~ A ballet company dancer goes to a cocktail party,and on a lark has her fortune told. The woman, holding her ring and a bracelet ,looks into her face and tells her a unimaginable story. She will leave the mecca for dancers,New York,and go to a very rural place and do the best work of her life there, and the letter A ,very large A the fortuneteller says, is hanging over all.

. The couple buy a travel trailer and find themselves in Death Valley Junction(pop.10),while her husband buys gas she explores the street~ and finds the Opera house,deserted and in disrepair but it speaks to her. They find they can rent the place for $45.00 a month plus repairs and that the Spanish called this place Amargosa. So begins the story of a woman dedicated to her art,dedicated to expressing herself,dedicated to beauty.

As the story of Marta Becket unfolds,one thinks what a nut this woman must be,by the time the film ends one wishes it would never stop. At 81 she dances,even if no audience is there. Yet as she has painted a opera house on all four walls,and ceiling she is never alone.

The quirks,the whole story of this amazing creature I leave to you to discover. I highly recommend this Todd Robinson documentary.

http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2005/11/11/news/becket.html a short article about Marta and http://www.todanceonsands.com/author.html a link for her book

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