Take a Chance on Something New

Walton Arts Center’s 10x10 Arts Series is curated for the curious and features exciting and innovative art forms, performances and experiences. Designed by our programming team specifically for our unique Northwest Arkansas community, it encourages all of us to dip into a new art form. Explore and take a chance. Try something new! After all, tickets are only $10.

10x10 performances typically include a creative conversation with the artists so you can learn more about their work and background. Audience members are also encouraged to give their feedback about each performance they attend via a handwritten Post-It ® note. Notes are collected post show and shared with the artists and the programming team.

Ladama

Thursday, March 30

Experience a modern twist on Latin Alternative music with LADAMA, an international collective of women building community through sound. Blending South American and Caribbean styles like cumbia, maracatu, onda nueva and joropo with pop, soul and R&B, these four women seamlessly create a unique blend of enthralling sound, transporting listeners to a future where the world communicates across continents and cultures through sound and story.

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players’ The Pirates of Penzance

Saturday, April 1

Join the band of swashbuckling buccaneers, bumbling British bobbies, frolicsome Victorian maidens and the delightfully dotty “model of a modern Major-General” for a rollicking romp over the rocky coast of Cornwall. Presented in its original format, this is your chance to see Gilbert’s incisive wit and Sullivan’s memorable score performed by a full orchestra.

Show Underwriter: Tom & Jill King

Duwendé

Friday, April 14

Kicking off this year’s VoiceJam A Cappella Festival, this award-winning six-person ensemble presents a fiercely original take on a vocals-only music. Best known for their upbeat, electrifying bass-andbeatbox-driven funk/pop style, Duwendé gets the crowd on their feet with their exuberant sound, replicating a variety of instruments through their powerful and distinct voices. With ever-growing acclaim and fans all over the globe, Duwendé brings new life to the a cappella genre for contemporary audiences.

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Visceral Dance Chicago

Thursday, April 20

Visceral Dance Chicago is a contemporary dance company dedicated to a bold and progressive world of movement that challenges audience expectations. In their Northwest Arkansas debut, the company will present a diverse repertoire featuring emerging voices and distinguished, worldrenowned choreographers. Named one of Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch, the company “breathes life into the Chicago arts community with their ability to intertwine complex human emotions with the raw beauty of dance and physical movement” (Chicago Stage Standard).

Artosphere Festival Orchestra An Evening of Brahms and Beethoven

Tuesday, May 16

Under the direction of Maestro Corrado Rovaris, this performance will honor Johannes Brahms’ Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 and Ludwig Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 “Pastoral.”

Artosphere Festival Support: Friends of Artosphere

Premier Show Underwriters: Kelly & Marti Sudduth

Principal support for Maestro Corrado Rovaris provided by: Reed & Mary Ann Greenwood

Show Underwriters: Peter B. Lane and Barbara Putnam