WEBVTT 00:03.000 --> 00:07.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% ("New Message" by Bon Iver) 00:09.000 --> 00:14.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:57.5% ♪ I got a message that you all were real ♪ 00:16.000 --> 00:19.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:57.5% ♪ I got a new message ♪ 00:19.000 --> 00:21.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% - [Uni] I think the spirit of the project 00:21.000 --> 00:22.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:50% is about humanity. 00:23.000 --> 00:25.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:72.5% ♪ Open and put a new world ♪ 00:25.000 --> 00:27.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:57.5% ♪ It's all your will ♪ 00:27.000 --> 00:29.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:77.5% - [Uni] It's about what we are, 00:29.000 --> 00:31.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:60% who we might want to be. 00:31.000 --> 00:32.000 position:30%,start line:84.67% size:27.5% You know? 00:32.000 --> 00:34.000 position:30%,start line:84.67% size:35% Where we are. 00:34.000 --> 00:35.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% Where we might want to be. 00:35.000 --> 00:40.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:55% ♪ I called it all out of mind half built ♪ 00:42.000 --> 00:47.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% ♪ I called it all of mine ♪ 00:48.000 --> 00:50.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:67.5% ♪ I've lived to hold it ♪ 00:50.000 --> 00:53.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:47.5% - [Toni] It's about finding one's own truth. 00:54.000 --> 00:56.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:77.5% Staying grounded in who one is. 00:57.000 --> 00:58.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:60% To me that's the spirit. 00:58.000 --> 00:59.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% To me that's the challenge. 01:02.000 --> 01:05.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:57.5% ♪ I got a message that you all were real ♪ 01:05.000 --> 01:07.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:57.5% ♪ I got a new message ♪ 01:07.000 --> 01:09.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:47.5% ♪ And honey, your son walks still ♪ 01:10.000 --> 01:11.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% - [Justin] We want to make noise. 01:11.000 --> 01:13.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:42.5% We want to, not just move people, 01:13.000 --> 01:17.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:55% but push people into some uncomfortable places 01:17.000 --> 01:19.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% to ask the hard questions. 01:35.000 --> 01:37.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:75% - Great, come on out dancers. 01:37.000 --> 01:38.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:72.5% I just have a couple things. 01:39.000 --> 01:40.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:72.5% It's good, it's really good. 01:40.000 --> 01:43.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:47.5% - Liquid Music is a special project series. 01:43.000 --> 01:45.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:55% It's part of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. 01:45.000 --> 01:48.000 position:20%,start line:10% size:32.5% We are often working with artists 01:48.000 --> 01:50.000 position:20%,start line:10% size:50% to create something completely new. 01:50.000 --> 01:54.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:72.5% - One, and two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 01:54.000 --> 01:56.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:45% - [Kate] A lot of times that might mean 01:56.000 --> 01:59.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% a new collaboration or a risk in some way. 01:59.000 --> 02:01.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:72.5% That's what I'm looking for. 02:01.000 --> 02:02.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% - [Toni] And three, go from the top. 02:02.000 --> 02:03.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:57.5% - [Uri] Yeah we should go from the top. 02:04.000 --> 02:05.000 position:10%,start line:10% size:72.5% - [Toni] Here we go dancers. 02:06.000 --> 02:07.000 position:20%,start line:10% size:47.5% - Toni, Uri, and I all started talking 02:08.000 --> 02:09.000 position:20%,start line:10% size:42.5% about how could we work together. 02:09.000 --> 02:12.000 position:20%,start line:10% size:52.5% And initially it was general conversation 02:12.000 --> 02:14.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:42.5% about new music for their company. 02:17.000 --> 02:20.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:72.5% ("Come Through" by Bon Iver) 02:21.000 --> 02:23.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:67.5% Justin Vernon of Bon Iver 02:23.000 --> 02:26.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:52.5% is an artist that we all respect very much. 02:28.000 --> 02:31.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% We just happened to approach him at a time 02:31.000 --> 02:35.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:70% where he was very eager to invest in something new. 02:35.000 --> 02:37.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:52.5% Explore a new realm. 02:37.000 --> 02:38.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:67.5% ♪ Will you come through ♪ 02:38.000 --> 02:42.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:75% ♪ Will you come through now ♪ 02:42.000 --> 02:43.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:67.5% ♪ Will you come through ♪ 02:43.000 --> 02:46.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:75% ♪ Will you come through now ♪ 02:46.000 --> 02:50.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:77.5% - I got to see TU Dance perform last year in Saint Paul. 02:50.000 --> 02:51.000 position:20%,start line:10% size:50% Never been moved by dance really before. 02:52.000 --> 02:53.000 position:20%,start line:10% size:50% As in particularly, modern dance. 02:53.000 --> 02:55.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:72.5% And so what I came away with 02:55.000 --> 02:57.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:67.5% after seeing them perform for the first time, 02:57.000 --> 03:00.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:70% is like there's real pain, there's real struggle, 03:00.000 --> 03:02.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:45% and there's real redemption in it. 03:02.000 --> 03:04.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:57.5% And I didn't know that bodies moving around 03:05.000 --> 03:08.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:45% with simple music could do that much. 03:13.000 --> 03:15.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% - [Toni] I think we tried to relate to 03:15.000 --> 03:18.