'Old Growth' at Windmill Arts explores loss, grief and community through movement

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Re Edahl and Cal O’Brien, the co-artists of Minneapolis- and Atlanta-based performance company Loom Lab, met at a party in Minneapolis in 2017. Edahl said they spent the entire evening talking about dance, Edahl’s area of expertise, and theater, O’Brien’s. Both artists wanted to see more hybrid work where text, gesture and spoken word all inform what unfolds onstage.

O’Brien remains in Minnesota, but Edahl now calls Atlanta home, and Loom Lab is staging its first production here at Windmill Arts in East Point through Sunday. “Old Growth” will feature an all-Atlanta cast telling the story of two archetypal characters, Mourner and Wanderer, who journey through loss and grief to find community.

Loom Lab got its start when Edahl was a