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Performing Arts Season 2022/2023

Connect to the transformative power of live performance. Ambitious new works from the artists of our time provide the language to reflect on today’s world. Join a collective conversation through a compelling range of fearless and joyful theater, music, and dance in the Walker’s 2022/2023 Performing Arts season.

Acknowledgments

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, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Producers’ Council

Performing Arts programs and commissions at the Walker are generously supported by members of the Producers’ Council: Nor Hall and Roger Hale; King’s Fountain/Barbara Watson Pillsbury; Sarah Lutman and Rob Rudolph; Emily Maltz; Leni and David Moore, Jr./The David and Leni Moore Family Foundation; Annie and Peter Remes; Therese Sexe and David Hage; and Mike and Elizabeth Sweeney.

Media partner

Minnesota Public Radio

Lambchop: Showtunes, The Bible
A man in a baseball cap and black suitecoat looks to the side and holds a hand ot his chin.

Sep 23–24, 2022

Performances

Lambchop: Showtunes, The Bible

A.I.M by Kyle Abraham: Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth
Several adults hold another up as they hold their head back.

Fri, Oct 14, 2022

Performances

A.I.M by Kyle Abraham: Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth

Talking Dance with Brazilian Choreographers Lia Rodrigues and Mário Nascimento
A man in a dress shirt leans forward with his arms out while dancing.

Tue, Oct 25, 2022

Free Events

Talking Dance with Brazilian Choreographers Lia Rodrigues and Mário Nascimento

Lia Rodrigues: Fúria
Three adults in bright colors and paint pour water into their mouths from plastic bottles.

Oct 28–29, 2022

Performances

Lia Rodrigues: Fúria

Spektral Quartet: Enigma: A 360° Experience
A quartet plays string instraments underneath a large projection of a space rock.

Nov 4–5, 2022

Performances

Spektral Quartet: Enigma: A 360° Experience

32 Sounds: Film by Sam Green, Music by JD Samson
Two people sing and play music on from of a projection of someone playing guitar.

Nov 11–12, 2022

Screenings

32 Sounds: Film by Sam Green, Music by JD Samson

Choreographers’ Evening 50th Anniversary: Curated by Judith Howard and Alanna Morris
A group of dancers pose on a stage with a white background.

Sat, Nov 26, 2022

Performances

Choreographers’ Evening 50th Anniversary: Curated by Judith Howard and Alanna Morris

Out There: Ontroerend Goed, Are we not drawn onward to new erA
An adult fills a dark stage with smoke from a fire extinguisher.

Jan 12–14, 2023

Performances

Out There: Ontroerend Goed, Are we not drawn onward to new erA

Sarah Michelson: / March 2020 (4pb)

Jan 19–Mar 23, 2023

Exhibitions

Sarah Michelson: / March 2020 (4pb)

Out There: Andrew Schneider, N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars)
Glowing dots in a grid hang in a darkened space.

Jan 26–Feb 5, 2023

Performances

Out There: Andrew Schneider, N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars)

Out There: Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ogresse: Envisioned
A woman stands in front of stained glass and flowers while looking at the viewer.

Feb 24–25, 2023

Performances

Out There: Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ogresse: Envisioned

Kris Davis’s Diatom Ribbons and Davis/Taborn Duo
Three women stand around a piano.

Thu, Mar 9, 2023

Performances

Kris Davis’s Diatom Ribbons and Davis/Taborn Duo

Ensemble Signal Plays Steve Reich: Reich Richter Runner
A strings ensemble plays music in front of a conductor while bathed in projected blue lights.

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

Performances

Ensemble Signal Plays Steve Reich: Reich Richter Runner

Lemi Ponifasio: Love to Death (Amor a la muerte)
A woman in black stands in front of a glowing red line with projections of names in white above it.

Mar 31–Apr 2, 2023

Performances

Lemi Ponifasio: Love to Death (Amor a la muerte)

Leslie Parker Dance Project’s Divination Tools: imagine home
Hands in boxing gloves touch the ground with staw draped behind them.

May 11–13, 2023

Performances

Leslie Parker Dance Project’s Divination Tools: imagine home

Ambrose Akinmusire: Honey from a winter’s stone
Black and white portrati of a man standing in shadows.

May 19–20, 2023

Performances

Ambrose Akinmusire: Honey from a winter’s stone