# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Artist Talk + Performance: “Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group: POWER”
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 01 Oct, 2026 at 06:15 pm – Thu, 01 Oct, 2026 at 07:15 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for the explosive Milwaukee Art Museum’s debut of POWER, the celebrated dance performance work by Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group. Drawing on Shaker history, African American spiritual traditions, and Wilson’s extensive research, POWER reimagines Shaker values, worship practices, and social ideals through dance, music, and voice. Part lecture and part performance, this unique program explores the often-overlooked history of Black Shakers and the cultural intersections that shaped their communities. The result is a powerful experience at the crossroads of history, ritual, and contemporary choreography.

The Shakers: A World in the Making is organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Vitra Design Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, and the Wüstenrot Foundation, in collaboration with Shaker Museum, Chatham, New York

This drop-in experience is included with Museum admission. On Thursday nights from 4 to 8 p.m., admission is pay-what-you-wish at the door, while tickets purchased online in advance are full price. The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to its exhibition sponsors.

 

About the artist
Reggie Wilson is the founder, executive and artistic director of Fist & Heel Performance Group, which he established in 1989. Drawing on the cultures of Africans in the Americas and combining them with postmodern influences, Wilson creates what he calls “post-African/Neo-HooDoo Modern dances.” His work has been presented nationally and internationally at venues including the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and festivals throughout Africa and Europe. A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Wilson has lectured, taught, and led community projects across the United States, Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean.


Image credits: Fist and Heel Performance Group, POWER (detail), 2024. © Photo by Johanna Austin
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/milwaukee/artist-talk-performance-reggie-wilson-fist-and-heel-performance-group-power/200030496993337
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, festivals, exhibitions, music-festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 31

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Milwaukee
- **state**: WI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 700 N Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53202
- **lat**: 43.04058
- **long**: -87.89725
- **full address**: 700 N Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53202

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- **Q**: When and where is Artist Talk + Performance:  Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group: POWER  being held?
  - **A:** Artist Talk + Performance:  Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group: POWER  takes place on Thu, 01 Oct, 2026 at 06:15 pm to Thu, 01 Oct, 2026 at 07:15 pm at 700 N Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53202.
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  - **A:** Artist Talk + Performance:  Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group: POWER  is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Milwaukee, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Artist Talk + Performance:  Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group: POWER  sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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