The Tightrope Dancer
Directed by Ruth Cullen1990 57m
A documentary on artist and adventurer Vali Myers; the legendary flame-haired dancing Bohemian of post-war Paris; the Free Spirit of Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending and the creator of magical paintings. Shot on location in her wild remote valley in Salerno, and Naples where she dances with Vesuvian gypsies, Vali resumes her annual sojourn at New York's Chelsea Hotel where she continues to take the city by storm.
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