Going Through the Movements

Going Through the Movements is the blog of John Munger, one of the Daily Planet's six Fringe bloggers.

MINNESOTA FRINGE FESTIVAL -- WHY ALL THIS MUSIC?

By John Munger, Going Through the Movements

Solid Work from a Student Studio

4 stars

An entity calling itself “Classical Mechanics” produces this show, but it’s really Midwest Youth Dance Theatre from Roseville, MN, a close-in suburb of Saint Paul.  MYDT is a studio/school with a long and honorable history.

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MINNESOTA FRINGE FESTIVAL -- HAPPY HOUR

By John Munger, Going Through the Movements

ONE OF THE BEST

 

In comes Sara Stevenson Scrimshaw. Tawny and glorious Sara. She is long of limb, impeccable of line, clean of technique, and masterful of presence. She delivers a solo that includes a surprise or two and the consumption of what is reputed to be high class whiskey.

 

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MINNESOTA FRINGE FESTIVAL: NUCLEUS ... AND OTHER CELL BODIES

By John Munger, Going Through the Movements

 

A WHOLE NEW WORLD

Kelly Radermacher hails now from Milwaukee but she spent seven or eight years in the Twin Cities before going east a couple of years ago. She danced here with a number of people, but especially Denise Armsted and April Sellers.

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Minnesota Fringe Festival: Nuance is earned

By John Munger, Going Through the Movements

This show – mostly dance but a certain amount of text and song – is a loose collaboration among four women who have something to say.  It holds together remarkably well, despite lack of a clear and tangible underlying thread such as narrative or topic or style. The four separate pieces are all clearly distinct from each other, but somehow they belong together. 

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Minnesota Fringe Festival: Out of the blocks

By John Munger, Going Through the Movements

The Fringe lives!!  I caught three shows yesterday and will catch three more today.

Some introductory comments. I specialize in writing about dance shows. Occasionally I write about others, but dance is the first priority.

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Alone In The Dark

By John Munger, Going Through the Movements

Last night I was sitting backstage at The Lab Theatre waiting for my next cue. There’s an area at the foot of the stairs that extends under what is a sort of side-view balcony, and also the tech booth, above. That’s where I was.

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Minnesota Fringe Festival—Dance With the Divas

By John Munger, Going Through the Movements

“Dance With The Divas!” is at The Lab Theatre. There are still three shows: tonight (Weds) at 7:00, plus slots on Saturday and Sunday. I saw it a couple of days ago.

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Being In Someone Else's Show

By John Munger, Going Through the Movements

Full disclosure;  I have a small part in Sarah LaRose-Hollands’s Fringe show, “Soiree Preview.” I want to talk abut being a person in someone else’s show. I will carefully avoid any critical, analytical or perceptual comments about this show.  I’m prohibited, in fact, from commenting on this show on the Fringe website.

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