“Morgan Thorson has a mix-master mind, from which postmodern movement and the detritus of everyday life spin out as hilarious vignettes.” —New York Notebook

Both borrowing from and subverting religious rituals, Minneapolis’ Morgan Thorson, a rising force on the national contemporary dance scene, breaks choreographic conventions in order to uncover the universal allure of transformation through Heaven’s holy performance trinity: dance, music, and light. Created as an ensemble dance and vocal piece through a Walker residency, Heaven explores the various manifestations of ecstasy—emotional, physical, and communal—present both in religious practices and in the ritualistic nature of dance in performance. Low’s Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker will perform the music and vocal orchestration they wrote for the work.

Commissioned by the Walker Art Center, Diverseworks, and PS122, with support provided by the William and Nadine McGuire Commissioning Fund, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Producers’ Council members Nor Hall and Roger Hale. Additional support provided by the Jerome Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, and the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts.

The Walker Art Center's Dance Season is sponsored by


The Walker Art Center’s Music Season is sponsored by

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Additional support is generously provided by Engaging Dance Audiences: A Program of Dance/USA, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation.

“Morgan Thorson has a mix-master mind, from which postmodern movement and the detritus of everyday life spin out as hilarious vignettes.” —New York Notebook

Both borrowing from and subverting religious rituals, Minneapolis’ Morgan Thorson, a rising force on the national contemporary dance scene, breaks choreographic conventions in order to uncover the universal allure of transformation through Heaven’s holy performance trinity: dance, music, and light. Created as an ensemble dance and vocal piece through a Walker residency, Heaven explores the various manifestations of ecstasy—emotional, physical, and communal—present both in religious practices and in the ritualistic nature of dance in performance. Low’s Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker will perform the music and vocal orchestration they wrote for the work.

Commissioned by the Walker Art Center, Diverseworks, and PS122, with support provided by the William and Nadine McGuire Commissioning Fund, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Producers’ Council members Nor Hall and Roger Hale. Additional support provided by the Jerome Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, and the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts.

The Walker Art Center's Dance Season is sponsored by


The Walker Art Center’s Music Season is sponsored by

Sponsor

Media partners

Additional support is generously provided by Engaging Dance Audiences: A Program of Dance/USA, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation.