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Performing Arts Season 2018/2019

Hailu Mergia, Meredith Monk, Henry Threadgill, and Thurston Moore. Sarah Michelson and Rabih Mroué. Kaneza Schaal and Wadada Leo Smith. Master innovators, known and unknown, are celebrated across 2018–2019 at the Walker. They are joined by new voices and mid-career artists creating unprecedented performances free of disciplinary boundaries. Experience the joy of the cerebral and the intimacy of the global. The ancient made ageless. Culture as communion. Seven commissions, six world premieres, and one US premiere. This season, the future of performance is at the Walker Art Center.

The Walker Art Center’s Performing Arts programs are made possible by generous support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation through the Doris Duke Performing Arts Fund, the William and Nadine McGuire Commissioning Fund, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Performing Arts programs and commissions at the Walker are generously supported by members of the Producers’ Council: Goodale Family Foundation; Nor Hall and Roger Hale; King’s Fountain/Barbara Watson Pillsbury and Henry Pillsbury; Emily Maltz; Dr. William W. and Nadine M. McGuire; Leni and David Moore, Jr./The David and Leni Moore Family Foundation; Annie and Peter Remes; Therese Sexe and David Hage; Mike and Elizabeth Sweeney; Laura and John Taft; and Frances and Frank Wilkinson.

 

Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble: Cellular Songs

Thu, Oct 4, 2018

Performances

Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble: Cellular Songs

Sarah Michelson: October2018/

Fri, Oct 19, 2018

Performances

Sarah Michelson: October2018/

Hailu Mergia

Fri, Oct 26, 2018

Performances

Hailu Mergia

Thurston Moore: Moore at 60

Fri, Nov 9, 2018

Performances

Thurston Moore: Moore at 60

Choreographers’ Evening 2018: Curated by Pramila Vasudevan

Sat, Nov 24, 2018

Performances

Choreographers’ Evening 2018: Curated by Pramila Vasudevan

Mazen Kerbaj, Lina Majdalanie, and Rabih Mroué: Borborygmus

Jan 11–12, 2019

Performances

Mazen Kerbaj, Lina Majdalanie, and Rabih Mroué: Borborygmus

Lola Arias: Minefield

Jan 25–31, 2019

Performances

Lola Arias: Minefield

Ate9: calling glenn

Thu, Feb 7, 2019

Performances

Ate9: calling glenn

Celebrating Henry: A Threadgill Festival

Fri, Feb 15, 2019

Performances

Celebrating Henry: A Threadgill Festival

Claudia Rankine and Will Rawls: What Remains

Thu, Mar 7, 2019

Performances

Claudia Rankine and Will Rawls: What Remains

ModernMedieval: The Living Word: Works by Hildegard of Bingen, Julianna Barwick, Ben Frost, and Angélica Negrón

Fri, Mar 22, 2019

Performances

ModernMedieval: The Living Word: Works by Hildegard of Bingen, Julianna Barwick, Ben Frost, and Angélica Negrón

Wadada Leo Smith: America’s National Parks

Sat, Mar 30, 2019

Performances

Wadada Leo Smith: America’s National Parks

Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods: An evening of solos and duets

Fri, Apr 5, 2019

Performances

Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods: An evening of solos and duets

Meg Stuart & Jompet Kuswidananto/Damaged Goods: Celestial Sorrow

Thu, Apr 11, 2019

Performances

Meg Stuart & Jompet Kuswidananto/Damaged Goods: Celestial Sorrow

Brownbody: Tracing Sacred Steps (excerpt)

Thu, Apr 25, 2019

Performances

Brownbody: Tracing Sacred Steps (excerpt)

Resonance: A Sound Art Marathon

Sat, May 18, 2019

Performances

Resonance: A Sound Art Marathon