Performances of Trisha Brown’s Planes happen on the half-hour between 11 am to 2 pm Saturday and 6 to 9 pm Thursday, in the Walker’s Medtronic Gallery, through the run of the exhibition of Brown’s drawings, So That the Audience Does Not Know Whether I Have Stopped Dancing. Here, three dancers perform at May’s Free First Saturday (about a dozen are on rotation in this trio) and, afterward, discuss the work.
The Walker unrolled its first Jewelry Artists Mart, in the Skyline Room, at Free First Saturday.
To commemorate National Dance Week, Walker Art Center performing arts program manager Michele Steinwald sent out a call to 300 people in the Twin Cities dance community to gravitate to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Tuesday afternoon for a group photo in front of Spoonbridge and Cherry. Only two dozen showed up, not counting two dogs in tow, but Steinwald sees it as the launching pad to an annual photo shoot to mark this otherwise under-the-radar week.
Photographer Nubar Alexanian has worked alongside, behind the scenes and on the sets with filmmaker Errol Morris for 15 years. Alexanian accompanied Morris to the Walker Tuesday to screen and discuss Morris’ new film, Standard Operating Procedure. Here, in the Walker Art Lab, Alexanian discusses Nonfiction, his new photo book drawn from the sets of Morris’ films.
Marc Bamuthi Joseph and his collaborators marked their steps Wednesday afternoon in a tech rehearsal for the premiere of the break/s. Real performances are today through Saturday at the Walker.
On the Walker Art Center calendar, you’ll find dates (April 10-12) for the premiere of the break/s, Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s new dance/theater piece. What you won’t see on the calendar are the weeks Bamuthi spent here in January and February leading a residency with local teen poets and videographers. This video opens a window into the residency–the first half marking the beginnings of the residency, the second half delving into the teens’ work in February. The fruits of their labor, inspired by the upcoming Republican National Convention in St. Paul, are on display in a free program Thursday in the Walker Cinema.
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