INTERVIEW: Dancer/Choreographer Gioconda Barbuto Arts Dance by Basil Considine - November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 Dancer/Choreographer Gioconda Barbuto in Tangente's Respiro. Photo by Michael Slobodian. One of the highlights of TU Dance's show at the O'Shaughnessy this weekend is a new piece by choreographer Gioconda Barbuto. Barbuto is an internationally renown dancer, an award-winning choreographer, and a Kennedy Center Fellowship nominee; she is also the 2015 recipient of
REVIEW: Silent Movie Magic Flute Extravaganza Still Has It Arts Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - November 18, 2015November 20, 2015 It's been a year and a half since Minnesota Opera opened its striking and iconoclastic take on The Magic Flute. This production wowed audiences, who came in droves; at the time, the two-week run was the best-selling show in the company's 41-year history (it was dethroned by last spring's Carmen). Not everyone
REVIEW: emilie/eurydice (Transatlantic Love Affair) Arts Dance Theatre by Basil Considine - November 16, 2015November 18, 2015 Transatlantic Love Affair's emilie/eurydice is a difficult show to describe. This is not due to a particular complexity of plot – the scenario is fairly straightforward – but due to the impossibility of pinning what makes this show so moving on a single part. Many elements that by themselves might have
BLACK FRIDAY: Free Admission to Minnesota State Parks Lifestyle by Hanne Appelbaum - November 14, 2015November 15, 2015 Looking for a post-turkey slimmer? Want something to break up the eating? Take a trip to the outdoors and burn off that stuffing! Entrance fees to all 76 Minnesota state parks and recreation areas will be waived on Friday, Nov. 27. “There is a Minnesota state park within 30 miles of almost
OPINION: Attacks in Paris Opinion by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 13, 2015 By now, many of you have heard of the terrible terrorist attacks perpetrated in Paris. The crimes committed today are monstrous: suicide bombings and mass shootings – indiscriminate killings. The world is rightly horrified by what has taken place. All of those who have suffered losses today have our deep
Hormel Bacon Campaign Goes Bananas Lifestyle by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 12, 2015 What's better than burlesque? Burlesque with bacon, sayeth the advertising campaign for Hormel's Black Label Bacon: The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal has the writeup.
REVIEW: The Night Alive (Jungle Theater) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - November 10, 2015November 16, 2015 There's a surprising amount of violence in The Night Alive, Conor McPherson's new play at the Jungle Theater, given that the piece is fundamentally a situational comedy. A bit of a black comedy at times, yes, but the show having a body count matching Sister Act is just one of the unexpected things
REVIEW: The Wizard of Oz (Children’s Theatre Company) Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - November 8, 2015November 16, 2015 The Wizard of Oz is a show that needs no introduction, so let's dive right into some of the elements that make the current Children's Theatre Company production the endearing gem that it is. First, this show (which opened on Friday) is visually fun to look at. The Kansas is
PREVIEW: The Circus Juventas Gala Arts Dance Lifestyle by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 6, 2015November 6, 2015 If you missed Circus Juventas' sensational 1001 Nights show this summer, there's one more chance to catch it during one of fall's hottest society events: the annual Circus Juventas gala. Many local arts organizations have their galas in their performance or gallery spaces, but only Circus Juventas puts the action under the
REVIEW: Uncomfortable by Design: Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - November 6, 2015November 6, 2015 Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune is designed to be discomforting. The Casting Spells Productions staging of this 1987 Terrence McNally play, which opened last night at the Theatre Garage, does not shy from this. The resulting experience is raw, uncomfortably intimate in its closeness, and unrelenting. Whether this