Performing Arts

"An excellence of connection, not the aesthetics of excellence."
—Bebe Miller

onStage

Four singers stand behind microphone stands on stage with band members surrounding them
Ohio Premiere
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Damon Locks’s Black Monument Ensemble

Presented by CAPA and Wexner Center for the Arts

Performing Arts | Music

Fri, Sep 9, 2022, 8:00 Pm
A dancer in a blue hat is pulling a person’s body across the stage by their ankles. Other dancers are strewn across the stage.
Ohio Premiere
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Lia Rodrigues

Fúria Presented by CAPA and Wexner Center for the Arts

Performing Arts | Dance

Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 8:00 Pm
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Six performers in various outfits surround a large, toppled gold statue of a deity lying on a stage that is covered in colorful plastic bags.
Ohio Premiere
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Ontroerend Goed

Are we not drawn onward to new erA Presented by CAPA and Wexner Center for the Arts

Performing Arts | Theater

Wed, Jan 25, 2023, 8:00 Pm
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Annie Dorsen's Yesterday Tomorrow
Columbus Premiere
Past Performing Arts

Annie Dorsen

Yesterday Tomorrow

Performing Arts | Theater

Sat, Jul 16, 2022
Nile Harris (left) and jaamil olawale kosoko (right) embracing one another. Harris’s face and body are covered with shimmery brown fabric. kosoko—who has dark brown skin and silver, gold, and brown gems on their bare shoulder, neck, and chest—is leaning their bare head on Harris’s chest.
Artist Residency
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Now Performing Arts

jaamil olawale kosoko

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Performing Arts

Now Through August 14
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Artist Keioui Keijaun Thomas performing Comme Hell or High Femmes at Performance Space New York. Her shoulders are bare, and there are two separate lines of floral-shaped rhinestones on her chest. On top of her head, she wears a plastic bag with the handles tied. The entire room is bathed in blue light.
Columbus Premiere
Past Performing Arts

Keioui Keijaun Thomas

Come Hell or High Femmes: The Journey of the Dolls

Performing Arts

Sat, Jun 11, 2022
Norah ZShaw standing next to another person with dark hair.
Performing Arts

Norah ZShaw

A year-long series of digital performances, talks, and traces
Mon, Nov 01, 2021 – Thu, Jun 30, 2022
A computer animated rodent in sweatshirt seems to dance with a glove-wearing spotted frog in a virtual environment with two chairs and a background screen with three photos of real actors making similar gestures
Performing Arts

James Dennen

Tue, Jan 18, 2022 – Thu, Jun 30, 2022

About the Performing Arts Program

Our performing arts program features singular artists and companies from around the world who are transforming the creation and practice of contemporary dance, music, theater, and cross-disciplinary forms. Audiences enjoy dynamic, one-of-a-kind experiences at our performances, while students and faculty gain invaluable insights and learning opportunities at intimate talks and workshops. Each season, commissions and residencies are awarded to artists making field-defining new works—generous professional and financial support that distinguishes the Wex as a leader in the international performing arts community. The performing arts department staff includes Program Manager Ashley Stanton, Program Assistant Adam Elliott, and Director Lane Czaplinski.

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