Performing Arts

Wex at Home

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Catch up with artists from around the world who are transforming dance, music, theater, and cross-disciplinary forms from wherever you are at wexarts.org.

Watch streaming performances from our new Wex[EP] series highlighting the experimental side of the region's most interesting musicians, plus exclusive content from and conversations with past Wex favorites, including recipients of our Artist Residency Award.

Band members on stage holding and playing various instruments, with the four singers to their left. There are multicolored lens flares from the lights above them.
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Playlist: Damon Locks's Black Monument Ensemble

Tue, Aug 30, 2022
Annie Dorsen
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Annie Dorsen on Algorithmic Theater

Wed, Jul 06, 2022
Makaya McCraven, photo: Nolis Anderson
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Playlist: Makaya McCraven

Wed, May 11, 2022
trumpeter jaimie branch
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Playlist: jaimie branch

Wed, Mar 16, 2022
Image from Norah Zuniga Shaw's Climate Gathering project
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Q&A: Norah Zuniga Shaw

Wed, Nov 03, 2021
Norah ZShaw standing next to another person with dark hair.
Performing Arts

Norah ZShaw Livable Futures Virtual Residency

Mon, Nov 01, 2021
Mistar Anderson performing
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Otherworld Performance Lab: Mistar Anderson featuring a Q&A with Amy Turn Sharp

Wed, Aug 25, 2021 - Wed, Sep 15, 2021
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Lisa Bella Donna performing
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Otherworld Performance Lab: Lisa Bella Donna Mysterious Incantations  featuring a Q&A with Amy Turn Sharp

Wed, Aug 18, 2021 - Wed, Sep 8, 2021
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Galen Tipton at a mixing deck standing next to a laptop
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Otherworld Performance Lab: galen tipton phantom featuring a Q&A with Amy Turn Sharp Video available   

Wed, Aug 11, 2021 - Wed, Sep 8, 2021
Multiple Dates/Times Available
the band snarls stands closely together against a gradient orange backdrop
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snarls and the 2020 “Burst”

Fri, Dec 04, 2020
Movement artist Awilda Rodriguez Lora lies on the floor of her home La Rosario in Puerto Rico, her knees bent and her back arched with her left hip lifted off the floor so she's facing away from the camera
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SUSTENTO: Awilda Rodríguez Lora Dances in Dark Times

Mon, Nov 30, 2020
Artist Jaamil Olawale Kosoko stands on a stage with a pink fabric backdrop, wrapped in a gray silk sheet, wearing a metallic gold scarf, bejeweled crocheted beanie and gloves with bangle bracelets. In his left hand he holds what appears to be a rifle wrapped in sequined fabric
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Jaamil Olawale Kosoko: The magic of melanin and a space for healing

Mon, Nov 09, 2020
Four members of the band snarls standing in front of orangish yellow background
World Premiere
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Wex[EP]: snarls May I Burst? An extended music video by snarls

Thu, Nov 5, 2020 - Wed, Nov 3, 2021
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Artist Jaamil Olawale Kosoko stands on a stage, wearing sunglasses, a long Afro wig and a sequined robe and pants, raising his hands in the air, with a giant image of a disco ball in the background
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In Practice Q&A: Jaamil Olawale Kosoko

Thu, Nov 05, 2020
Singer-songwriter Sharon Udoh, wearing a bright collared shirt with vertical stripes, standing nestled in a large bush with orange and yellow flowers
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Sharon Udoh: Because I am Black, gay, and female

Wed, Nov 04, 2020
the four members of the Columbus band snarl, grouped closely together against a yellow background, each looking off to their right as if staring at something in the distance
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Playlist: songs that inspire snarls

Mon, Nov 02, 2020
Dancers Paul Lazar and Bebe Miller rehearsing on an empty stage, as seen through a TV monitor
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Paul Lazar: A change of perspective

Tue, Oct 27, 2020
Choreographer Awilda Rodriguez Lora sits at a small, square dining table in her living and performance space La Rosario in Puerto Rico. A video camera recording her can be seen to the right in the forefront of the frame.
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Awilda Rodriguez Lora: Queer homes, artistic ventures

Thu, Oct 22, 2020
Counterfeit Madison sitting among flora
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Counterfeit Madison The Hips and the Booty Don’t Lie: Counterfeit Madison and the White American Thing, Episode 1

Tue, Oct 20, 2020
A group of nine dancers wearing yellow shorts and black crop tops in a circle on a low-lit stage, all squatting or in other positions that place them close to or on the floor. An audience can be seen around them past the edge of the stage
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Abby Z on the shifting meanings of survival

Tue, Oct 20, 2020
A close-up image of Awilda donning a shirt and tie is juxtaposed against an image of people in a domestic space
Artist Residency
Virtual
past Performing Arts

EN VIVO Sesión de Movimiento III LIVE Movement Session III

Wed, Sep 23, 2020
Awilda Rodríguez Lora kneels on a wood floor with a shirt over her head while removing a shoe
Artist Residency
Virtual
past Performing Arts

