Aszure Barton & Ambrose Akinmusire: A a | a B : B E N D
Date/Time:
Friday, September 19, 2025
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Offer:
In-person: 2 free tickets
— Best available seating in Price 2 or Price 3
Event Details:
Choreographer Aszure Barton and award-winning composer Ambrose Akinmusire, two visionaries in their fields, created multidisciplinary, multidimensional A a | a B : B E N D, a Northrop Centennial Commission. For this evening-length work, the dancers, Akinmusire, and members of the audience share space for the performance, with a choice of seating onstage (Price 1) or on the orchestra level (Prices 2 & 3) of the theater. Dance and music engage in an in-depth dialogue in B E N D, crafting an intimate yet wildly provocative world where dancers and musicians coexist on stage to embrace human friction, tension, and explosive beauty.
Akinmusire is a composer and trumpeter who circles both the center and periphery of jazz. For Barton as a choreographer, jazz offers the musical equivalent of her dance-making process, amplifying the exploration of a choreographic language that simultaneously respects and dismantles classical and contemporary forms. Her dances are an amalgam of authentic movement, modern and postmodern aesthetics, and less-centralized dance styles such as voguing and breaking. The convergence of these two distinguished artists creates a cosmic refuge for the senses, oscillating between up close and personal to vastly distanced and massive, full of puzzling beauty and raw, physical emotion.
Co-presented by the Walker Art Center
Location:
Northrop - Carlson Family Stage
84 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Hours of Operation:
Mon – Fri, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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Organization Details:
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Offer: In-person: 2 free tickets — Best available seating in Price 2 or Price 3
Date/Time: Friday, September 19, 2025 7:30 pm
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