MJTC Presents ACTUALLY
by BWW News Desk - December 17, 2018
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company (MJTC) continues its 24th season with Actually by Anna Ziegler. To be directed by Harry Waters, Jr. in his professional directorial premiere in the Twin Cities.
by BWW News Desk - December 17, 2018
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company (MJTC) continues its 24th season with Actually by Anna Ziegler. To be directed by Harry Waters, Jr. in his professional directorial premiere in the Twin Cities.
Just Two Weeks Left To Vote for the 2018 BWW Minneapolis Awards!
by BWW Staff - December 17, 2018
There's just two weeks left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
by BWW Staff - December 17, 2018
There's just two weeks left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
6 Questions and a Plug with ELF THE MUSICAL's Buddy, Sam Hartley
by Kristen Hirsch Montag - December 13, 2018
ELF THE MUSICAL will bring back the wonder and delight of Christmas to even the grouchiest of winter workdays; Sam Hartley leads a cast who are full of the Christmas spirit and will make a Santa Claus believer out of you.
by Kristen Hirsch Montag - December 13, 2018
ELF THE MUSICAL will bring back the wonder and delight of Christmas to even the grouchiest of winter workdays; Sam Hartley leads a cast who are full of the Christmas spirit and will make a Santa Claus believer out of you.
Three Weeks Left To Vote For the BWW Minneapolis Awards!
by BWW Staff - December 10, 2018
There's just two weeks left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
by BWW Staff - December 10, 2018
There's just two weeks left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
PARTY IN THE REC ROOM Returns In 2019
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2018
Lorna Landvik's Party in the Rec Room will be on stage for six performances on Fridays and Saturdays, January 11-12; 18-19; 25-26. This wildly popular solo improv show is filled with characters created on the spot and margaritas created in a blender. Laughter is guaranteed. Enlightenment is possible.
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2018
Lorna Landvik's Party in the Rec Room will be on stage for six performances on Fridays and Saturdays, January 11-12; 18-19; 25-26. This wildly popular solo improv show is filled with characters created on the spot and margaritas created in a blender. Laughter is guaranteed. Enlightenment is possible.
BWW Review: Fanciful PRANCER at Lyric Arts Warms Hearts Through Magical Belief
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - December 09, 2018
Who believes in flying reindeer-Dasher, Dancer and Prancer? One of the seasonal productions on stage at Anoka's Lyric Arts Main Street Stage titled 'Prancer' had its beginnings in a 1989 Canadian American film written by Greg Taylor. Eventually, Seattle Children's Theatre and Children's Theatre Company Minneapolis commissioned the film for a play in 2016--Th dramatic and charming holiday selection speaks to what does a person, or those in the audience, believe int? Do they believe in magic, even the unseen that requires faith to believe in?
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - December 09, 2018
Who believes in flying reindeer-Dasher, Dancer and Prancer? One of the seasonal productions on stage at Anoka's Lyric Arts Main Street Stage titled 'Prancer' had its beginnings in a 1989 Canadian American film written by Greg Taylor. Eventually, Seattle Children's Theatre and Children's Theatre Company Minneapolis commissioned the film for a play in 2016--Th dramatic and charming holiday selection speaks to what does a person, or those in the audience, believe int? Do they believe in magic, even the unseen that requires faith to believe in?
BWW Review: Lyric Arts Presents Wonderette Cup of Irresistible Cheer
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - December 09, 2018
Bright colors and jingle bell music magically appear on the Lyric Arts Main Street Stage while the time of year leaps back into December, 1968. Harper's Hardware holds their end of year Holiday Happening, or the company's seasonal party, and everyone in the audience attends! Lyric Arts presents both the inviting entertainment for the company's happening in sync with their own December production through this charming, kitschy in the best way, girl group musical revue: 'Winter Wonderettes.' Written and created by Roger Bean in 2003, with lyrics and arrangements by Brian Baker, this 'juke box musical' features catchy tunes to hum or rock out to while smiling 'all the way' through the evening, and then 'all the way home.'
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - December 09, 2018
Bright colors and jingle bell music magically appear on the Lyric Arts Main Street Stage while the time of year leaps back into December, 1968. Harper's Hardware holds their end of year Holiday Happening, or the company's seasonal party, and everyone in the audience attends! Lyric Arts presents both the inviting entertainment for the company's happening in sync with their own December production through this charming, kitschy in the best way, girl group musical revue: 'Winter Wonderettes.' Written and created by Roger Bean in 2003, with lyrics and arrangements by Brian Baker, this 'juke box musical' features catchy tunes to hum or rock out to while smiling 'all the way' through the evening, and then 'all the way home.'
