Art Hounds: Fresh dance, short plays and a nightmare gala

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Anna Pinault discusses the innovative dance performance 'Fresh Baked' and the creative process behind it.

From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above. Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here . Strange Loop Project’s ‘Fresh Baked’ Anna Pinault is a dancer and choreographer in Minneapolis, and she recommends an innovative dance performance this Saturday from Strange Loop Project. It’s the second installment in their “Fresh Baked” series, where four dancer/choreographers are given 24 hours to create a new dance based on a three-word prompt. Each dancer receives the same prompt, resulting in what Pinault says feels like a curated collection. The performance of these “fresh-baked” dances, which tend to average about 10 minutes each, will take place 8 p.m. Saturday, May 2 at 1629 Hennepin Ave. in Minneapolis. Pinault performed in the first iteration of the series in February, and she described what the next four dancers are about to experience. Anna says: You really have to let go and just give in to the freedom of creation. It takes a lot of trust in yourself as well, that you can show up in the studio, come up…

People in this episode

Guest: Anna Pinault

Topics covered

• dance performance
• local art
• theater
• creative process
• Minnesota arts community

Keywords

• dance
• performance
• Minnesota
• art
• theater
• creative process
• Strange Loop Project

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Strange Loop Project, Threshold Theater

Books & works: More 4Play

Places: Minneapolis, 1629 Hennepin Ave.

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