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PREVIEW: Carnaval Brasileiro

by Twin Cities Arts Reader -

Beira Mar Brasil in concert. The Brazilian festival Carnaval Brasileiro returns to Minneapolis on Saturday, February 13, 2016. This long-running festival, now in its 14th year, will take place at International Market Square and is divided into two portions: 3-6 PM: Carnaval Brasileiro 2016 (including the BrazilFest Family Matinee). 9 PM-2 AM: Carnaval Brasileiro Masquerade Ball. The festival will be hosted

DanceBrazil out, Ballet Hispanico in at Ordway

by Basil Considine -

Not every relationship's prepared to survive the Minnesota winter. As wet snow hit the pavement in the Twin Cities, the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts announced today that DanceBrazil will no longer be hitting its halls on January 14. The NYC-based dance company has quietly cancelled its U.S. tour,

LOOK INSIDE: Edgar Allan Poe’s Nutcracker (the un-ballet)

by Hanne Appelbaum -

All photos by Scott Pakudaitis and courtesy of Interact. A sure sign of the March on Christmas (not to be confused with the War on Christmas) is the opening of The Nutcracker at a theatre near you. Somehow, somewhere, even if you find a new way of living, a Nutcracker will always be there come

INTERVIEW: Dancer/Choreographer Gioconda Barbuto

by Basil Considine -

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: emilie/eurydice (Transatlantic Love Affair)

by Basil Considine -
Emilie (Heather Bunch) is cast by a car accident into the arms of the ensemble-cumliving set (Alex Hathaway and Derek Lee Miller). Photo by Jonathan Carlson.

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

PREVIEW: The Circus Juventas Gala

by Twin Cities Arts Reader -

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: Lula Washington Dance Theatre (Ordway)

by Basil Considine -

There are a lot of things wrong in the modern dance world, but Lula Washington Dance Theatre isn't one of them. Friday's show at the Ordway a breath of fresh air like the modern dance sequences in Center Stage, except more inspired, kinetic, and original. Who is Lula Washington, you might ask?

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