BWW Review: Park Square Theatre's Regional Premiere of MARIE AND ROSETTA Brings Two Gospel Legends to Vivid Life
by Jill Schafer - December 08, 2018
For two nights in a row, I experienced rousing gospel music as part of #TCTheater. In other words, was a good week. The night after seeing Penumbra Theatre's annual gospel rendition of the nativity story BLACK NATIVITY, I attended opening night of Park Square Theatre's regional premiere of the new play MARIE AND ROSETTA, the true story of lesser known gospel legend Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Written by Playwrights' Center affiliated writer George Brant, MARIE AND ROSETTA imagines the night of the first performance of Rosetta and her protege/duet partner Marie Knight. A night in 1946 Mississippi when there was no room at the inn for two black women singers, so they rehearsed and slept in a funeral home with a kindly owner. This play with music paints a beautiful picture of these two very different women, their music, and their relationship, as well as the hardships both faced in their lives and careers, and brings these two musical legends to vivid life. A 'joyful noise' indeed.
by Jill Schafer - December 08, 2018
For two nights in a row, I experienced rousing gospel music as part of #TCTheater. In other words, was a good week. The night after seeing Penumbra Theatre's annual gospel rendition of the nativity story BLACK NATIVITY, I attended opening night of Park Square Theatre's regional premiere of the new play MARIE AND ROSETTA, the true story of lesser known gospel legend Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Written by Playwrights' Center affiliated writer George Brant, MARIE AND ROSETTA imagines the night of the first performance of Rosetta and her protege/duet partner Marie Knight. A night in 1946 Mississippi when there was no room at the inn for two black women singers, so they rehearsed and slept in a funeral home with a kindly owner. This play with music paints a beautiful picture of these two very different women, their music, and their relationship, as well as the hardships both faced in their lives and careers, and brings these two musical legends to vivid life. A 'joyful noise' indeed.
Emmy Winner and Tony Nominee Joshua Bergasse to Direct and Choreograph SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE at the Ordway
by BWW News Desk - December 07, 2018
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts raised the curtain with a sneak peek of its 2019-2020 Broadway Series by announcing the all-new incarnation of the Grammy Award-winning, Tony Award-nominated, Broadway hit Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller.
by BWW News Desk - December 07, 2018
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts raised the curtain with a sneak peek of its 2019-2020 Broadway Series by announcing the all-new incarnation of the Grammy Award-winning, Tony Award-nominated, Broadway hit Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller.
BWW Review: There is No Better Place to Experience the Joyful Noise of the Holidays than at Penumbra Theatre's Annual Celebration BLACK NATIVITY
by Jill Schafer - December 07, 2018
There truly is no better place to experience the 'joyful noise' of the holiday* season than at Penumbra Theatre's annual production of BLACK NATIVITY. Despite it being a 30+ year #TCTheater holiday institution, this is only my second time seeing the show. If you've never seen it before, you need to add it to your holiday theater rotation to experience the pure joy radiating from the stage. And if you have seen it before, you know just how heart-warming and life-affirming it is. This 80-minute theater/ music/ dance/ poetry experience continues through December 23, so there's plenty of time to get to St. Paul.
by Jill Schafer - December 07, 2018
There truly is no better place to experience the 'joyful noise' of the holiday* season than at Penumbra Theatre's annual production of BLACK NATIVITY. Despite it being a 30+ year #TCTheater holiday institution, this is only my second time seeing the show. If you've never seen it before, you need to add it to your holiday theater rotation to experience the pure joy radiating from the stage. And if you have seen it before, you know just how heart-warming and life-affirming it is. This 80-minute theater/ music/ dance/ poetry experience continues through December 23, so there's plenty of time to get to St. Paul.
Osmo Vänskä To Conclude Tenure As Minnesota Orchestra Music Director Following 2021-22 Season
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2018
Osmo Vanska announced plans today at the Minnesota Orchestra's annual meeting to conclude his tenure as Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra in August 2022. The 2021-22 season, his final as music director, will mark his 19th year at the helm of the Minnesota Orchestra, capping what is widely considered one of the great musical partnerships in Minnesota Orchestra history. Beyond 2022, Mr. Vanska and the Minnesota Orchestra will maintain their musical relationship, with Mr. Vanska returning for ongoing concert engagements.
