Morgan Thorson and Low Bring Heaven to Earth at On the Boards

Morgan Thorson's "Heaven." Photo by Cameron Whittig.

Time for long overdue notice: starting last night and running through Sunday, On the Boards is playing host to Morgan Thorson's Heaven (tickets $24), a collaborative project between the Minneapolis-based choreographer and indie rock outfit Low, whose members Alan Spearhawk and Mimi Parker will be playing live onstage with Thorson's crew of nine dancers.

As Deborah Jowitt of the Village Voice described it when the piece came to New York late last year, "Heaven, in Minneapolis choreographer Morgan Thorson’s piece of the same name, is a place that imperfect people labor to reach. In terms of this yearning, religious zealots have something in common with dancers, whose daily search for possibly unattainable perfection molds their lives."