Y La Bamba
Sō Percussion and Caroline Shaw
Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part
Neko Case | L'Rain | Hanif Abdurraqib
An evening of music and literature
Oumou Sangaré
Oumou Sangaré is an icon whose powerful music and fierce feminism have inspired artists from Alicia Keys to Aya Nakamura to Beyoncé. Her most recent record, Timbuktu, blends the sounds of traditional West African instruments with those instruments most associated with the blues.
La Dame Blanche
Fierce
Chicago
Come From Away
Past Season Events
Fall Welcome Concert
Brittany Howard, Dawn Richard, and Elizabeth Moen
Herbie Hancock
Alan Page
First African American Supreme Court Justice of Minnesota
Heart of Brick is a theatrical dance and music performance that celebrates the multi-generational spirit of the Black queer community.
RECONSTRUCTING: Who & How Are We Together?
A Conversation on Process with Jillian Walker and Emma Orme
RECONSTRUCTING: Who & How Are We Together?
A Conversation on Process with Jillian Walker and Emma Orme
Orme and TEAM writer/artist Jillian Walker will discuss their creative process, the thrills and challenges of making theater in the current landscape, and their new, work-in-progress Reconstructing (Still Working but the Devil Might Be Inside).
Sphinx Virtuosi
The Sphinx Virtuosi is a dynamic self-conducted chamber orchestra comprised of eighteen accomplished Black and Latinx artists aiming to evolve the face of classical music through artistic excellence, pioneering programming, and community engagement.
Herein Lies the Truth: A Work-In-Progress Conversation
Aaron Pang, Christopher-Rasheem McMillan, Tisa Bryant, and Adam Knight
Herein Lies the Truth: A Work-In-Progress Conversation
Aaron Pang, Christopher-Rasheem McMillan, Tisa Bryant, and Adam Knight
The conversation will include a short presentation of work-in-progress as well as a conversation with faculty members from Pang’s thesis committee—Christopher-Rasheem McMillan, Tisa Bryant, and Adam Knight.
Love In Exile and In These Times
Regarding The Continuum: An Exploration of Dreams Fulfilled
Featuring LaTasha Barnes and Rebekah Kowal (moderator)
Regarding The Continuum: An Exploration of Dreams Fulfilled
Featuring LaTasha Barnes and Rebekah Kowal (moderator)
LaTasha Barnes is an internationally awarded and critically-acclaimed dance artist, choreographer, educator will discuss her creative process and new projects in development alongside University of Iowa Department of Dance faculty member Rebekah Kowal.
John Irving
in conversation with Lan Samantha Chang
Dogsbody, the debut album by Brooklyn-based Model/Actriz, is a coming-of-age album set between the hours of dusk and dawn. It is as much an exploration of love and loss as it is a sharp, piercing, and violent ode to the explosive joy of being alive.
Storytelling Across the Arts: A Conversation with Lonnie Holley & Lee Baines
Storytelling Across the Arts: A Conversation with Lonnie Holley & Lee Baines
Lonnie Holley and Lee Baines discusses their creative process.
Uncharted Myths: Reckonings, Reflections, and Riffs on American Stories
Uncharted Myths: Reckonings, Reflections, and Riffs on American Stories
Writers from the annual International Writing Program (IWP) fall residency will provide written texts as inspiration for University of Iowa dance students to choreograph new work, resulting in a performance at Infinite Dream.
Kurt Vile and The Violators
with special guest Lonnie Holley and Mourning [A] BLKstar
Kurt Vile and The Violators
with special guest Lonnie Holley and Mourning [A] BLKstar
Legendary film director Werner Herzog will receive FilmScene’s Cinema Savant award and appear in conversation to discuss his life in film as part of a five-city US book tour.
N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars): A Creative Matters conversation with Andrew Schneider and Jecca Barry
N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars)
by Andrew Schneider | Guided
N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars)
by Andrew Schneider | Guided
Reflecting the Infinite Dream: Visions of the American Story
Reflecting the Infinite Dream: Visions of the American Story
N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars)
by Andrew Schneider | Open Universe
N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars)
by Andrew Schneider | Open Universe
POSTPONED: Mobilizing Dancers for War in Irving Berlin’s This Is the Army
A Presentation and Discussion by Professor Rebekah Kowal
POSTPONED: Mobilizing Dancers for War in Irving Berlin’s This Is the Army
A Presentation and Discussion by Professor Rebekah Kowal
Rebekah Kowal's talk examines the role of dance in the movie and the ways it mobilized civilian troops and the American public at a pivotal moment in the war effort.
Samara Joy
Disney/Pixar's COCO live-to-film concert
Score performed live by Orquesta Folclórica Nacional de México
Disney/Pixar's COCO live-to-film concert
Score performed live by Orquesta Folclórica Nacional de México
Sun Ra Arkestra has been at the forefront of exploring new horizons in creative music and inspiring the ever-evolving tenets of Afrofuturism. Opening act Theon Cross has reinvented the tuba as the low-voiced leader of innovative and explosive—and hard to define—ensembles.
Takács Quartet
The Takács Quartet garnered international attention by winning first prize and the critics' prize at the International String Quartet Competition. The Takács is renowned for "marrying aristocratic elegance and red-blooded energy to everything they play."
Dance Gala
Midori and Festival Strings Lucerne
Mavis Staples and The War And Treaty
JACK Quartet plays John Zorn
The JACK Quartet is the perfect ensemble to engage with Zorn's music. San Francisco Classical Voice says, "It's hard to think of another string quartet that plays ... ferociously contemporary repertoire with their impeccable precision."
Aparna Nancherla and Atsuko Okatsuka
with special guest Dylan Akira Adler
Aparna Nancherla and Atsuko Okatsuka
with special guest Dylan Akira Adler
To Kill a Mockingbird
Written by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Bartlett Sher
To Kill a Mockingbird
Written by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Bartlett Sher
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, music director, and Isata Kanneh-Mason, pianist
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, music director, and Isata Kanneh-Mason, pianist