Bread and Puppet Theater: The Diagonal Life Circus
Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 7:00pm
Foss Hill/Andrus Field
The Diagonal Life Circus is funny and moving—a colorful, tonally and formally diverse tumult of short acts on the urgent themes of the day, powered by a riotous brass band.
Read more about Bread and Puppet Theater's "The Diagonal Life Circus."Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (Abridged)
Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
Buy Tickets Taylor Mac performs the Connecticut premiere of the highly immersive and outrageously entertaining abridged version of A 24-Decade History of Popular Music highlighting various musical styles and artistic voices.
Read more about Taylor Mac's "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (Abridged)."Opening Reception: Brendan Fernandes—Inaction
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Opening reception and performance (at 5pm) for Inaction, a new sculptural and performance-based installation by Brendan Fernandes.
Read more about Brendan Fernandes' "Inaction."Netta Yerushalmy: Paramodernities
Friday, October 4, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
The Connecticut premiere of choreographer Netta Yerushalmy's Paramodernities features a series of four dance-experiments, deconstructing landmark dances by Vaslav Nijinsky, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Alvin Ailey.
Read more about Netta Yerushalmy's "Paramodernities."B. Balasubrahmaniyan: Vocal Music of South India
Friday, October 11, 2019 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Vocalist and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music B. Balasubrahmaniyan is joined by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music David Nelson on mridangam and violinist Nandini Viswanathan.
Read more about B. Balasubrahmaniyan's "Vocal Music of South India."Dr. Yashoda Thakore: Courtesan Dance from South India
Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 4:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Dr. Yashoda Thakore balances the practice of the art of dance with research in her Connecticut debut during the Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan. She has enthralled audiences around the world—from England and Greece to Dubai and Bangladesh—with her flawless artistry.
Read more about Yashoda Thakore.Amjad Ali Khan: Sarod Trilogy
Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
GRAMMY Award-nominated sarod (19-stringed instrument) master Amjad Ali Khan is joined by his sarod-playing sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash.
Read more about Amjad Ali Khan's "Sarod Trilogy."Laurie Anderson: The Art of Falling
Friday, November 8, 2019 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson performs the Connecticut premiere of the new work The Art of Falling, which explores the subject through sounds, images, poems, and electronics.
Read more about Laurie Anderson's "The Art of Falling."Golden Hornet’s The Sound of Science featuring Jeffrey Zeigler
Friday, January 31, 2020 at 7:30pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
Cellist Jeffrey Zeigler performs the Connecticut premiere of The Sound of Science, featuring Pastaza, which reflects on the work of Wesleyan's Robert Schumann Professor of Environmental Studies Barry Chernoff.
Read more about Golden Hornet’s "The Sound of Science" featuring Jeffrey Zeigler.New England Dance on Tour
Friday, February 14, 2020 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
Four regional dance artists showcase the diversity and richness of dance in New England, including Wesleyan Dean of the Arts and Humanities and Associate Professor of Dance Nicole Lynn Stanton.
Read more about "New England Dance on Tour"Beethoven’s 250th Birthday Bash
Friday, February 21, 2020 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan Music Department community celebrates the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) with an inspired, diverse mix of traditional and experimental tributes.
Read more about "Beethoven’s 250th Birthday Bash."Tabaimo and Maki Morishita: Fruits borne out of rust
Friday, February 28, 2020 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
The New England premiere of the whimsical, mischievous multimedia work Fruits borne out of rust, conceived and directed by Japanese visual artist Tabaimo in collaboration with choreographer Maki Morishita.
Read more about Tabaimo and Maki Morishita's "Fruits borne out of rust."
Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 12:10pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
FREE!
Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 7:00pm
Foss Hill/Andrus Field
FREE!
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 12:10pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
FREE!
Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 1:00pm
Various locations on the Wesleyan University campus
FREE!
