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Don’t Forget You Are Precious (2024)
Photo: Paul Schmidt
Commissioned by Minnesota Dance Theatre
Created in collaboration with the dancers.
Original cast: Maddie Blessinger, Kylie Fox, Emily Pitts, Ken Shiozawa, Zachary Tuazon, Sasha Zitofsky
Music: Patrick Jonsson, Elori Saxl, Scanner, Low
Lighting Design: Jesse Cogswell
Premiere: May 3, 2024
The Southern Theater
1420 S Washington Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55454
Duration: 22:18
“The company’s interim artistic director, Elayna Waxse, collaborated with the dancers to create “Don’t Forget You Are Precious.” Perhaps it was Emily Pitts’ arresting solo in a pseudo-nightgown that lent the impression that we were in something of a dream scene, the other dancers products of her subconscious. Zitofsky emerged as the messenger of unbounded exultation, the other five dancers embracing that spirit to a concluding rocker by Duluth-based band Low. And kudos to Jesse Cogswell’s very inventive lighting design.”