In memory of choreographer Eric Hampton, a dance tribute and a new foundation
The numbness that would take his life started in his pinky toe. Facing his 50th birthday, the Washington ballet teacher and smart, discerning choreographer Eric Hampton was making a piece called "Half a Life" for his company, Eric Hampton Dance. In it could be seen the artist's bittersweet musings on youth and the thievery of time. Also present was the somber realization of many a midlife crisis: that death was closi…