Leaves of Grass – Illuminated, a documentary film by Mark Wojahn of Leaves of Grass at the Guthrie in July of 2019, has been selected to be part of the Twin Cities Film Festival. It will air in the theater ($12) on Saturday, October 23 at 8:30pm. The film, like the production at the Guthrie, features six dancers live, and 18 dancers via video projection, with Patrick Scully playing Walt Whitman and original video by Nancy Hauser.
Can’t make that night? It is also available to be streamed during the festival, October 21-30, for $9.
Dancers:
Blake Nellis, David DeBlieck, Dustin Haug, Gadu (Katsushi F Schmitz), Robert Haarman, Robert Skafte, Dennis Yelkin (understudy)
Additional dancers in video: Brian J Evans, Jacob Carrigan, Jeremy Bensussan, Jesse Neumann Peterson, Jon Dahl, Jim Lieberthal, Michael Engel, Roman Morris, Ryan Pusch, Tristan Koepke, Yeniel (Chini) Perez
Location Info
The Showplace ICON Theatre
1625 West End Blvd
St. Louis Park, MN 55416