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‘The Groundskeepers’

Attendees follow a tale through the closed hospital. In the chapel, the movement is overlaid with Refik Anadol's projections. The seven-scene, two-hour work was written by George Moreno and staged by Heidi Duckler.

Attendees follow a tale through the closed hospital. In the chapel, the movement is overlaid with Refik Anadol’s projections. The seven-scene, two-hour work was written by George Moreno and staged by Heidi Duckler.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Heidi Duckler’s latest site-specific performance piece is set at the shuttered Linda Vista Hospital in Boyle Heights.

'The Groundskeepers'

Nicholas Heitzeberg and Marissa Labog dance through the boiler room. Roaming saxophonist Andrew Pask blows mournful riffs.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

'The Groundskeepers'

The performance begins outdoors with dancers moving along a fire escape.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

'The Groundskeepers'

Molly Myers and Carlos Rodriguez take command of a wall along the parking lot.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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'The Groundskeepers'

Roberto Lambaren moves along a basement hallway.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

'The Groundskeepers'

Joe Schenck, from left, Ja-Young Kim and Roberto Lambaren interact in a basement hallway.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

'The Groundskeepers'

Redemption is found in the chapel, where projections add a vivid overlay.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

'The Groundskeepers'

A fire escape invites imaginative movement as Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre performs “The Groundskeepers” at Linda Vista Hospital in Boyle Heights.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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