old growth
Loom Lab
old growth draws from shapeshifting mythology and the language of the forest to present a physically virtuosic exploration of transformation, community, and self-acceptance. Dance, puppets, fights, circus!
Venue: Southern Theater
Tagged For: Dance, Dance - Modern, Physical Theater, Puppetry, Non-Verbal
Content Warnings: Violence, Gun/Weapon Usage
Ages 7-11 and Up
I'm always a fan of seeing as many different kinds of dance shows as I can at the Fringe each year and this one looked intriguing. They’ve had critical and audience success with past Fringe shows pre-pandemic that I missed, so I’m going to see if I can rectify that this year.
The More Information tab on their Fringe show page gives some more detail of what they’re up to this time:
“Loom Lab’s old growth is a devised meditation on transformation, community, and acceptance, inspired by global mythology on shapeshifting, underworlds, and our innate connection to nature.
Part nonverbal storytelling and part catharsis via contemporary dance, old growth draws on the varied movement backgrounds of its cast to weave an exciting and captivating world where the laws of trees rule and honoring your truth is the only way to bloom. We use contemporary dance, circus arts, puppetry, fight work, and physical theater, to witness our characters try - sometimes successfully, sometimes not - to make sense of themselves against a background of engaging ensemble work.
About Loom Lab
Loom Lab is a collaboration between movement artist Re Edahl and theatre artist Cal O’Brien. Born of a desire to create truly interdisciplinary work, Loom Lab uses devising as a frame upon which to weave stories, finding our voice at the intersection of genre, identity, and form. Our desire to devise new work is emergent of our commitment to process and development. With our collective skills in dance, theatre, film, independent production, company management, and education we exist as a collective of individual artists eager to invite in the experiences of fellow artists as well as audience.”
Mythology, dance, circus arts, puppetry, fight work - sounds eclectic and funky - count me in.
Here's some handy links to this year's Top 10 list and Top 11-20 list, also a full list of all returning favorites to this year's Fringe, plus a link to all the 2024 Minnesota Fringe Festival coverage.
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