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Performing Arts Season 2023–24

Logo: 2023–24 Performing Arts Season

Experience the uniquely transformative power of live performance. Exploring Black American dance, healing, community, and a range of urgent topics seen through the lens of acclaimed global artists, the Walker’s Performing Arts season returns with a mix of genre-defying theater, music, and dance.

All Events

Zorn @ 70: On the Stage
Logo: Zorn@70 on the Stage

Sat, Sep 9, 2023

Performances

Zorn @ 70: On the Stage

Alabaster DePlume
A person with light skin and short brown hair is standing outdoors, gazing to the right, and wearing a black shirt with two long necklaces.

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

Performances

Alabaster DePlume

DIANNE McINTYRE Group: In the Same Tongue
Three dancers, all with dark skin and dark hair and wearing black, face to the right. A fourth dancer is partially obscured in the background.

Oct 5–7, 2023

Performances

DIANNE McINTYRE Group: In the Same Tongue

An Evening with Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, & Shahzad Ismaily Trio: Love in Exile
Three adults stand next to one another in a photo studio with one looking away from the viewer and the other two looking at the viewer.

Tue, Oct 10, 2023

Performances

An Evening with Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, & Shahzad Ismaily Trio: Love in Exile

Nacera Belaza: L’Onde
A person with medium-dark skin tone wears a slightly shimmery sweater, stares expressionless facing the camera, with their arms at a diagonal held at their sides.

Oct 27–28, 2023

Performances

Nacera Belaza: L’Onde

Trajal Harrell: The Köln Concert
A dancer stands on a stage, with their right hand moving in front of them. They have dark skin, a shaved head and are wearing a black toga. Five other performers of various skin tones and hairstyles sit behind them, on small black benches, wearing black togas as well.

Nov 7–8, 2023

Performances

Trajal Harrell: The Köln Concert

Choreographers’ Evening 2023, Curated by Darrius Strong
A group of 13 people are arranged on a stage with a black floor and a black curtain behind them.

Sat, Nov 25, 2023

Performances

Choreographers’ Evening 2023, Curated by Darrius Strong

Sandbox Percussion: Seven Pillars by Andy Akiho
Four people with light skin and dark hair play percussion instruments on a small stage lit with green vertical fluorescent lights.

Wed, Nov 29, 2023

Performances

Sandbox Percussion: Seven Pillars by Andy Akiho

Beth Gill: Nail Biter
Against an all black background, a person with light skin, dark brown curly hair, a striped crop top and shiny underwear poses with one arm straight up and the other arm resting against their thigh.

Dec 8–9, 2023

Performances

Beth Gill: Nail Biter

Ligia Lewis: A Plot/A Scandal
A performer dances on a dramatically lit, foggy stage of reds and purple. The dancer is facing away from the audience and wearing a white puffy wig. Four silver skulls lay on the stage.

Jan 11–13, 2024

Performances

Ligia Lewis: A Plot/A Scandal

Aya Ogawa: The Nosebleed
A performer with light/medium skin, dark hair pulled back, a white blouse and black jeans stands at the edge of the stage looking toward the audience. In the background, a performer sits on a chair facing away from the audience.

Jan 25–27, 2024

Performances

Aya Ogawa: The Nosebleed

Big Dance Theater, The Mood Room
Four performers, each wearing a different, tan, intricately layered dress, dance in unison with their left arms raised, on a carpeted stage.

Feb 8–10, 2024

Performances

Big Dance Theater, The Mood Room

Honor, an Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra starring Lili Taylor
A person with light skin and short dark brown hair, wearing a suit coat and white button-up shirt, gives a lecture in front of a background of a detail of a medieval tapestry.

Feb 22–24, 2024

Performances

Honor, an Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra starring Lili Taylor

Tomeka Reid Stringtet
A person with medium-dark skin and long, twisted locks sits wearing a brown dress with yellow and red triangles. They hold their cello with their left hand.

Sat, Mar 2, 2024

Performances

Tomeka Reid Stringtet

Avant Joik: Katarina Barruk, Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, and Matti Aikio
A shadowy, black-and-white image of two people on a small stage. Both stand and sing into mics. The person on the left plays electronic instruments on a table in front of them.

Sat, Mar 16, 2024

Performances

Avant Joik: Katarina Barruk, Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, and Matti Aikio

Shamel Pitts | TRIBE: BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
Against an all-black background, a monochromatic image of three dancers with dark skin who are entwined and holding each other.

Mar 21–23, 2024

Performances

Shamel Pitts | TRIBE: BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon

Damon Locks’s Black Monument Ensemble
A collage shows 12 Black musicians compiled together, overlapping. All are shown from the waist up. Some sing at a microphone, others play the drums. Others still do neither.

Sat, Apr 20, 2024

Performances

Damon Locks’s Black Monument Ensemble

Abby Z and the New Utility: Radioactive Practice
Three dancers on stage against a black background, all with light skin and short hair, are mid-air as they jump with their arms pushing downwards.

May 15–18, 2024

Performances

Abby Z and the New Utility: Radioactive Practice