Cecile McLorin Salvant, Kronos Quartet and St. Paul's Zeitgeist among acts to play the Walker Art Center

Ross Raihala, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.
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Nov. 24—Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant, contemporary classical favorites Kronos Quartet and St. Paul new music quartet Zeitgeist are among the acts booked for the Walker Art Center's winter/spring performing arts season.

The season includes live contemporary dance, music and performance, with seven new Walker commissions and three world premieres.

For more information or to purchase tickets, see walkerart.org.

Here's a look at what's on tap. Unless otherwise noted, events take place at the Walker Art Center:

— Out There 2022: An Alternative Performance Series, featuring Kaneza Schaal (world premiere, Walker commission); 8 p.m. Jan. 12-15; $28.50.

— Out There 2022: An Alternative Performance Series, featuring Annie Dorsen; 8 p.m. Jan. 27-29; $28.50.

— Out There 2022: An Alternative Performance Series, featuring Big Dance Theater (Walker commission); 8 p.m. Feb. 10-12; $28.50.

— Cecile McLorin Salvant: "Ogresse: Envisioned" (world premiere, Walker commission); 8 p.m. Feb. 25-26; $45.

— Kronos Quartet: "Fifty for the Future"; 7:30 p.m. March 19 (Program A: "New Global Voices"), 7:30 p.m. March 20 (Program B: "Old Friends"); $48-$39 ($70 for two-show package); Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul.

— Radouan Mriziga: "Akal" (Walker co-commission); 8 p.m. March 30-April 2; $28.50.

— Arooj Aftab; 7 p.m. April 10; $50-$25; Parkway Theater, Minneapolis.

— Amir ElSaffar's Rivers of Sound Orchestra (Walker commission); 8 p.m. April 21; $28.50.

— Third Coast Percussion with Movement Art Is: "Metamorphosis"; 7:30 p.m. April 30; $51-$31; Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis.

— Kassa Overall; 8 p.m. May 6; $30-$28.50; Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis.

— Heather Kravas and Victoria Haven: "solid objects" (world premiere, Walker commission); "solid objects/SANDWICH," 5-9 p.m. May 12, 1-5 p.m. May 14, free (come and go as you like); "solid objects/VOIDS," 8 p.m. May 13-14, $28.50.

— Zeitgeist and Friends with special guest George Lewis: "The Music of George Lewis" (Walker commission); 8 p.m. May 21; $28.50.