Year: 2022
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Ashwini Ramaswamy & Yia Vang
In this episode of The Great Northern Podcast, we get to sit in on a conversation between Ashwini Ramaswamy and Yia Vang. Ashwini is a celebrated choreographer, dancer, and artist who has spent years steeped in south Indian classical dance, while also creating her own personal vision of women’s representation in performance. Chef Yia Vang…
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Anthony Taylor & Kari Leibowitz
For this episode, we drop into a conversation between Anthony Taylor and Kari Leibowitz. Anthony Taylor is the Senior Vice President of Equity in the Outdoors for the YMCA of the North, a leading non-profit dedicated to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Kari Leibowitz is a health psychologist, speaker, and…
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Molly Joyce
In this episode, composer Molly Joyce talks about her practice, and specifically her new project Perspective, which is a part of The Great Northern this year. The work features words and stories of disabled interviewees, set within a complimentary soundscape. Perspective is on view at Second Shift Studio Space, opening January 28. Learn more.
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Winter is not easy on moose
The Great Northern is excited to partner with the Minnesota Zoo on future festival programming that will highlight how climate change is impacting the animals that comprise the state’s ecosystem. Humans are not the only climate refugees; many animals that rely on a cold climate to survive are running out of places they can live.…
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Melting the Cold Heart of Winter with ‘Latins on Ice’
An interview with Sabrín Diehl, by Maija García
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Voice, Light, Breath, and Shadow // An Interview with Daniel Wohl and Máni Sigfússon
The past couple of years haven’t exactly felt conducive to new artistic collaborations, but composer Daniel Wohl and director/videomaker Máni Sigfússon’s new work might not have happened in any other circumstance. A fully “remote” music video commission from Silicon Valley-based girls choir iSing led to drift, a multilayered exploration of breath and air which will…
