Eiko & Koma will be kicking off their two-month engagement with the Walker tomorrow! Come seea free performance of Ravenat either 11:00 am or 1:00 pm, in the McGuire Theater. Eiko Otake will be having a Q+A with the audience after both shows, and we’ll be having a SpeakEasy after both shows also, with Walker tour guide Mary Dew facilitating and local choreographers Chris Schlichting (at 11 am) and Carl…

Renaissance man; band leader of multiple great groups; astute follower of fashion, design, architecture and active collector of visual art; tour de force solo pianist; forward-thinking composer; self-directed jazz historian and good friend of the Walker,Jason Moranwas just awarded the coveted MacArthur “Genius” Award.  Moran has performed at the Walker five times, in a wide variety of contexts, since 2001…

(on behalf of Peter Rachleff, Professor of History at Macalester College in St Paul) I was deeply moved, to think and to feel, by this piece. Thank you all, the artists, the Walker, for making this piece possible. There is much to say, but, for now, I want to explore one theme — what I choose to call the “politics of representation.” This is a topic I teach and talk a lot about, particularly the ways that our…

Traditionally, Toy Theatre was a Victorian parlor entertainment of small two-dimensional paper sets and puppets used to tell stories and entertain. We invite you to blow that definition wide open! Request for Proposals for Toy Theatre After Dark Performances March 10 – 20, 2011 at Open Eye Figure Theatre in Minneapolis Produced by Open Eye Figure Theatre and the Walker Art Center Curated by Michael…