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2018
Osmo Vanska announced plans today at the Minnesota Orchestra's annual meeting to conclude his tenure as Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra in August 2022. The 2021-22 season, his final as music director, will mark his 19th year at the helm of the Minnesota Orchestra, capping what is widely considered one of the great musical partnerships in Minnesota Orchestra history. Beyond 2022, Mr. Vanska and the Minnesota Orchestra will maintain their musical relationship, with Mr. Vanska returning for ongoing concert engagements.
Minnesota Orchestra Reports Fiscal 2018 Balanced Budget
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2018
The Minnesota Orchestra's 2018 Annual Meeting today celebrated the artistic and financial milestones of the Orchestra's 2017-18 season, a year in which the Orchestra received a Grammy nomination and added to its Mahler symphony cycle; launched its first full-Orchestra Sensory-Friendly concert; toured to Mankato, Chicago, London and, in a first for a U.S. orchestra, South Africa-and achieved a balanced budget. Margaret Bracken was elected Board Chair by the Orchestra's Board of Directors, succeeding Marilyn Carlson Nelson, who completed a two-year term.
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2018
The Minnesota Orchestra's 2018 Annual Meeting today celebrated the artistic and financial milestones of the Orchestra's 2017-18 season, a year in which the Orchestra received a Grammy nomination and added to its Mahler symphony cycle; launched its first full-Orchestra Sensory-Friendly concert; toured to Mankato, Chicago, London and, in a first for a U.S. orchestra, South Africa-and achieved a balanced budget. Margaret Bracken was elected Board Chair by the Orchestra's Board of Directors, succeeding Marilyn Carlson Nelson, who completed a two-year term.
Matt Giles Named General Manager of Children's Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2018
Children's Theatre Company (CTC) announced today the appointment of Matt Giles as the organization's new General Manager. Giles served as the Associate Producing Director for Seattle Repertory Theatre and Artistic Producer of Public Works Seattle.
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2018
Children's Theatre Company (CTC) announced today the appointment of Matt Giles as the organization's new General Manager. Giles served as the Associate Producing Director for Seattle Repertory Theatre and Artistic Producer of Public Works Seattle.
Theatre Coup D'Etat Presents FIGHT NIGHT
by BWW News Desk - December 03, 2018
Fight Night is back, now at the Phoenix Theatre! It's Celebrity Deathmatch meets Highlander... and it's live!
by BWW News Desk - December 03, 2018
Fight Night is back, now at the Phoenix Theatre! It's Celebrity Deathmatch meets Highlander... and it's live!
Vote For The 2018 BWW Minneapolis Awards; LEGALLY BLONDE Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Staff - December 03, 2018
There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
by BWW Staff - December 03, 2018
There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
6 Questions with Guthrie Theater NOISES OFF's Nathan Keepers
by Kristen Hirsch Montag - November 29, 2018
There's more than meets the eye and the funny bone when it comes to creating a farce like NOISES OFF at the Guthrie Theater. Nathan Keepers tells more about what it takes.
by Kristen Hirsch Montag - November 29, 2018
There's more than meets the eye and the funny bone when it comes to creating a farce like NOISES OFF at the Guthrie Theater. Nathan Keepers tells more about what it takes.
Skylark Opera Theatre Announces 2019 Season
by BWW News Desk - November 26, 2018
Skylark Opera Theatre has announced shows for its 2019 Season. See the full lineup below!
by BWW News Desk - November 26, 2018
Skylark Opera Theatre has announced shows for its 2019 Season. See the full lineup below!
Theater Latté Da Announces The Cast Of Sondheim's Romantic Masterpiece A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
by BWW News Desk - November 26, 2018
Theater Latte Da announces the cast for Stephen Sondheim's romantic comedy A Little Night Music. Winner of three Tony Awards including Best Musical, A Little Night Music features a book by Hugh Wheeler with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Theater Latte Da Artistic Director Peter Rothstein directs the production with Music Director Jason Hansen and choreography by Heidi Spesard-Noble.
by BWW News Desk - November 26, 2018
Theater Latte Da announces the cast for Stephen Sondheim's romantic comedy A Little Night Music. Winner of three Tony Awards including Best Musical, A Little Night Music features a book by Hugh Wheeler with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Theater Latte Da Artistic Director Peter Rothstein directs the production with Music Director Jason Hansen and choreography by Heidi Spesard-Noble.
