Cynthia Hopkins

this clement world

Cynthia Hopkins is the definition of postmodern artistry. Her work transcends single genres and mediums and defies definition. New York Press

The Walker Art Center presents the Midwest debut of This Clement World by musician/theater artist Cynthia Hopkins on ThursdaySaturday, March 79, at 8 pm in the William and Nadine McGuire Theater. A purveyor of outlandishly theatrical fictions and original avant-folk orchestral songs, Cynthia Hopkins is an audaciously charismatic talent that fans will follow anywhere: from memoir, murder, and memory loss in the South to 70s pop stardom, the CIA, and Moroccan Sufism to evolution in outer spaceall have figured in her trilogy of previous works at the Walker.

In this new piece, Hopkins grapples with the environmental crisis with her most expansive avant-folk rock orchestration to date. Presented as a live documentary film set in and out of the Arctic, this skillfully crafted, richly narrative performance questions howor whetherone can act now to maintain a livable climate for generations of people we will never meet.

Tag along with Hopkins; her longtime collaborators, director DJ Mendel and designer Jeff Sugg; and a stellar ensemble of Twin Citiesbased musiciansParker Anderson-Genne, Lauren Asheim, Leslie Ball, Erica Burton, Jesse Edgington, Zack Lozier, Crystal Myslajek, Jonathan Sunde, Jason Sunde, Karen Townsend, and Larry Zimmermanon a voyage of discovery thats global in scope, playfully idiosyncratic, and utterly necessary.

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