Artists-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 »

	Artist-in-Residence June 5-10, 2006 Ralph Lemon returns to his hometown during the month of June for his artist residency as part of OPEN-ENDED (the art of engagement). For his Walker-commissioned work, Come home Charley Patton (2004), Lemons extensive research led him to... read more »

	the 51st (dream) state March 19-April 2, 2006 In addition to the development and preview performances of his new work the 51st (dream) state, Sekou Sundiata will be in community residence for one week, holding public and private civic engagement activities that are designed to involve participants in honest and... read more »

	Christian Marclay Christian Marclay September 2003 - June 2005 Why is it that politicians might say "look" to emphasize a point, when they really mean "listen"? And why would we confirm "I see" to instructions given over the telephone, when we really mean "I hear"? For more than two decades, Christian Marclay has been creating artworks that explore and exploit... read more »

	Bird Brain September 2003; April 30-May 5, 2004 In the spring of 2004, New York-based choreographer and community activist Jennifer Monson and her company created an inspired initiative that built bridges between the spheres of environmental education and dance. Guided by art and nature and realized through the language of dance,... read more »

	Hip Hop Moves June-November 2003 In 2002-03, the Walker, local artists, and community organizations invited Rennie Harris to be in residence over the course of a year. The goals of the residency were to honor the legacies of hip-hop dance nationally while raising the visibility of the Twin Cities hip-hop dance artists,... read more »

	Report on Body April 28-May 5, 2003 Against the recent backdrop of a greatly altered commercial and consumer culture, Report on Body explored the often contradictory roles of Chinese women operating in the shadows of a male-dominated society and how their relationship to their bodies in the new... read more »

	Picture Powderhorn 1998-2000 San Francisco-based dance-choreographer Joanna Haigood is an acclaimed choreographer and site artist who makes dances that inhabit natural, architectural, and cultural environments and deeply involve surrounding communities. In a tribute to the cultural life of a Minneapolis neighborhood,... read more »

	Loud Boy April 2000 Bill T. Jones and company returned to Minneapolis as part of their ongoing home-away-from-home commitment to the Walker and to the Twin Cities. Gathering material for a new dance-theater work called Loud Boy--a contemporary interpretation of Euripides'... read more »

	Fostering Forgiveness February 20-March 13, 2000 In the spring of 2000, master artists from China, Japan, Korea, and the United States were in residence to complete the final development of Forgiveness, a major new music-theater work co-commissioned by the Walker. One of five international theater presentations by... read more »