In Search of Olympus deftly populates a Greek island with gods, goddesses and nymphs sprung full-blown from the teenaged head of the author as she experiences life there with sailors, fishermen, farmers and her sister dancers.  In The Treasure Ms. Hruby relates the magical story of her odyssey into an international career as a dancer in pursuit of the golden fleece of success and the no less elusive funds for it that magically appear, disappear and ….  One World returns us to earth with the joy and wonder of nature in stories much like those of Virgil in The Georgics.

Ms. Hruby hilariously relates this myth, magic and reality in a voice that moves with the grace, energy and surprise of dance.
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Mythical Realism; Magical Realism; Realist Realism in three chapters from a dancing life.   
In Search of Olympus deftly populates a Greek island with Gods, Goddesses and nymphs sprung full blown from the teenaged head of the author as she experiences life there with sailors, fishermen, farmers and her sister dancers.  In The Treasure Ms. Hruby relates the magical story of her odyssey into an international career as a dancer in pursuit of the golden fleece of success and the no less illusive funds for it that magically appear, disappear and ….  One World returns us to earth with the joy and wonder of nature in stories much like those of Virgil in The Georgics.

All this myth, magic and reality is hilariously related in a voice that moves with the grace, energy and surprise of dance.
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These stories are part of Patty Powell's personal insights while practicing and performing dance in Greece, London, NYC, and Illinios from the 70's to the present.  Linking threads of the storyline jete from one country to the next, while the main fabric of the dance contain them all. The telling of these stories, of searching for the Greek gods while in Greece to passions thwarted in London, from finding treasures in a candy tin in London to her unique reclaiming of the stolen treasure again in NYC, will keep you visualizing far away places long after the cd is over. If you have ever wondered what a dancer's life is really like when they are not performing, this cd will give you a peek into the complexities of one particular dancer, and her journey.
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