DeMar Walker is a multidisciplinary artist and educator from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His work centers the embodied practices of Black social, cultural, and political life in the Midwestern United States. He holds a Master's Degree in English from Marquette University. He has directed, choreographed and performed for numerous local and international performing arts organizations including Ko-Thi Dance Company, Danceworks Milwaukee, Black Arts Milwaukee, Wildspace Dance Company, First Stage Children's Theatre, Fleeing Artists Theatre, Camp Bagatae, and Ecole Des Sables. He once served as a dance lecturer in the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In Fall 2020, his dance short film The Beckoning which was awarded Best Film and Best Director at Milwaukee International Short Film Festival and Best Dance Performance at the 2021 Black Lives Rising Dance Festival. He has written articles for Arts Midwest, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. In 2024, he served as a creative consultant for the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD) conference “Body Geographies|Mapping Freedoms” and the House of History MKE Project which celebrates Black LGBTQ+ people and their lived experiences in the city of Milwaukee. DeMar is also a contributor to the publication Black in The Middle: An Anthology of the Black Midwest.

For inquiries, contact DeMar at demarwalker@gmail.com

photo credit: Dexter Rogers