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Q & A with 2 Performers from Choreographers’ Evening
The Green Room
Dec 2009
Ryan Underbakke and Emily King were two of the intrepid performers at this year’s Choreographers’ Evening. Both graduates from the University of Minnesota, they have performed collaborations in London in addition to their work here. Ryan has a background in theater and has performed with Son of Semele and City Garage Theater companies in L.A., in addition to being a founding member of Giant Bird…
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Choreographers’ Evening 2009
The Green Room
Nov 2009
We love the lively conversation this blog has hosted for past Choreographers’ Evenings.
It gives audiences room to voice their experiences and ask questions of the artists. This is a rare gift for choreographers to hear all kinds of feedback in a forum where they have an opportunity to respond. We think of it as a way for us all to share a stage together and a way of seeing inside of a dance. So…
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Exploratory and Infectious: Dafnis Prieto
The Green Room
Nov 2009
Co-presented with the Northrop’s jazz series, last night’s concert marked the Minnesota debut of Cuban percussionist Dafnis Prieto. Prieto’s music revels in the fertile middle ground between free jazz and the straight-ahead jazz rooted in 1950s hard bop. The songs that made up the more than 80-minute set, many of which were from his recent album Taking the Soul for a Walk, fluidly moved between…
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Reflections on My Net: Google SketchUp
Field Guide
Nov 2009
This post is the first in an on-going series, in which guest artist-instructors involved with our various Raising Creative Kids programs reflect upon their teaching experience.
Last Saturday (Nov. 14) I had the pleasure of working with the Walker to develop and teach MyNet: Google SketchUp, a course designed to introduce the amazing world of 3d computer modeling to both kids and their parents (as well…
