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PHOTO COURTESY ANANYA DANCE THEATRE

Dance dance … social revolution!

by John Sand
Published September 9, 2009
Members of the Ananya Dance Theatre translate enormous, messy issues into beautiful, clean-lined contemporary dance.
A detailed photograph of Oransky's "Distant Thoughts" reveals sweeping brushstrokes that expose the movement of the work.
PHOTO COURTESY FORM+CONTENT GALLERY

How close is too close?

by John Sand
Published September 9, 2009
Artists and educators Howard Oransky and Clarence Morgan work on breaking down the distance between the mind and art.
On the fringes of The Fringe

On the fringes of The Fringe

Published July 28, 2009
A&E chats with the creators of three of The Fringe Festival’s most outrageous shows.
“Flower Drum Song” enters the new millennium

“Flower Drum Song” enters the new millennium

Published June 2, 2009
A&E chats with playwright and brains behind “Flower Drum Song’s” remake, David Henry Hwang
Michael Esper (Eli Wolcott) and Stephen Spinella (Pier Luigi Marcantonio [Pill]) in the world premiere of THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL

Homo(sexual) sapiens

Published May 26, 2009
“The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide …” is, if anything, a tour-de-force.
The characters in “A Bright Room Called Day” find themselves suddenly emerged in a Nazi culture. PHOTO COURTESY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Vergangenheitsbewältigung is a bitter fruit

Published April 23, 2009
“A Bright Room Called Day” looks at the lives of Pre-war Berliners and their struggle to understand
PHOTO COURTESY HENNEPIN THEATRE TRUST

Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways

Published March 5, 2009
"Movin' Out" is a hip-shakin,' double-takin' journey through the 'Nam era.
PHOTO COURTESY MICHAL DANIEL. Ooms and Wingert and their elaborate set.

Beckett’s ‘Happy Days’ is delightful

Published February 26, 2009
The Guthrie Theater's production only suffers from lack of Fonzie.
PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS & DANCE. Mateo and Clara curl intimately in the center of the stage.

Bolina – what’s beneath the struggle

Published February 26, 2009
"Night Train to Bolina" treads heavily on issues such as child abuse and poverty.

This play has lots of lady parts

Published February 19, 2009
"The Vagina Monologues" celebrates V-day in a special way

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