EN VIVO Sesión de Movimiento II LIVE Movement Session II

Mon, Sep 21, 2020
Awilda Rodríguez Lora stands on a stage with arms outstretched wearing a shirt with a nude female torso
Artist Residency
Virtual
past Performing Arts

EN VIVO Sesión de Movimiento I LIVE Movement Session I

Fri, Sep 18, 2020
Rob Frye in hat performing, viewed through a spoked bicycle wheel
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Wex[EP]: Rob Frye Evolutionary Sounds

Thu, Sep 10, 2020
Artist Awilda Rodriguez Lora speaking at the Wexner Center for the Arts
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Daily Stream: Awilda Rodriguez Lora

Thu, Aug 27, 2020
Puerto Rico band Buscabulla performs inside a car for an edition of NPR's Tiny Desk Home Concerts
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Daily Stream: Tiny Desk Home Concerts

Mon, Aug 24, 2020
Dr. E poses in a black dress looking off to the right
World Premiere
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Wex[EP]: Dr. E Live Q&A follows

Thu, Aug 6, 2020
Choreographer Kimberly Bartosik and family doing an at-home movement game as part of the Onassis Foundation's "Enter" project
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Daily Stream: the Onassis Foundation's "Enter" series

Mon, Jul 20, 2020
Philadelphia band Empath
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Daily Stream—Playlist & Context for Empath x Wex: A Triptych

Mon, Jul 06, 2020
two women and two men posed, looking into camera
World Premiere
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Empath x Wex: A Triptych

Wed, Jul 8, 2020 - Thu, Dec 31, 2020
Multiple Dates/Times Available
A person in a mask and jumpsuit holds a microphone in one hand and a puppet in the other.
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Wex[EP]: Winston Hytwr Winston Hytwr’s Short Stories

Thu, Jul 2, 2020
The Ill Atmoshperics wordmark, a stylized I and A, floats over a ground of blue and green circled by white smoke.
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Wex[EP]: Ill Atmospherics Take Flight with IA

Thu, Jun 25, 2020
Book covers for Think Tank Aesthetics by Pamela M. Lee and Heritage and Debt by David Joselit
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Daily Stream: Kitchen Broadcast

Tue, Jun 23, 2020
Noah Demland uses mallets to play a tom, hi-hat cymbal, and typewriter outdoors in front of cinder block and vines
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Wex[EP]: Noah Demland One Mallet in Front of the Other

Thu, Jun 18, 2020
Moxy Martinez stares out across their reflection in a black and white photo
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Wex[EP]: Moxy Martinez The Synthspeditioner

Thu, Jun 11, 2020
Singer Sharon Udoh looks at the camera in a salmon poncho walking outdoors
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Wex[EP]: Counterfeit Madison Counterfeit Madison Revisits Her First Love

Thu, Jun 4, 2020
Mark Lomax II playing drums
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Wex[EP]: Mark Lomax II #Drumversations

Thu, May 28, 2020
DJ Krate Digga in white T-shirt with hands on music equipment
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Wex[EP]: DJ Krate Digga The Rhythm Within

Thu, May 21, 2020
Dancer and choreographer Bebe Miller performs a movement work in her home, captured on a phone attached to her foot, which turns the view of the room sideways
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Daily Stream: Bebe Miller dances at home

Tue, May 19, 2020
Brian Harnetty in cap and glasses in front of a tunnel entrance
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Wex[EP]: Brian Harnetty Archive Dive: Into Brian Harnetty's Studio

Thu, May 14, 2020
Jacoti Sommes in a jacket looking straight at the camera
Virtual
past Performing Arts

Wex[EP]: Jacoti Sommes Introduction to Flying Saucer Inc.®️

Thu, May 7, 2020
Images of dancers performing choreographer Netta Yerushalmy's work Paramodernities
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Daily Stream: Paramodernities

Mon, May 04, 2020
Image of a multi-participant Zoom meeting from the Forced Entertainment streamed play End Meeting for All
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Daily Stream: Forced Entertainment

Tue, Apr 28, 2020
Cover art for Brian Harnetty's Many Hands volume 2
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Daily Stream: Brian Harnetty, Many Hands (Volume 2)

Mon, Apr 27, 2020
International Anthem recording artist Jaimie Branch plays the trumpet
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Daily Stream: International Anthem playlist

Tue, Apr 21, 2020
Movement artist Jaamil Olawale Kosoko during a performances for Pages students at the Wexner Center for the Arts
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Daily Stream: Jaamil Olawale Kosoko

Mon, Apr 20, 2020
Flux+Flow Dance Project cofounder Russell Lepley, seen against a light gray background wearing a pot on his head and holding a ladel and a pot handle
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Daily Stream: Dance with FluxFlow

Thu, Apr 16, 2020
Columbus, Ohio DJ Krate Digga presents a set at the DEMO event at the Wexner Center for the Arts
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Daily Stream: DJ Krate Digga, RESA

Tue, Apr 14, 2020
A group of five dancers stand closely together, their backs to the camera, in a promotional still for choreographer Faye Driscoll's Thank You for Coming: Attendance
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Daily Stream: Faye Driscoll

Mon, Apr 06, 2020
Joey La Neve DeFrancesco
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Replay: La Neve livestream

Mon, Mar 23, 2020