Emily Johnson: Heat and Life

Emily Johnson has been described as “postmodern dance’s hottest new talent.” Drawing on enormous reserves of energy, precision, and creativity, the compact, pixyish Johnson can now be called a force of nature. Her newest piece, Heat and Life, centers on the emotional and atmospheric impacts of global warming. While she moves and bends, like a post-ozone sunrise, the weather onstage changes, thunder roars (the soundscape is composed by JG Everest), and emergency workers come and go. Commissioned by Walker Art Center, Johnson’s dance is co-presented with No Name Exhibitions. 2nd St. S.E. & 5th Ave. S.E., Minneapolis; 612-623-9176; www.soapfactory.org