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Featured Performance
Back to Back Theatre
Small Metal Objects June 5 - 7, 7:00 pm, June 7, 1:00 pm “Small Metal Objects turns the notion of theatre and the everyday inside out. It is a pure, open-hearted, complex and breathtaking production . . . a unique meditation on human worth.” —Sydney Morning Herald In their... read more » |
Featured Commission
the break/s
Marc Bamuthi Joseph April 10-12, 2008 Discipline: Verse/Dance/Film Marc Bamuthi Joseph upends the phrase "think globally, act locally," striving to inject core community values into his work as an international hip-hop artist. "I'm not a stereotypical emblem for what hip-hop culture is or how it gets broadcast around the planet," he says. "Hip-hop is definitely in... read more » |
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Articles
 Trisha Brown Draws on Her Muse—on Paper and Onstage Matt Peiken March 2008 In the 1970s, Trisha Brown created notational drawings as road maps for her dancers. Today, one of the founding innovators of postmodern dance draws with abandon, largely as a personal, impulsive expression unto itself. That is, of course, when she can muster the time. If she isn't steering the... read more » Artist-in-Residence
 Artist-in-Residence May-November 2007 Faustin Linyekula, dancer and choreographer, lives and works in Kinshasa. In 2001, after eight years of self-imposed exile, Linyekula returned to his native Congo with a renewed desire to create art there. He quickly established a company and art center, Les Studios Kabako, which is the only space... read more » Department Information As a leading national force since its founding, the Walker Art Center’s Performing Arts Department has been built successfully on a foundation laid by five visionary directors and a level of institutional commitment rare for a contemporary arts center.
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Blog
Andrew Bird blogs : Dosh + songwriting/recordingEmily Taylor Mon, 12 May 2008 Martin Dosh, Andrew Bird and Jeremy Ylvisaker at the Wilco Loft in Chicago. Photographs by and courtesy of Jason Tobias. From NYTimes online article “Cheap Thrills” “Writing songs and performing live have with time become almost the same process for me. The improvisation and conversation with the audience from show to show keep the songs fluid [...] read more » Walker Channel
 Performing Arts 2007-2008 Season Preview Tuesday, August 21, 2007  Dear Friends, We count on artists to investigate the currents of our time and give us a glimpse of the future. Contemporary performing artists not only reflect the world we inhabit in unimagined, inspired ways, but they are increasingly pushing art forms in new, hybrid... read more » In The Shop
Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole: Walker Art Center CollectionsA primer on contemporary art, the Walker’s new catalogue captures the institution’s multidisciplinary history and reflects many of its commissions and extensive collections of paintings, sculptures, prints, photography, design, film/video, new media, and performing arts. The 616-page volume includes some 350 artist entries coauthored by the Walker’s curators and alumni as well as contributions from a select group of novelists, poets, and critics. $45 ($40.50 Walker members). read more » Related Performing Arts Links
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