Momentum: New Dance Works

This year’s lineup of fresh Minnesota dance includes inspired moments like the pairing of the gorgeous music of Spaghetti Western String Co. with Live Action Set, an inventive company of clowns, dancers, and stage performers. Their piece is titled “Percussionist,” even though, yes, Spaghetti Western is a string quartet; it’s the bodies in movement that provide the thump. Other standouts in the series include a hip-hop dance piece, an amalgamation of video and live performance, and “Tiny Town,” in which New York transplant Karen Sherman offers a meditation on the Midwest’s expansive flatlands (pictured). 1420 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612-340-1725; www.southerntheater.org; www.walkerart.org