Vote For The 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards; Guthrie Theater Leads Best Theatre Company!
by BWW Staff - November 26, 2018
There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
by BWW Staff - November 26, 2018
There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
BWW Review: Mixed Blood Theatre Brings Us Three Brilliant Plays by 'Prescient Harbingers' - Black Male Playwrights, Voices We Need to Listen To and Hear
by Jill Schafer - November 24, 2018
As usual, Mixed Blood Theatre is doing something pretty remarkable right now. They're presenting three plays in rep, all written by young black men. Under the umbrella 'Prescient Harbingers' (meaning: 'having or showing knowledge of events before they take place;' 'a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another'), these three brilliant plays explore what it means to be a black man in America, directly or indirectly (one is even subtitled BEING BLACK FOR DUMMIES), along with commenting on race relations in America and more generally on modern life in America. Young black men are dying at an alarming rate, and these are voices we need to listen to if we ever hope to understand the problem so that we can stop it from happening. If you are a young black man, I can only imagine how validating it must feel to see these voices and these stories on stage. If you're not, I encourage you to go see one, two, or preferably all three of these plays with an open mind and an open heart. Listen, hear, laugh, cry, be disturbed, get angry, join the movement for justice and equality.
by Jill Schafer - November 24, 2018
As usual, Mixed Blood Theatre is doing something pretty remarkable right now. They're presenting three plays in rep, all written by young black men. Under the umbrella 'Prescient Harbingers' (meaning: 'having or showing knowledge of events before they take place;' 'a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another'), these three brilliant plays explore what it means to be a black man in America, directly or indirectly (one is even subtitled BEING BLACK FOR DUMMIES), along with commenting on race relations in America and more generally on modern life in America. Young black men are dying at an alarming rate, and these are voices we need to listen to if we ever hope to understand the problem so that we can stop it from happening. If you are a young black man, I can only imagine how validating it must feel to see these voices and these stories on stage. If you're not, I encourage you to go see one, two, or preferably all three of these plays with an open mind and an open heart. Listen, hear, laugh, cry, be disturbed, get angry, join the movement for justice and equality.
Photo Flash: First Look At Disney's MARY POPPINS JR. At Stages Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2018
Join us this holiday season for a practically perfect experience for the entire family! "It's a jolly holiday with Mary" in this Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious adventure based on the award-winning Broadway musical and classic Walt Disney film. Step in Time with everyone's favorite nanny and share the magical transformation of the Banks family with your family this holiday.
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2018
Join us this holiday season for a practically perfect experience for the entire family! "It's a jolly holiday with Mary" in this Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious adventure based on the award-winning Broadway musical and classic Walt Disney film. Step in Time with everyone's favorite nanny and share the magical transformation of the Banks family with your family this holiday.
BWW Review: Yellow Tree Theatre Returns to the Play That Started their Tradition of Hilarious, Heart-Warming, Original Minnesota Holiday Shows - MIRACLE ON CHRISTMAS LAKE
by Jill Schafer - November 21, 2018
Gather round, children, this is one of my favorite stories in #TCTheater. Not that long ago, in a land not too far away, a couple moved home to Minnesota from NYC to start a theater company. Shortly after doing so, the rights to the holiday show they were planning were pulled a few weeks before rehearsal was set to begin. Luckily, one of them was a playwright, so she wrote a play. That play was a comedy about a couple that moved to a small town in Minnesota from NYC to run a theater company, when the rights to their holiday play were pulled the night before opening. They say write what you know, and Jessica Lind Peterson did just that, to great success. She mixed her and Yellow Tree Theatre co-founder Jason Peterson's story together with Minnesota humor, soap operas, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, a handful of quirky characters, and a bearded dragon, put it all in a crock pot to simmer, and something delicious was born. Now, ten years later, Yellow Tree's holiday show is a huge hit every year and anchors their season to be able to produce some extraordinary and diverse work year-round. There have been two installments of MIRACLE ON CHRISTMAS LAKE, as well as two stand-alone plays A HUNTING SHACK CHRISTMAS and A GONE FISHIN' CHRISTMAS. For their 11th season they're returning to where it all began, the original MIRACLE ON CHRISTMAS LAKE with most of the original cast. This was my 6th time seeing some iteration of the CHRISTMAS LAKE franchise, and I love the silly, ridiculous, sweet, wonderful mess even more each time I see it. The show continues through the end of December, but as I mentioned it's always hugely popular, so get your tickets soon!
