'Project Forklift'

Saturday, February 6, 2010

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Austin police Sgt. Melissa McGrath rehearses for a Project Forklift production. She'll perform some some of her traffic signals in front of a video of traffic.

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Austin police Sgt. Melissa McGrath rehearses for a Project Forklift production. She'll perform some some of her traffic signals in front of a video of traffic.

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McGrath's dance is one of five in 'Project Forklift,' which uses real people doing the moves they do at work.

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McGrath motions for traffic to come to a stop. In real life, she directs rush-hour traffic Thursdays at Second Street and San Jacinto Boulevard.

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'Project Forklift' creator Allison Orr gives McGrath some direction while rehearsing for the show.

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McGrath listens intently to Orr during rehearsals.

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Most of the time, McGrath faces the audience, away from the film, but here she's turned toward the film.

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Chef Laura Thoms, right, rehearses with choreographer Zenobia Taylor for Taylor's 'Prix Fixe' piece.

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Orr's notebook sketches out the dances.

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Taylor and Thoms laugh while trying to create how Thoms will play with knives.

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Taylor tries to guide Thoms.

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Thoms rehears at Circus Tent Theatre before the show, which will be at Off Center.

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Thoms rehearses with her bag of kitchen knives in hand. '... The natural movement of cooks and waiters is natural dance,' says Taylor.

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