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In Performance: Lola Arias, Minefield (Out There Festival)

MinefieldLola AriasWalker Art Center Minefield gathers veterans of both sides of a war. However, it may as well be two different wars, as we come to learn that people from the two countries involved hold wildly different view on everything from the

February 8, 2019

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In Performance: Berlin, Zvizdal [Chernobyl, so far–so close] (Out There Festival)

Zvizdal [Chernobyl, so far–so close]BerlinOut There FestivalWalker Art Center When we first meet Nadya and Petro, they sit silently on a bench outside their ramshackle home in a deserted Ukranian village, staring out at the world, occasionally swatting at a fly. This

January 28, 2019

In Performance: Kaneza Schaal, Jack & (Out There)

JACK &Kaneza Schaal in collaboration with Cornell Alston and Christopher MyersJanuary 2019Walker Art Center A goldfish swims in circles in its tiny bowl at center stage, a prisoner whose inner life, if it has any, we cannot access. It will stay in

January 24, 2019

In Performance: nora chipaumire, portrait of myself as my father (Walker Art Center)

portrait of myself as my father nora chipaumire Walker Art Center March 23-25, 2018 A boxing ring is the setting for nora chipaumire’s sparring match with the spectre of her father. The Walker Art Center’s patrons, transplanted to a mildly dilapidated industrial

April 1, 2018

In Performance: 600 Highwaymen, The Fever (Out There)

600 Highwaymen The Fever Walker Art Center, Out There Festival The audience enters The Fever by 600 Highwaymen at the Walker’s McGuire Theater through a backstage door and steps onto the stage, which is laid with red floor and surrounded by a

January 25, 2018

In Performance: Dana Michel, Mercurial George (Out There Festival)

Mercurial George Dana Michel January 11-13, 2018 Walker Art Center Dana Michel’s solo work Mercurial George is a follow-up to her 2013 work The Yellow Towel, exploring similar themes of identity, but focused in to excavate each idea further down toward its

January 13, 2018

In Performance: Teatro El Publico (Walker Art Center)

Teatro El Publico’s deconstructed take on Antigone beings in silence and stillness, with the bare bodies of the performers. This stripped down simplicity is in contrast to the pageantry of costumes and voices that will soon obscure the true shapes of the

January 12, 2018

In Performance: Philippe Quesne/Vivarium Studio – La Melancolie des Dragons (Out There Festival)

La Melancolie des Dragons Philippe Quesne/Vivarium Studio Walker Art Center A group of long-haired metalheads sits in a stalled vintage Citroën in a wintery forest. They fiddle with the car radio, share snacks, and chat under cover of blasting music. Then arrives

March 5, 2017

In Performance: Okwui Okpokwasili – Poor People’s TV Room (Out There Festival)

Poor People’s TV Room Okwui Okpokwasili Walker Art Center (Out There Festival) As in 2014’s Bronx Gothic, Okwui Okpokwasili is in motion before the audience enters the space. In fact, all four performers (Okpokwasili, Thuli Dumakude, Katrina Reid, and Nehemoyia Young) are

February 3, 2017

In Performance: Faye Driscoll – Thank You For Coming: Play (Out There Festival)

Thank You For Coming: Play Faye Driscoll Walker Art Center (Out There Festival) “The book of the show is not yet written,” Faye Driscoll intones as she welcomes a small group of audience members onto the stage. The show’s interactive opening sequence

January 19, 2017

In Performance: LUIS GARAY/Maneries

Maneries Luis Garay Walker Art Center On stage before the lights go down, dancer Florencia Vecino stands holding a plastic water bottle, and DJ Mauro Ap sits on the floor in front of a laptop. When the scenes descends into a murky

May 2, 2016

In Performance: KID KOALA/Nufonia Must Fall

Nufonia Must Fall Kid Koala Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN, USA) Nufonia Must Fall is more than your average “robot falls in love” story. DJ, producer, and artist Kid Koala has adapted his 340-page graphic novel into a live experience that combines music, puppetry, and

