"Collaborating with Bertolt Brecht": Talking Dance with David Gordon and Michael Lupu March 7, 2009

David Gordon, choreographer, director and editor of Uncivil Wars/moving w/Brecht & Eisler engages in a discussion of the playwright's changing role in production, the art of translation, the life of Bertolt Brecht and behind the scenes stories about the creation of Uncivil Wars. Michael Lupu is senior dramaturg at the Guthrie Theater and is dramaturg for numerous plays including the Guthrie's two current productions, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Happy Days. A reception follows the discussion.

Presented in partnership with The Walker Art Center, The Lab Theater, the Collaborative Arts Program and Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota, The Playwrights' Center, and the Center for Creative Research, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts. The Gertrude Lippincott Talking Dance Series is made possible by Judith Brin Ingber. Additional support for this program provided by the Imagine Fund at the University of Minnesota.

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