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:70% how dance is an expression of our humanness. 03:21.000 --> 03:23.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:35% - [Uri] We're constantly stretching. 03:23.000 --> 03:25.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:60% We're constantly pushing these boundaries. 03:25.000 --> 03:27.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:77.5% And I think with Liquid Music, 03:27.000 --> 03:30.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:72.5% bring collaborators together from these different genres 03:30.000 --> 03:35.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:70% speaks also to their vision of stretching boundaries. 03:35.000 --> 03:36.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:67.5% ♪ Will you come through ♪ 03:36.000 --> 03:40.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:75% ♪ Will you come through now ♪ 03:40.000 --> 03:41.000 position:30%,start line:84.67% size:35% - Great work. 03:41.000 --> 03:44.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:77.5% What makes it great is when we see your connectivity in it. 03:44.000 --> 03:47.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:57.5% What makes it great is when we see your incredible 03:47.000 --> 03:49.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:60% technical prowess in it. 03:49.000 --> 03:50.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% Just keep doing your work. 03:50.000 --> 03:52.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:77.5% - Let's take it to April Base. 03:52.000 --> 03:55.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:57.5% (gentle acoustic music) 04:01.000 --> 04:06.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:67.5% - My squad and I have done lots of concerts, festivals. 04:06.000 --> 04:07.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:72.5% Frankly I get a little tired 04:07.000 --> 04:11.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% of just like a band playing the music. 04:11.000 --> 04:14.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:77.5% And I just want more sometimes. 04:14.000 --> 04:19.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:55% ♪ Well I thought that this was heaven love ♪ 04:21.000 --> 04:26.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:55% ♪ Well I thought that this was heaven love ♪ 04:26.000 --> 04:28.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:70% - Why this is so different and why I'm so into it 04:28.000 --> 04:31.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% is because the most forward narrative 04:31.000 --> 04:33.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:72.5% being the movement of bodies 04:33.000 --> 04:35.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:47.5% puts me in a more comfortable spot. 04:38.000 --> 04:40.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:55% It feels good to be a little out of the spotlight 04:40.000 --> 04:44.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:72.5% while being able to give all of myself to this project. 04:44.000 --> 04:46.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% Feels like a brand new situation. 04:48.000 --> 04:53.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:55% ♪ Well I thought that this was heaven love ♪ 04:57.000 --> 05:00.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:52.5% - [Uri] Justin is an enormously talented artist. 05:00.000 --> 05:03.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:45% He's also a very compassionate human being. 05:03.000 --> 05:05.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:62.5% You can see that and you can hear that in his music. 05:07.000 --> 05:11.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:50% ♪ I wanted it bad ♪ 05:11.000 --> 05:13.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:42.5% ♪ Took your all and all and all ♪ 05:13.000 --> 05:15.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:55% - [Uri] A lot of the conversations with Justin 05:15.000 --> 05:17.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:80% have all sort of centered around 05:17.000 --> 05:20.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:57.5% sort of where we are in the state of our world, 05:20.000 --> 05:21.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:72.5% how is it that we as artists 05:22.000 --> 05:25.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:47.5% might usher along a healing process. 05:25.000 --> 05:27.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:47.5% Make sort of like a better place. 05:27.000 --> 05:28.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:55% ♪ Tall time to call ♪ 05:28.000 --> 05:30.000 position:30%,start line:84.67% size:30% ♪ Your ma ♪ 05:30.000 --> 05:33.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:50% ♪ Hey ma, hey ma ♪ 05:33.000 --> 05:37.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:70% - [Kate] I love that Justin has worked with the dancers 05:37.000 --> 05:40.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:57.5% to develop instrumental and vocal music. 05:40.000 --> 05:42.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:42.5% So there's some songs but there's 05:42.000 --> 05:43.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:75% also instrumental interludes. 05:44.000 --> 05:46.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% It's a really nice mix of textures 05:46.000 --> 05:50.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:80% and high energy and soft sounds. 05:50.000 --> 05:53.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:52.5% The dancers are very encouraged to be themselves. 05:54.000 --> 05:56.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:42.5% To let their own personalities shine. 05:56.000 --> 05:58.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% And they do that very well. 05:58.000 --> 06:00.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:72.5% And I think because of that, 06:00.000 --> 06:04.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:72.5% the audience can really feel itself in the equation too. 06:05.000 --> 06:09.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% ♪ Full time to talk your money up ♪ 06:09.000 --> 06:12.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% ♪ While it's living in a coal mine ♪ 06:12.000 --> 06:14.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:55% ♪ Tall time to talk ♪ 06:14.000 --> 06:16.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:67.5% - With the type of artist that we have in this room, 06:16.000 --> 06:20.000 position:20%,start line:74% size:40% a collection of incredibly gifted and compassionate artists, 06:20.000 --> 06:22.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:55% I think ultimately we all are sort of like 06:22.000 --> 06:25.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:42.5% tapping into our humanity as a way to 06:25.000 --> 06:28.