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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

I Went To A Contemporary Dance Festival With My Cool Mom, This Is What Happened @ Vital Matters by Shannon Elizabeth O'Brien

Vital Matters Dance Festival The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN October 20, 2016 HIJACK, Anna Marie Shogren, Otto Ramstad, //CATHEDRAL\\ I go to shows mostly for two reasons, and I bet th…

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Olive Bieringa’s “action movie” @ Vital Matters by Shannon Elizabeth O'Brien

On October 21, 2016, I attended action movie by Olive Bieringa in the Vital Matters Dance Festival, held at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, MN. This four-day festival was important in c…

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Anna Marie Shogren’s “Human Anatomy” @ Vital Matters by Shannon Elizabeth O'Brien

Minneapolis, MN I was catering the opening night of the Vital Matters Festival of Dance at the Southern Theater, so between arranging plates, slicing bread, instructing assistants, opening j…

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Otto Ramstad’s “Lineage” @ Vital Matters by Shannon Elizabeth O'Brien

In the context of a contemporary dance festival dedicated to the “vital materiality of the body,” I was surprised that the greatest challenge to my idea of embodiment came about through …

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An Encounter with Justin Jones’ MONEYBODEYBODYMONY @ Vital Matters by Shannon Elizabeth O'Brien

I wrote an essay a while back that broke open the term ‘art’ into five different definitions. It was for a Ph.D. seminar on art and leadership. I read thousands of pages, wrote p…

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Friday, December 18, 2015

Anabella Lenzu in conversation with Shannon Elizabeth O’Brien by Shannon Elizabeth O'Brien

Anabella and Shannon talk "Unveiling Emotion and Motion" (book) & "In Pursuit of Happiness" (dance)

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Rebeca Medina’s Paraiso @ Five Myles Gallery by Shannon Elizabeth O'Brien and Angela Mariana Schöpke

It’s like walking into an abandoned house where everything’s been left the way it was.

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Thursday, August 6, 2015

CRIPFEST @ BAM by Shannon Elizabeth O'Brien

Celebrate, agitate, generate! Artists mark the 25th Anniversary of the ADA with more deformity than in Bradley Cooper's worst nightmares. This revolution will not be telethon-ised, you have …

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards