Performing Arts

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

onStage

Sam Green wears a black button down, long sleeve shirt untucked atop dark blue jeans. He has close cropped dark hair. He is inside a sound booth and holds a long microphone and wears headphones.
Ohio Premiere
Next Film/Video

32 Sounds

(Sam Green, 2022) Sam Green in person With music composed by JD Samson and performed by JD Samson ...

Film/Video | Visiting Filmmakers

Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 8:00 Pm
Musician with brown skin and ombre locs wears a floral-patterned outfit and sits on a red chair against a blue background with an acoustic guitar on her lap.
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Yasmin Williams

Performing Arts | Music

Wed, Oct 12, 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
Artist sitting outstretched in a brick wall niche. She is a white person with long brown hair and wears white pants, a white t-shirt, and black boots.
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Emily Wells

Performing Arts | Music

Fri, Nov 4, 2022, 8:00 Pm
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
Four singers stand behind microphone stands on stage with band members surrounding them
Ohio Premiere
Past Performing Arts

Damon Locks’s Black Monument Ensemble

Presented by CAPA and Wexner Center for the Arts

Performing Arts | Music

Fri, Sep 9, 2022
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
Stream
Past Performing Arts

jaamil olawale kosoko

the hold

Performing Arts

Fri, Jun 17, 2022 - Sun, Aug 14, 2022
Multiple Dates/Times Available

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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