciousness and make it accessible to general audiences," Spector says.
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