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LeAnn House, St. Scholastica music professor and arts advocate, dies at 67 June 28, 2021 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink:
When music professor and accomplished pianist LeAnn House addressed new students during a fall convocation at Duluth s College of St. Scholastica in 2014, she didn t just speak to them. She asked them to stand and perform breathing exercises, then sing a verse she wrote for the occasion: Be genuine, gentle and generous, working for justice and living with joy.
House believed music and its power mattered to everyone, offering relief from stress and new ways of thinking, said her daughter, Rebecca Gruskin. Music grounds you, Gruskin said, and to House, it was part of what made life worth living.
“Dancing Through” by the Minnesota Ballet.
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By Kelly Sue Coyle, For the News Tribune | 11:34 pm, Apr. 24, 2021 ×
After months of quarantine, the Minnesota Ballet, under the direction of Karl von Rabenau, has put together a mixed repertoire performance by multiple choreographers to delight viewers live or virtually.
The highlight of the first half of the evening was Concourse. This piece by Petr Zharadinacek had my undivided attention. Dancers Samuel Mack and Kyra Olson held a tangible intensity throughout this piece as they transitioned from one place to the next on stage. Their partnering was seamlessly connected, which gave the impression that the relationship between the dancers was also connected. At times, the movement was fluid and at other times it was jerky, not unlike life and relationships in general.
This week s top picks in local arts and entertainment. Written By: Christa Lawler | × The Body Remembers opens indigenous film series
“The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open” is the story of two indigenous women whose worlds intersect on a sidewalk one pregnant, bleeding and on the run, the other fresh from a doctor’s appointment. The women end up spending an emotionally significant amount of time together in the Canadian film directed by Elle-Maija Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn and written by the latter. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (Photo by Violator Films/Experimental Forest Films/Oslo Pictures/Film Farms)
Dance review: Minnesota Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ brings a glimmer of joy to our homes
Although this year, there was no dressing up or mingling with friends at the theater, the Minnesota Ballet gave us the gift of dance.
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Kelly Sue Coyle, For the News Tribune | 11:27 am, Dec. 22, 2020 ×
Sean M. Sullivan rehearses the scene where he tells gathered children the story of how he once met Clara, who owns the beloved Nutcracker, in this year’s Minnesota Ballet production of The Nutcracker. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
Going to the theater to watch “The Nutcracker” is a tradition that many people look forward to every year. When I learned the Minnesota Ballet put a new twist on its annual production of the holiday classic, I was intrigued.