Join us for the dance film version of Rituals for Nothing / prayers to no god. This 30-minute dance film is based on a performance on the banks of the Mississippi last fall. In Rituals for Nothing, ask questions about ritual, loss, the gap between ourselves and the dead, ourselves and this land, the people, the history, the future, ways of seeing time, and the immense magnitude of care that is woven all around; we weave it backward and forwards.
Now available online. You can purchase online film tickets here, $5-20 sliding scale, and receive a Vimeo link and password to watch the film. The film will be available now through February 28. Closed captions are available.
But isn’t it better to all cry together? So we’re having a watch party at the Bryant Lake Bowl on Tuesday, February 18 at 7:00pm. Tickets for the in-person watch party are available on the Bryant Lake Bowl website, also $5-20 sliding scale at the door or $10 in advance.
Creators: Theresa Madaus and Monica Thomas in collaboration with everyone/everything.
Featured Artist: Judith Howard, Krista Langberg, Sam Johnson, Jeffrey Wells, and Sylvan Madaus Derenne, Monica Thomas, and Theresa Madaus
Dramaturgy: Charles Campbell
Lighting: Heidi Eckwall
Film and Editing: Katinka Galanos with additional filming by Patricia Healy McMeans
Support: Matt Regan
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Theresa Madaus is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.