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Theater

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A dark lit and highly saturated image of a forest.
Ken Urban's The Conquered. Courtesy of the artist.

The Conquered

A new multimedia theater piece inspired by innovations in neurotechnology
Two ballet dancers in floral leotards and hat piece on stage.
Dancers of the Oakland Ballet Company perform at the Dancing Moons Festival at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in Oakland, California, Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022.

Ballet des Porcelaines

A story of magic, desire, and exotic entanglement
Artists Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya standing together and smiling at the camera.
Shige Moriya and Ximena Garnica. Credit: Brandon Perdomo.

Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya

Performance installation exploring the juxtapositions of multiplicities and the power of rising
A black and white photograph of Fabio Tavares (right) observing fellow performer Natalia deCampos (left) looking away from him, down to the left.
Natalia deCampos and Fabio Tavares perform in a workshop of Immense Joy/Hots. Credit: Ana Busto.

Immense Joy / H.o.t.S

Clarice Lispector’s brutal and tender exploration of what it truly means to be poor
A musical score.
VALIS. Courtesy of Tod Machover.

VALIS

Reimagining live performance interactivity for a new generation
Lakaï Dance Theatre. Credit: Nadelle Scott.

Lakaï Dance’s The Block: An Afro-Musical

Sharing personal stories and narratives through movement
Constanza Macras. Credit: Thomas Aurin.
Constanza Macras. Credit: Thomas Aurin.

Constanza Macras

Building dance theater from the ground up
Jay Scheib's In the Jungle of Cities. Courtesy of the artist.
Jay Scheib's In the Jungle of Cities. Courtesy of the artist.

Jay Scheib’s In the Jungle of Cities

Audra McDonald. Credit Autumn de Wilde.
Audra McDonald. Credit Autumn de Wilde.

Audra McDonald

Playwright and screenwriter Suzan-Lori Parks.

Suzan-Lori Parks

Pulitzer-winning dramatist
2006
A theater performance with a dragon sculpture.
Robert Lepage, Der Ring des Nibelungen. Metropolitan Opera. Credit: Ken Howard.

Robert Lepage

Versatile in every form of theater craft, Robert Lepage is equally talented as a director, playwright, actor and filmmaker
2012
A man speaks against a black background
Robert Wilson at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.

Robert Wilson

Visionary avant-garde director Robert Wilson’s experiments in theater and opera have definitively shaped the art form for generations to come
2011
A performer appears surrounded by threads of light.
NERVOUS SYSTEM by Andrew Schneider. Alicia ayo Ohs and Andrew Schneider.

Andrew Schneider

Interactive media artist
Adrienne Truscott. Credit: Allison Michael Orenstein. © 2018 Adrienne Truscott.
Adrienne Truscott. Credit: Allison Michael Orenstein. © 2018 Adrienne Truscott.

Adrienne Truscott

Genre-straddling performance artist
Karin Coonrod. Credit: Marina Levitskaya.
Karin Coonrod. Credit: Marina Levitskaya.

Karin Coonrod

Far-reaching inventiveness
Ayesha Jordan performs Line by Line at MIT Building W97, Spring 2019. Credit Caroline Alden.
Ayesha Jordan performs Line by Line at MIT Building W97, Spring 2019. Credit Caroline Alden.

Ayesha Jordan and Justin Hicks

A hypnotic audiovisual journey through the inner life of “glamazon hip-hop icon” Shasta Geaux Pop
Lisa Dwan stands in profile against a dark black background and points off to the left.
Lisa Dwan presents "A Body of Beckett" at MIT, 2019. Credit: Leon Yim.

Lisa Dwan

"...an instrument of Beckett.” - The New York Times

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