bolerobolero​

(2020)

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"This is a heroic work, a spectacle for our time, where twenty-one excellent dancers risk much to bring us a sign of hope for the resilience of dance, and for the vitality and spunk our nation so needs to survive. In other words, damn, that was good, both sophisticated and feral, right up my alley.  I couldn’t help but think of RBG, her spunk and vitality, her integrity and grit. You made my day, my week, my year." -audience member

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Set to the iconic work by Ravel, this contemporary interpretation features a cast of 20 dancers from diverse backgrounds coming together in response to a collective need to dance and create together as we navigate upheavals in our social and political landscape

 

Co-Production with HoneyWorks

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Choreographed by Berit Ahlgren and Helen Hatch

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Created in collaboration with the performers

 

Cast: Berit Ahlgren, Helen Hatch, Hannah Albers, Alexandra Bodnarchuk, Alivia Brouwer, Penelope Freeh, Natalie Gorg, Leah Gulstrand, Elena Hollenhorst, Alejandra Iannone, Gemma Isaacson, Juliana Johnson, Jake Lewis, Samantha Meryhew, Kelli Miles, Da’Rius Malone, Sally Rousse, Amanda Sachs, Connor Simone, and Joe Tennis.

 

Music: Ravel

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Costumes: Berit Ahlgren and Helen Hatch

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Sound: Brandon Musser and Rick Ausland

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Videography: Andrew Hatling and Evelyn Sadowski (Noble Productions)

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Duration: 16 minutes

 

Premiered September 19th, 2020 with additional performances September 20th, 2020

 

The Shed outside The Lab Taproom

767 N Eustis St Suite 115, St Paul, MN 55114​​