The Oldest Deer - The Longest Path - The Highest Bough

With our 36th original production in 25 years, Off-Leash Area invites audiences to the edge of the supernatural where crossing borders between realms is not only possible, but necessary for an anxious world to weather the oncoming storm.
 
Set at the edge of a darkly mystical forest a ghostly herd of deer emerge from another time and space to deliver an invitation to transformation ….
 
Off-Leash Area draws from world mythology, builds an immersive space of projection art and physical performance, and choreographs with a diverse, all-abilities, and multi-generational cast continuing the company’s long run of presenting singular, imaginative, and uncompromising performance works. 
 
“They work with big themes: love and death, madness, art and life, imagination and reality. Off-Leash Area goes bravely and continually too far…they do not touch on things; they dive.” – MN Artists.org

May 30 at 7:30
May 31 at 7:30

Barbara B Barker Center for Dance 
500 21st Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55455

Directed and Choreographed by Jennifer Ilse
Live Animation Projection and Set Design by Paul Herwig
Music by Reid Kruger
Costumes by Jaclyn Mack

Cast: Paul Herwig, Jennifer Ilse, Jim Lieberthal, Christine Maginnis, Piper Rolfes, Lexi Samara, Jesse Schmitz-Boyd, and Julie Warder

Many thanks to Young Dance, our partner for this production!

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota though a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.