The evening begins with Taja Will’s new solo Soft Sediment, a haunting vocal and movement meditation on the impact and struggle of Earth’s ecosystem. Will offers a sonic salve both ethereal and guttural, the voices of many ancestors simultaneously. A sprechstimme-like hopeful and pained vocalize is blended with Will’s signature improvisational, emergent and emotive movement aesthetic.

Mathew Janczewski takes to the stage for the first time since 2017 for the premiere of a new duet with longtime ARENA DANCES company member, Dustin Haug, who has collaborated with ARENA since 2012. Semipermeable fluid set of ideas highlights this specific and present relationship of the two, allowing for each to move through together from a certain known history of ideas shared.

The program concludes with the choreographic collaboration Here, Dear Life, offering A club-like atmosphere of daring ecstasy, collective revolt, and personal reclamations. Twin Cities beloved queer DJ Queen Duin joins a powerhouse ensemble of movers; Leila Awadallah, D Hunter, Imagine Joy (Demetrius McClendon), Sarah McCullough, Leslie O’Neal and apprentices Kendall Edstrom, Annika Johansson, Kae McMahon and Río Saúl García Ramírez. 

DATES

Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Tickets: $35, fees included.
Immediately following the performance, enjoy a champagne toast on the Goodale stage!

Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Tickets: PAY AS YOU ARE. Market Value- $35, fees included.
Immediately following the performance, enjoy a Post-Show Experience/Conversation with Telling Queer History!

VENUE

MERGE In March will take place in The Cowles Center’s Goodale Theater.

PAY AS YOU ARE

Sunday, March 24 performance is PAY AS YOU ARE.

In order to make our performances more accessible, The Cowles Center is excited to join other Twin Cities performing arts organizations and begin implementing PAY AS YOU ARE throughout the season. PAY AS YOU ARE pricing asks those who routinely pay the fair market value for tickets to choose to pay that amount. If an audience member needs to pay less, they can choose to pay less – as little as $5 per ticket, while those who are able to pay above market price are welcome to do so.