All Upcoming Performances

The BodyCartography Project Dance
Choreographers' Evening
Curated by BodyCartography Project
November 28, 7:00 pm, November 28, 9:30 pm
McGuire Theater

“A cornucopia of Twin Cities dance . . . [a] smorgasbord of emerging and mature talent from across the dance spectrum.” —MinnPost

For almost 40 years, Choreographers’ Evening has served as the major gathering for...  read more »
The BodyCartography Project Pre-Performance Tours
Choreographers’ Evening and Event Horizon
November 28, 6:00 pm, November 28, 8:30 pm

Before the performance celebrating Minnesota’s most vibrant choreographers, tour the new exhibition Event Horizon, which features work by Trisha Brown, Merce Cunningham, and others who nimbly navigate both dance and visual art. Tour length: 45 minutes. Tours are...  read more »
Dan Graham, Stills from <span class="wac_title">Rock My Religion</span> Gallery Tour
Tour: Dan Graham: Beyond with the BodyCartography Project
Target Free Thursday Nights
Thursday, December 3, 2009   7:00 pm
Meet in the Bazinet Garden Lobby

Choreographers Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad (aka the BodyCartography Project) are known for combining dance, video, and public space. Join them for a movement-based tour of the work of Dan Graham, whose art shares a similar sensibility.  read more »
Erik Friedlander Music (Walker Commission)
Erik Friedlander
Block Ice & Propane
Saturday, December 5, 2009   8:00 pm
McGuire Theater

“One of today’s most ingenious and forward-thinking musical practitioners.” —Billboard

This collection of cinematic cello compositions by jazz/new music phenom Erik Friedlander
(John Zorn, Laurie Anderson) was inspired by years of family...  read more »
Rimini Protokoll, <span class="wac_title">Call Cutta in a Box</span> Performing Arts Series
Out There 22
January 7 - 31, 2010

As is fitting for a series that has always brought provocative and unexpected theatrical experiences to the Twin Cities, Out There celebrates its 22nd season by presenting four ensembles whose breathtaking combinations of text, media, visual theater, sound, and physical drama are helping define the...  read more »
Rimini Protokoll, <span class="wac_title">Call Cutta in a Box</span> Interactive Performance
Rimini Protokoll
Call Cutta in a Box: An Intercontinental Phone Play
January 8 - 31, 2010
Location to be announced

“Wildly entrancing, and in that way theatre at its best. One of the most puzzling, affecting performances I have attended.” —Politiken, Kopenhagen

A phone is ringing in an empty office in Minneapolis . . . it’s for you. Answer it and begin your...  read more »
Radiohole, <span class="wac_title">Whatever, Heaven Allows</span> Theater/Performance (Walker Commission/World Premiere)
Radiohole
Whatever, Heaven Allows
Thursday, January 14, 2010   8:00 pm
McGuire Theater
Friday, January 15, 2010, 8:00 pm, Saturday, January 16, 2010, 8:00 pm
McGuire Theater

“[Radiohole] turns out effervescent, anarchic work . . . cultivates an eccentric acting style and makes familiar text creepily bizarre.” —Time Out

Known for its radical and reckless theatricality, avant-garde New York troupe Radiohole’s newest...  read more »
Workshops
Inside Out There
January 16 - 30, 2010   11:00 am to 1:00 pm
McGuire Theater

Get the inside scoop all month through stimulating workshops with these visiting artists. Advance reservations highly encouraged.  read more »
Radiohole, <span class="wac_title">Whatever, Heaven Allows</span> Workshop
Inside Out There: Radiohole
Saturday, January 16, 2010   11:00 am to 1:00 pm
McGuire Theater

Radiohole’s creative process can be summarized by the Situationist term “detournement” —the use of preexisting aesthetic elements to create a new work. The workshop will explore a variety of methods Radiohole employs to create the text that forms the basis of its productions. Techniques include...  read more »
Roger Guenveur Smith Theater/Performance
Roger Guenveur Smith
The Watts Towers Project
Thursday, January 21, 2010   8:00 pm
McGuire Theater
Friday, January 22, 2010, 8:00 pm, Saturday, January 23, 2010, 8:00 pm
McGuire Theater

“Smith’s monologue has a freestyle bounce, like a series of vivid dreams over the course of a restless night.” —Variety

Obie Award–winning writer/director/actor Roger Guenveur Smith (Huey P. Newton,...  read more »