Mikhail Baryshnikov was just in town a few months ago performing solo, but if he wants to come back so soon he certainly doesn’t have to twist our arm. He graces our cities again as the lead dancer in the world premiere of this dreamlike dance piece set in a remote Russian town during the days of Stalin. It’s the brainchild of Rezo Gabriadze, a writer, director, and puppeteer from ex-Soviet Georgia, whose first major U.S. work was an acclaimed restaging of the Battle of Stalingrad with enormous marionettes, which garnered surprisingly few comparisons to Being John Malkovich. 700 N. 1st St., Minneapolis; (612) 377-2224; www.guthrietheater.org
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