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Several weeks earlier, Minneapolis played host to the Paganicon conference, whose theme this year was “Metamorphosis: The Rebirth of Community.”

Oyamada mines the horror in the predictability of metamorphosis — the inevitability of who we are, and who we are bound to become.

The dress resurrected the dreaminess of my family’s metamorphosis, the promise of this entire experience, transforming me if not into a full-blown ballroom princess, then at least into a woman capable of climbing onto another stage.

Ever the symbol of metamorphosis, the butterfly turns into a tarot card and then zaps the heroine so that her clothes are replaced with a mask and costume in a scene that’s pure glam.

Titled “Metamorphosis,” the 15 dates will take place throughout the summer at the Park Theater at Park MGM, beginning May 17.