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:70% really sort of express and be generous with our work. 06:32.000 --> 06:33.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:32.5% - It's not a surprise that you put 06:33.000 --> 06:35.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:80% some of these energies together, 06:35.000 --> 06:38.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:80% confident people, loving people, 06:38.000 --> 06:41.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:55% when you have those in tandem you can do a lot. 06:43.000 --> 06:44.000 position:30%,start line:84.67% size:37.5% Thank you guys. 06:44.000 --> 06:47.000 position:30%,start line:84.67% size:40% (group clapping) 06:55.000 --> 06:58.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:60% - Art of course connects in a very physical way 06:59.000 --> 07:00.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:60% and a very emotional way 07:00.000 --> 07:05.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:57.5% and it means something to your existence. 07:07.000 --> 07:12.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:55% It maybe helps you see something about yourself 07:13.000 --> 07:15.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:72.5% or your daily life or what's going on in this world. 07:17.000 --> 07:20.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:52.5% - I'm excited for the audience to experience, 07:20.000 --> 07:22.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% not just what the work is, 07:22.000 --> 07:24.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:57.5% but to also experience the community 07:24.000 --> 07:27.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:67.5% that they create by being there to view the work. 07:28.000 --> 07:31.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:52.5% I'm hopeful that the audience that's there 07:31.000 --> 07:33.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:55% is an audience that's really reflective 07:33.000 --> 07:35.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:75% of the world that we live in. 07:35.000 --> 07:37.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:80% An audience that is diversified. 07:37.000 --> 07:38.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:60% An audience that's full. 07:38.000 --> 07:40.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% A audience that has generations in it. 07:41.000 --> 07:44.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:45% That's how we're ultimately able to evolve. 07:44.000 --> 07:45.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:45% Is by having all of these different 07:45.000 --> 07:46.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% perspectives at the table. 07:49.000 --> 07:53.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:80% ♪ All along 'em I can hear you ♪ 07:53.000 --> 07:56.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:77.5% ♪ To tell an army pass it on ♪ 07:56.000 --> 07:59.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:52.5% ♪ Tell 'em I'm young your master dome ♪ 07:59.000 --> 08:02.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:80% ♪ And the concrete's very slow ♪ 08:02.000 --> 08:04.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:60% ♪ Concrete's very slow ♪ 08:04.000 --> 08:07.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:42.5% ♪ All along 'em I can hear them ♪ 08:07.000 --> 08:09.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:55% ♪ I'm over the test ♪ 08:09.000 --> 08:11.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:47.5% - There is a sense in the choreography 08:12.000 --> 08:15.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:55% of community and of a beautiful and hopeful message. 08:17.000 --> 08:19.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:45% I see the dancers picking each other up 08:19.000 --> 08:23.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:65% and moving from a darker place to a lighter place. 08:23.000 --> 08:25.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% And I see a journey in the choreography 08:25.000 --> 08:29.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:75% that is incredibly inspiring. 08:29.000 --> 08:31.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:77.5% It feels very needed right now. 08:32.000 --> 08:34.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:42.5% ♪ All along 'em I can hear them ♪ 08:34.000 --> 08:36.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% ♪ I can hear, I can hear ♪ 08:36.000 --> 08:39.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% ♪ I can hear, I can hear you crying ♪ 08:39.000 --> 08:41.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:50% ♪ I can hear cry ♪ 08:41.000 --> 08:43.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% ♪ I can hear, I can hear ♪ 08:43.000 --> 08:45.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:42.5% ♪ I can hear, I can hear crying ♪ 08:45.000 --> 08:49.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:62.5% - This project is about what's wrong with America. 08:50.000 --> 08:52.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:50% And hate is ruling. 08:52.000 --> 08:54.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:55% Insecurity is ruling. 08:54.000 --> 08:55.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:75% People are out for themselves 08:55.000 --> 08:58.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:77.5% rather that for a greater good. 08:58.000 --> 09:01.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:52.5% And so we want it to be a wake up call. 09:01.000 --> 09:03.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% ♪ I can hear, I can hear ♪ 09:03.000 --> 09:06.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:42.5% ♪ I can hear, I can hear crying ♪ 09:06.000 --> 09:08.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:55% ♪ I can hear crying ♪ 09:08.000 --> 09:10.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% ♪ I can hear, I can hear ♪ 09:10.000 --> 09:12.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:42.5% ♪ I can hear, I can hear crying ♪ 09:12.000 --> 09:15.000 position:20%,start line:84.67% size:57.5% (percussive rock music) 09:31.000 --> 09:34.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:70% - I think we all feel like this work specifically 09:34.000 --> 09:38.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:80% can do so much for us as people. 09:38.000 --> 09:40.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:52.5% It's a time where we actually need to collaborate 09:40.000 --> 09:44.000 position:20%,start line:79.33% size:50% for our communities to be saturated 09:44.000 --> 09:46.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:70% and supported through art. 10:02.000 --> 10:06.000 position:20%,start line:10% size:52.5% (audience applauding and cheering)