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“Elemental Forces and Other Work” As part of the Minnesota Ballet’s Fall performance, the Rite of Spring and Other Dances, choreographer Laura Goodman has taken on the challenge of interpreting visual art into a new ballet. Basing her choreography on the wave paintings of Karen Owsley Nease, Goodman explores the elemental and generative forces depicted in Nease’s artwork. Goodman’s sensuous and powerful piece is titled "Curl, Uncurl and...". We are pleased to announce the opening of a special limited-time exhibition of the Karen Owsley Nease paintings that inspired Goodman’s choreography and are the projected backdrop for the October 19 and 20 performances of the dance piece at the DECC. These works will be on display at the gallery the week before the Fall performance, and the week after, October 17 through 27, culminating in an Artist Talk at the gallery with Nease and Goodman on Friday, October 26 at 6 pm during the Downtown Duluth Arts Walk. In addition, Joseph Nease Gallery will have a curated showing of related and complementary works by gallery artists.