![]() ![]() Baritone Bradley Greenwald becomes a human pendulum in “The Eleventh Hour,” swaying from one foot to the other alongside dancers Samuel Feipel, Pavel Homko, and Nick Strafaccia. ![]() In Leonard Cohen’s “Famous Blue Raincoat,” solo dancer Jennifer Hart and vocalist Peden are set up as mirror images of each other, executing the same movement as Peden sings. For the most part, it works – only in a few numbers do the gestures of the vocalists distract from the fluid movements of the dancers. The two-hour show features twenty-two pieces set to music by artists including Leonard Cohen, Fats Waller, Stephen Sondheim, and Tom Linker.Īlthough the musicians and ensemble singers occupy a space at the rear of the stage, Houlton makes the ambitious choice of placing her two vocal soloists, Jennifer Baldwin Peden and Bradley Greenwald, in the center of the action. In “Rumblings,” choreographer Lise Houlton has created a show that is all about the blues, creating dances that are intimately connected to the musical numbers performed live by musicians and singers on stage. The show opens with Kurt Weill’s “Lonely House,” and set and light designers Joe Stanley and Jeff Bartlett have made it look like one, a desolate place that has seen better days. 1įrom the moment the lights go up on Minnesota Dance Theatre’s production “Rumblings,” the scene is set – we are transported into the world of the blues. ![]() Kim Surkan enjoyed "Rumblings," the blues-inflected dances performed by Minnesota Dance Theater at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium at the College of Catherine in St. ![]()
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