April 15, 2016

In Performance: Germinal (Walker Art Center)

Germinal Halory Goerger and Antoine Defoort Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN, USA) Like any great creation myth, Germinal begins with darkness. The four performers discover how to create light, then communication, then sound, then all the other elements that make up a

March 10, 2016

In Performance: Rabih Mroué/Riding on a Cloud

Rabih Mrouré/Riding on a Cloud Photo by Joe Namy Using recorded voice and video mixed with live performance, Riding on a Cloud paints a documentary picture of Yassar Mrouré’s life after the Lebanese civil war. With a stack of tapes and videos

January 28, 2016

In Performance: Score for a Lecture (COIL)

The Bureau for the Future of Choreography/Score for a Lecture Image by Evelyne Donnelly To attend the world premiere work Score for a Lecture is to become part of a collective experiment in performance, communication and failure. One part telephone, one part

January 28, 2016

In Performance: Morphia Series (COIL)

Helen Herbertson and Ben Cobham/ Morphia Series Photo by Rachelle Roberts Visitors to Morphia Series are led into the dark space two at a time and instructed to take a morsel of food and a tiny glass of wine before being seated.

January 17, 2016

In Performance: Intimacy (COIL)

Ranters Theatre/Intimacy Photo by Paulo Pacheco The presentation of Intimacy strips away all pretense, leaving two stools, a text display, and a screen. Without any fancy theatrical apparatus, performers Adriano Cortese, Beth Buchanan, and Patrick Moffatt are left to hold our attention

January 17, 2016

In Performance: The TEAM/Roosevelvis

The TEAM Roosevelvis Walker Art Center photo by Sue Kessler When developing Roosevelvis, the TEAM came upon the fact that Elvis had posted on his office wall Teddy Roosevelt’s Man in the Arena, a quote which places the credit for all good things

January 12, 2016

In Performance: The Sprint Festival @ Camden People’s Theatre (London) Round-up, Part III: Interactivity

This final round-up for work from the Camden People’s Theatre Sprint Festival features interactive and participatory work. The festival featured a rich selection of audience involvement this year, with everything from video game testing to walking tours. Place and Means’ Good Riddance

April 23, 2015

In Performance: The Sprint Festival @ Camden Peoples Theatre (London) Part II: One-on-One

The Sprint Festival’s popular One-on-One night presented seven works that focus on the intimate connection between performer and audience member. Though several of these were not one-on-one experiences in the traditional sense, they all demanded their audience or participants rethink the terms

April 3, 2015

In Performance: The Sprint Festival @ Camden Peoples Theatre (LONDON) Round-up, Part 1

The Sprint Festival at Camden People’s Theatre, an annual showcase of innovative work from around the UK, wrapped up on Sunday. Keep an eye out this week for round-ups of work from throughout the festival. Rhiannon Faith’s Scary Shit Rhiannon Faith, a

March 30, 2015

In Performance: Jamal Harewood’s The Privileged at The Sprint Festival (London)

Solo artist Jamal Harewood specializes in creating “temporary communities through participatory events.” In The Privileged, performed as part of the Sprint Festival at Camden People’s Theatre, the assembled participants are asked to prepare for an encounter session with a polar bear by

March 20, 2015

In Performance: Coney’s Adventure 1 at the Sprint Festival (London)

Thought-provoking and just provoking in general, Coney has crafted a participatory adventure with real world implications. Adventure 1 begins the week before the date on your ticket, when an associate named Josh Smith contacts you to help you wrap your mind around

March 19, 2015

In Performance: Almeida Theatre’s Game (London)

Game follows the story of a family who’s made a devil’s bargain in exchange for a beautiful new home. Designer Miriam Buether has transformed the Almedia: four audience seating roosts kitted out in camouflage like overgrown duck blinds surround a central performance

March 18, 2015