Join Meg Stuart, one of the most acclaimed contemporary choreographers of our time, for an intimate conversation within the immersive onstage installation of Celestial Sorrow, a new interdisciplinary work made with visual artist Jompet Kuswidananto. Stuart, a US-born, Berlin/Brussels-based artist, will discuss her multipart engagement at the Walker as well as the greater expanse of her three-decade artistic career.
The conversation is moderated by leading dance scholar and performer Thomas F. DeFrantz, a professor of dance and chair of the African and African American Studies Program at Duke University and the director of SLIPPAGE, an interdisciplinary research group that creates innovative interfaces for the telling of alternative histories.
Following the discussion, visual artist Jompet Kuswidananto, who co-conceived Celestial Sorrow, will lead visitors though a brief tour of the installation and discuss his larger practice with Mellon Interdisciplinary Fellow Allie Tepper.