Architecture as Dance, Dance As Architecture: Black Label Movement

Experience a one-of-a-kind interdisciplinary performance at Taliesin featuring the award-winning Minneapolis dance company, Black Label Movement. This immersive evening explores the compelling premise that architecture can move—and that movement can design and construct space.

The program transforms Frank Lloyd Wright’s historic estate into a living choreography, featuring contemporary dance works from Black Label’s repertoire that echo the spatial dynamism and emotional depth of organic architecture. The evening culminates in the world premiere of an original choreography and musical composition inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Work Song, created specifically for Taliesin.

Schedule of Events:

• 5:15 PM: Parking opens at Hillside / Doors open
• 5:30 PM: Immersive, site-responsive activations responding directly to the geometry, materials, and atmosphere of two distinct spaces at Hillside.
• 6:00 PM: A seated featured performance in the intimate Hillside Theater, featuring a dynamic “conversation-in-motion” between Black Label Movement Artistic Director Carl Flink and University of Minnesota architecture professor Thomas Fisher exploring the idea that architecture is slow choreography and choreography is fast architecture.

About the Presenters:

Thomas Fisher: A professor of architecture at the University of Minnesota, prolific author of 12 books and hundreds of articles, and former Editorial Director of Progressive Architecture magazine.

Black Label Movement: A Minnesota dance company creating wildly physical, naturally virtuosic, and intellectually engaging contemporary dance that examines the human condition.

Carl Flink: The founding artistic director and primary choreographer of Black Label Movement, recognized for his intense athleticism, layered physicality, and cross-disciplinary collaborations.

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