TALK DANCE host Justin Jones speaks with McGuire Senior Curator for
Performing Arts, Philip Bither about Sarah Michelson’s Devotion, her new
work inspired by the text of playwright/director Richard Maxwell.
Timecode/Topics
00:50 / Sarah Michelson (Daylight (for Minneapolis)) and Richard Maxwell (Joe)’s History with the Walker Art Center
04:10 / Background on the beginnings of Devotion
05:35 / The experience of watching a Sarah Michelson choreography
08:40 / Philip’s thoughts on Richard Maxwell’s work
12:00 / The nature of the Collaboration between Sarah Michelson and Richard Maxwell
14:00 / Risk and accessibility
18:50 / Is it just dance about dance?
21:00 / How a non-dance audience might approach watching Devotion
26:30 / And what ever happened to those large portraits from the Daylight set?
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