by Jill Schafer - November 21, 2018
Gather round, children, this is one of my favorite stories in #TCTheater. Not that long ago, in a land not too far away, a couple moved home to Minnesota from NYC to start a theater company. Shortly after doing so, the rights to the holiday show they were planning were pulled a few weeks before rehearsal was set to begin. Luckily, one of them was a playwright, so she wrote a play. That play was a comedy about a couple that moved to a small town in Minnesota from NYC to run a theater company, when the rights to their holiday play were pulled the night before opening. They say write what you know, and Jessica Lind Peterson did just that, to great success. She mixed her and Yellow Tree Theatre co-founder Jason Peterson's story together with Minnesota humor, soap operas, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, a handful of quirky characters, and a bearded dragon, put it all in a crock pot to simmer, and something delicious was born. Now, ten years later, Yellow Tree's holiday show is a huge hit every year and anchors their season to be able to produce some extraordinary and diverse work year-round. There have been two installments of MIRACLE ON CHRISTMAS LAKE, as well as two stand-alone plays A HUNTING SHACK CHRISTMAS and A GONE FISHIN' CHRISTMAS. For their 11th season they're returning to where it all began, the original MIRACLE ON CHRISTMAS LAKE with most of the original cast. This was my 6th time seeing some iteration of the CHRISTMAS LAKE franchise, and I love the silly, ridiculous, sweet, wonderful mess even more each time I see it. The show continues through the end of December, but as I mentioned it's always hugely popular, so get your tickets soon!
Theater Latté Da Announces Opening Of Community Scene Shop In Northeast Minneapolis
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2018
Theater Latte Da announces the opening of their new scene shop in Northeast Minneapolis. With support from a grant from the McKnight Foundation, the Twin Cities-based theater company is establishing the space as a shared scene shop with the hopes it will be a resource for other theater companies, scenic artists, and even individuals to utilize for set building, carpentry, woodworking, welding, small paint projects, and more.
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2018
Theater Latte Da announces the opening of their new scene shop in Northeast Minneapolis. With support from a grant from the McKnight Foundation, the Twin Cities-based theater company is establishing the space as a shared scene shop with the hopes it will be a resource for other theater companies, scenic artists, and even individuals to utilize for set building, carpentry, woodworking, welding, small paint projects, and more.
Emily Michaels King and Debra Berger Announce Remount Of ANIMUS
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2018
Twin Cities based artists, Emily Michaels King and Debra Berger announced today the debut of their performance duo E/D and the remount of their latest theatrical work, Animus, performing December 14 through December 22 at the Southern Theater.
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2018
Twin Cities based artists, Emily Michaels King and Debra Berger announced today the debut of their performance duo E/D and the remount of their latest theatrical work, Animus, performing December 14 through December 22 at the Southern Theater.
SPCO's Liquid Music Series Presents Ashwini Ramaswamy
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2018
Minneapolis-based Bharatanatyam dancer/choreographer Ashwini Ramaswamy, celebrated for her ability to "[weave] together, both fearfully and joyfully, the human and the divine" (The New York Times) discusses her multidisciplinary original work Let the Crows Come featuring collaborator and "genre-busting" (The Guardian) composer/DJ/author Jace Clayton and Twin Cities dancer Alanna Morris-Van Tassel, who "embodies the power of dance to create deep and lasting connections where words cannot" (Dance Magazine, "25 to Watch"). Using the mythography of crows as a framework to explore memory as a source of guidance and dislocation, the work layers Ramaswamy's visceral interpretation of ancestry, ritual, and tradition with a genre-defying evolution of movement and music across cultural and corporeal boundaries. Presented at the newly-renovated Parkway Theater in South Minneapolis, the work-in-progress conversation is part of the SPCO's Tapestry19 Festival and will include video footage of Ramaswamy's Space Residency at The Baryshnikov Arts Center.
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2018
Minneapolis-based Bharatanatyam dancer/choreographer Ashwini Ramaswamy, celebrated for her ability to "[weave] together, both fearfully and joyfully, the human and the divine" (The New York Times) discusses her multidisciplinary original work Let the Crows Come featuring collaborator and "genre-busting" (The Guardian) composer/DJ/author Jace Clayton and Twin Cities dancer Alanna Morris-Van Tassel, who "embodies the power of dance to create deep and lasting connections where words cannot" (Dance Magazine, "25 to Watch"). Using the mythography of crows as a framework to explore memory as a source of guidance and dislocation, the work layers Ramaswamy's visceral interpretation of ancestry, ritual, and tradition with a genre-defying evolution of movement and music across cultural and corporeal boundaries. Presented at the newly-renovated Parkway Theater in South Minneapolis, the work-in-progress conversation is part of the SPCO's Tapestry19 Festival and will include video footage of Ramaswamy's Space Residency at The Baryshnikov Arts Center.
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