Walker Commission and World Premiere: Sarah Michelson October2018/
“Go see the work. Whatever it is and whatever she calls it, just go.” —New York Magazine
Sarah Michelson has been creating dances of unmatched intensity since the early ’90s. She more recently calls these dances “studio work, to look at and be with, constructed in this time for this time—an attempt to stay fresh and work hard, but invite no celebration, no opinion, no success.” Michelson’s long, close relationship with the Walker, which has included the landmark commissioned works Daylight (for Minneapolis) (2005), Devotion (2011), and tournamento (2015), continues with October2018/.
October2018/ will be shown Thursday, October 19, Friday, October 20, and Saturday, October 21 at 5:30pm in the Cargill Lounge. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased online, in person at the box office, or by phone 612-375-7600.
ABOUT SARAH MICHELSON
Based in New York City, Michelson (b. 1964) is a British choreographer known for strong physicality and repetition. Michelson’s work has been presented and commissioned by The Whitney Museum, MoMA, The Walker Art Center, Movement Research, The Kitchen, PS 122, Performance Space New York, LMCC’s River to River Festival, Danspace Project, On the Boards, Chapter Arts Cardiff, Wales; and has toured to Cutting Edge Festival; Venice Biennale; SommerSzene Salzburg; Tanz im August Berlin; ICA London; ArtCenter; ODC Theater; Kampnagel; Tanzhaus nrw; and Zuercher Theater Spektakel where she received the Der Foerder prize.
She has created several evening-length works and modular works including recent works tournamento the Walker Art Center (2015); For James Tyson The Kitchen (2015); R2R attempt 2 LMCC’s River to River Festival (2016); September2017/ The Fisher Center at Bard College (2017); October2017/ The Kitchen (2017); Febrauary2018/ Kampnagel; May2018/ Performance Space New York (2018).
Michelson has received two Bessies for choreography and one for Visual Design; a Doris Duke Artists Award, the Bucksbaum Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Award, the Alpert Award in Dance, a NYFA Fellowship; and support from Creative Capital, Jerome Foundation, the MAP Fund, NEFA’s National Dance Project.