The Ends of Love

Stuart Pimsler was inspired by literature when constructing this feverish meditation on love; he read everything from Plato’s Symposium to contemporary fare like Nicole Krauss’ The History of Love and Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. He then cast a nine-year-old dancer to act as the show’s sage narrator, much like in Krauss’ and Foer’s stories; threading together a history of feelings, this character thus carries the tone of the piece, which ranges from bawdy to introspective. To pluck things up, Twin Cities composer Michelle Kinney has composed live, original music for cello, acoustic guitar, and accordion, while filmmaker Paul Augustin lends the video accompaniment—mostly images of wooded areas that Pimsler called “very Midsummer Night’s Dream-like.” 612-377-2224; www.guthrietheater.org