By ORREN FEN
Set in South Minneapolis on the windowsill of a recently deceased Grandmother’s home, Bug Ballet is a large puppet and dance spectacle told through movement and original music, centered on the creeping, otherworldly, and often overlooked creatures we share our lives and homes with. Bug Ballet takes inspiration from the virtuosity of ballet form, but throws many of the typical rules and structures out the window, replacing them with giant puppets and theatrical dance.
What will happen when we are gone and our homes sit empty, deteriorating, decomposing? Maybe if we are lucky they will become grand stages for the Bug Ballet!
Performed at the Southern Theater
1420 S. Washington Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55454
More information and tickets available online at Southerntheater.org
Event dates & times
Friday, March 6th
Saturday, March 7th (Masks Required Night)
Sunday, March 8th
Thursday, March 12th
Friday, March 13th (Masks Required Night)
Saturday, March 14th
All performances start at 7:30, doors at 6:30
$15 – $45, sliding scale
About the artists
Bug Ballet is created and designed by Orren Fen. Orren is a Phillips neighborhood born puppeteer, now residing just south of Powderhorn Park. She grew up going to puppet shows at Heart of the Beast Theatre, and has performed in the Mayday Parade and Ceremony almost every year of their life.
She is so excited to be producing and performing in her first full length puppetry spectacle. Bug Ballet is being created in partnership with Katie Burgess (Co- Director), Arwen Wilder (Choreographer), Adrian Cox Thurmond (Music Composer) and many more Musicians, Puppeteers and Artists.
