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singing in French
This is the Moving Company's
first show.
The Moving Company...
we move things, but I think
we move people first.
My name is Dominique Serrand,
and I am
of the Moving Company.
My name is Steven Epp and I'm
of the Moving Company.
We're not new,
but our theater company is.
drums & piano play jazz
(Steven) The focus of the Moving
Company is in creating new work.
in front of an audience before.
Our mission is larger
than just to do plays.
the chemistry of a story
with the society you live in,
a particular journey.
have another one are ya?
it was going to be...
What?
to you?
What, you don't know
where they come from?
as all that now are ya?
(Dominique)
Come Hell and High Water,
Faulkner's Old Man.
It's an oratory of sorts,
of dance, music, and text.
Those lives were mine
To love and cherish
To guard and guide
Along life's way
Oh God forbid
That one should perish
should go astray
Of course, we wanted to do
a show about Katrina.
And when we came across
the novella,
it felt like a way in.
It's both celebratory and a kind
of mourning for what happened,
and a kind of awe at the power
of forces beyond our control.
Come back home
Someday
And here is us,
in the midst of all that river,
with nothing to do but live.
It was as if we were not
the only people
as far as the eye could see,
but the very first people
constant and undulating horizon,
the very first man and woman
and behold of it.
It touches racial issues
and discrimination.
a knocks-you-out kind of way,
but in a very poetic way.
Who done this to you?
And how did he get away?
What are you talking, boy?
Look at me! You ain't never
done looked at me, have you?
Never right straight at me.
It ain't sittin' in a tree
make me this color.
acoustic bass, drums
& piano play jazz
You should tear off
that paper
little structure.
Oh, like this?
together in, I believe, 1983,
so that's a while ago.
We met here in Minneapolis,
Hennepin Center for the Arts
on different floors.
I was on the second floor
and he was on the sixth.
That's kind of how we met;
we just, as artists,
saw each other's work, and we
decided we should work together.
I love what he does.
So should I say
I love what he does?
laughs No you don't
have to say that!
both laugh
electric guitar plays jazz
(Dominique)
Theatre de la Jeune Lune,
was founded by 5 artistic
directors who met in Paris
and then moved here.
Steve joined us very early on
for all these years.
We had worked together for
over 25 years at Jeune Lune,
a bucketful of shows.
hearty laugh
say that. Yes we can.
How shall we phrase that?
A bucketful of shows.
big band plays swing
We did Shakespeare
we did Molire, we did operas,
we did 19th-century novels.
(Dominique) Lots of creations.
We did a lot of comedy
completely created
out of our own sensibilities
and strange problems.
And we did big political pieces,
we did intimate shows.
(Dominique)
We did everything we loved,
beautiful, beautiful work,
work that we're very proud of.
There are a few quirks,
but not-- pretty grandiose work
that went around the country.
including a Tony Award.
winners.
And there are waves in history,
gone through many waves
as members of Jeune Lune,
including the down wave, which
for both of us
and the whole community.
acoustic guitar plays softly
The closing of Jeune Lune
was extremely difficult.
It wasn't something we chose
or wanted to do.
to some degree,
mostly for financial reasons.
was quite vibrant.
riding the wave
this small organization
to its extraordinary success.
And then to its death, which was
not my choice by any means.
I was very proud and pleased
with what it could become,
but history is history,
and we decided that the legacy
should be the artists
who had been there
to continue and find a new form.
and it isn't even past.
the same as the river.
If Jeune Lune were to be
redone again, in some ways--
in a very new way.
a lot of young people
about the works,
so it's great, it's great
for us with this oxygen
and we have the experience.
story there's an architecture,
and that's, of course,
part of the architecture.
we try to contaminate
as many artists as possible
and it's beautiful.
Around the place
We romp and play
So lonely now
And all times wonder
change the beginning.
laughs
better than one we've ever done.
and internationally.
It feels right; it feels like
something was interrupted
and now we just continue.
I'm thankful.
If it's incredibly well done,
people will come
and you'll regrow an audience.
So the question is
in our quarters as artists,
are we doing the best we can?
do the best theater we do.
And we're asking
that question every day.
Peace Be
Said