Grammy winners Meshell Ndegeocello and Caroline Shaw, Nordic indie-folk trio Dreamers’ Circus and buzzy London jazz musician Shabaka Hutchings are among the artists booked for the Walker Art Center’s newly announced 2024-25 performing arts season.

The season, which was announced Wednesday, includes a series of music, dance and theatrical events, all of which take place in the McGuire Theater unless otherwise noted. For more details or to purchase tickets, see walkerart.org. Season highlights include:

Moor Mother: “The Great Bailout”: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14, Camae Ayewa, aka Moor Mother, explores colonialism, slavery and commerce in Great Britain and their historical parallels in the United States in this musical piece performed by a hand-picked, seven-piece ensemble including Minneapolis musician Douglas Ewart.

“Tell it anyway, 2024”: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4-5, a world premiere Walker commission from cross-disciplinary artist and MacArthur Fellow Ralph Lemon that examines issues of memory, race and impermanence.

Ontroerend Goed: “Fight Night”: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10-11, Belgian theater collective Ontroerend Goed offers an interactive examination of free will and politics in which the actors’ fates hinge on a live vote from the audience.

Caroline Shaw and So Percussion: “Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part”: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19, Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw joins forces with the So Percussion quartet for an evening of rhythm and vocals drawn from their collaborative albums “Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part” and “Rectangles and Circumstance.”

WaxFactory: “Traces (after Sophie Calle)”: Oct. 28-Nov. 10, downtown Minneapolis: Co-created by Brooklyn theater artist Ivan Talijancic and Minnesota playwright Rachel Jendrzejewski, “Traces” is a roving theater piece that unfolds in real time across downtown Minneapolis. It’s based on the opus of French conceptual artist Sophie Calle and follows a fictional character through a series of public locations.

Nadia Beugre: “Quartiers Libre Revisited”: 8 p.m. Nov. 1-2, an expanded version of choreographer Nadia Beugre’s “Quartiers Libre (Free Rein),” seen on the Walker stage in 2012, features the artist alongside two performers from her home country of Cote d’Ivoire.

Choreographers’ Evening: 4 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30, now in its 52nd year, the Walker’s annual dance showcase celebrates Minnesota’s dance community with performances by a roster of local choreographers and movement artists.

Meshell Ndegeocello: “No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin”: 6:30 and 9 p.m. Dec. 7, The latest evolution of Grammy winner Meshell Ndegeocello’s study of writer and activist James Baldwin is based on her 2024 album of the same name, which marks its namesake’s 100th birthday.

Out There 2025: This annual festival highlights new innovations and radical approaches to theatrical live performance. It includes Forced Entertainment: “Exquisite Pain,” 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9-11; Edgar Arceneaux: “Boney Manilli,” 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23-25; Jaha Koo: “Cuckoo,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6-8; Autumn Knight: “New Work,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20-22.

Dreamers’ Circus: 7:30 p.m. March 4, hailing from Sweden and Denmark, the indie-folk trio Dreamers’ Circus bridges the gaps between the traditional and the contemporary through fiddle, accordion, piano, cittern and other instruments.

Shamel Pitts: “Tribe: Touch of Red”: 8 p.m. March 6-8, Northrop Auditorium: Choreographer Shamel Pitts created this piece featuring two fighters and onstage seating for the audience with scenic design by MacArthur Fellow Mimi Lien.

Shabaka Hutchings: 7:30 p.m. March 20, this Mercury Prize-nominated saxophonist has operated at the center of London’s new jazz scene for a decade. At the height of his acclaim, he set aside the saxophone and took up the flute, which he’ll play with a six-member ensemble.

Eiko Otake and Wen Hui: “What Is War,” 7:30 p.m. April 11-12, performance artist Eiko Otake and dance-theater artist Wen Hui join forces for the world premiere of this Walker commission. It explores how war has affected both performers’ lives, as Otake grew up in postwar Japan and Wen in China during the Cultural Revolution.

Tyshawn Sorey Trio and Greg Osby: 6:30 (Trio) and 9 p.m. (Trio and Osby) April 26, drummer and composer Tyshawn Sorey also acts as jazz archivist in his Walker debut. Alto saxophonist Greg Osby joins Sorey’s trio for the second set.

Deerhoof: 7:30 p.m. May 1, celebrated avant garde indie band Deerhoof celebrate 30 years together by performing one song from each of their 20 albums.

Mathew Janczewski: “Arena Dances: Only the perverse fantasy can still save us,” 7:30 p.m. May 16-17, Minnesota-based choreographer Mathew Janczewski examines the gender binary and asks how creative repression changes us in this world premiere Walker commission.

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