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Waking the Bear II: Of Bears and Birches
Lynette Reini-Grandell and Kari Tauring collaborate using song, chant, poetry and rhythm to draw on runos from The Kalevala, rune alphabet magic, folk rituals, ancient Nordic imagery and their own Finnish and Scandinavian roots. The two illuminate the deep symbolism of the Bear in the Northlands with original poetry, song and movement.
Sacred in Nordic culture, the Bear is sung into being from bits of wool fluff dropped by the spinner in the stars. The bear is the day-shape of the mound man and the fierce mother of women's mysteries, ritually awakened from winter sleep, killed and returned to its mythic origins in the stars. "Waking the Bear" is a meditation on these things through poetry, song and movement.
Lynette Reini-Grandell is the author of Approaching the Gate: Poems. Her work has appeared in It's Animal but Merciful, MNArtists.org, Poetry Motel, The River Muse and Evergreen Chronicles. She is the recipient of grants from the Finlandia Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Board. She won a 2010 What Light Poetry award and the 2003 SASE/Ache prize for fiction. She teaches English at Normandale Community College and co-hosts "Write on Radio" on KFAI, where she interviews local and national writers about their work. For interviews, contact Lynette at Lynette.Reini-Grandell@normandale.edu.
Kari Tauring is a völva (Old Norse for "staff carrier") and shares her ethnic heritage in Minnesota and abroad through performances and workshops in Völva Stav, Nordic song and dance, and runes. A practitioner of pre-Christian Nordic spirituality, music and dance for more than 25 years, Tauring's art is steeped in nature, spirituality and ancestor honoring. She was a Season One contestant on Norway's award-winning reality show, "Alt for Norge." The recipient of a 2011-2012 Minnesota State Arts Board grant in Folk and Traditional Arts, Tauring is the author of The Runes: A Human Journey (and its accompanying iPod app) and The Völva Stav Manual. She has released three Nordic roots recordings.
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LocationBryant-Lake Bowl Cabaret Theater (View)
810 W Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55408
United States
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