Album Notes

"Patricia Hruby is a vibrant artist, performing her stories from the inside, drawing her audience into hilarious personal territory. She's smart and witty -- a delightful writer, a brilliant performer. Like Baryshnikov in a speaking role, the dancer is always present."

- Norma Marder, author

STORIES:
"In Search of Mt. Olympus" - a story of Patricia's moving to the Greek Islands in order to study dance when she was 19 years old, interspersed with snippets of the Greek myths and the introduction to many of the Greek gods and goddesses. Not only for adults, but for those in middle school and high school who are studying ancient Greek culture and mythology.

"The Treasure" - a story of Patricia's moving to London to dance, where she literally discovers a hidden treasure; how the windfall is used up, disappears; and reappears by cosmic intervention, disappears and reappears....


"One World" - a story of Patricia moving to the country with her husband Morgan, so they might build their paradise; a realization that the country and the city are all of one world; and that humans and animals are all of one world; complete with life-like animals sounds.


The musicians who play the interludes on this CD: Dorothy Martirano (violin), Armand Beaudoin (bass), and Morgan Powell (trombone) are phenomenal.


BIO:
Patricia Hruby Powell danced throughout Europe and the Americas speaking in her dances; she has performed as an aerial dancer, is a retreat leader, and has worked as a lithographer. Now she tells stories throughout the U.S. accenting her tales for all ages with dance. She has received national awards and fellowships for her storytelling, choreography, and writing. Her picture books are BLOSSOM TALES (Moon Mountain) and the bilingual Navajo/English ZINNIA: HOW THE CORN WAS SAVED and FROG BRINGS RAIN (Salina Bookshelf). Visit her at www.talesforallages.com