8ight Seasons

We’ve heard of a meeting of the minds, but what’s about to go down at O’Shaughnessy is a definitive meeting of the feet. In a premiere collaboration, two of the Twin Cities’ big-dog dance companies, Jazzdance and Minnesota Dance Theatre, are joining forces to bring us 8ight Seasons, an ambitious dance party set to the tune of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Jazzdance will perform last season’s hit, “Las Cuatro Estaciones,” guided by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla’s reinterpretation of Vivaldi. Meanwhile, MDT adds their own dash of Argentine flavor with a jazz-and-tango six-dancer piece. It’s spring right now in South America, so this might be a good antidote to autumnal blahs. If any arts community knows the profound effects of season, it’s us, and it’s about time we all saw it in a more poetic light.
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