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Respites, Clowns, and Curtain Down
The Green Room
Nov 2012
To spark discussion, the Walker invites local artists and critics to write overnight reviews of our performances. The ongoing Re:View series shares a diverse array of independent voices and opinions; it doesn’t reflect the views or opinions of the Walker or its curators. Today, Penelope Freeh shares her perspective on Tuesday night’s performance of Political Mother by Hofesh […]
To spark…
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Still Dots #97
Crosscuts
Nov 2012
Here he is, finally standing before us as an honest-to-God human being. Harry Lime is no longer a glossy, larger-than-life übermensch staring down upon his domains, but now a human body, wet and cold in Vienna’s sewers, terrified and running for his life. Harry’s rehumanization is, of course, a combination of carefully crafted stylistic and […]
Here he is, finally standing before us as an honest-to-God…
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Much More than a Reprint: Zammuto at the Walker
The Green Room
Nov 2012
I’ve been a fan of Nick Zammuto since I happened to have breakfast with him back in 2005 in North Adams, MA. He lived there and I was in town to watch a friend play at the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival. “I’m in a band called the Books,” he said to me. […]
I’ve been a fan of Nick Zammuto since I happened to have breakfast with him back in 2005 in North Adams, MA. He lived there and I was in town…
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In the presence of Monster
Untitled (Blog)
Nov 2012
Looking back on the evening of Thursday 30th May, when Minouk Lim in collaboration with Minneapolis-based choreographer Emily Johnson presented the performance FireCliff 3 in the Walker’s Burnet gallery, it is rather difficult to recall the intricacies of the piece. This is made ever more complex by the fact that I was privy to its […]
Looking back on the evening of Thursday 30 May, when Minouk…
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Yesterday’s Newspaper: November 8, 2012
Untitled (Blog)
Nov 2012
For the past two days–Election Day 2012 and the day after–we’ve been posting images of Dave McKenzie’s work Yesterday’s Newspaper as it appears in the exhibition The Living Years: Art after 1989. Changing daily, the work, as senior curator Clara Kim has written, “bridges the distance between events and times—between what is happening now and […]
For the past two days–Election Day 2012 and the day…
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Hofesh Shechter: Dance, Politics, and Apolitical Dance
The Green Room
Nov 2012
On the heels of what may be considered a crucial election,Hofesh Shechter Companycomes to Minneapolis with Political Mother. In the newest installment of TALK DANCE, local dancer and choreographer Justin Jones interviews choreographer and artistic director Hofesh Shechterabout politics, art, and influence.
Born and raised in Jerusalem, Shechter grew up in a tense political environment, which he…