Several weeks ago, the Walker Art Center announced an addition to this spring’s performing-arts lineup: dance works by three movement-makers from around the world: Nami Yamamoto (Japan), luciana achugar (Uruguay) and Nora Chipaumire (Zimbabwe).

All are currently based in New York City. All sound intriguing. Yamamoto’s "howling flower" centers on a child-size puppet made of odds and ends (metal springs, porcelain, cloth), around which the dancers navigate with devotion and force. Gia Kourlas of the New York Times called the work an "atmospheric dance" full of "contrasting ideas of detachment and raw emotional connection."

luciana achugar (dubbed “downtown’s wildchild from Uruguay” by Dance Magazine) and her women dancers explore female empowerment and sexuality in “A Super Natural Return to Love.”

Then there’s Nora Chipaumire, associate artistic director of Urban Bush Women, who’s suddenly on everyone’s radar. On Monday, Claudia La Rocco of the New York Times reviewed Chipaumire’s duet with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (founder of Urban Bush Women), praising the work which "unfolded like an intimate and joyous protest song." Last week, Northrop Dance Series announced Chipaumire as part of its season, performing an evening-length work with live music by Thomas Mapfumo and The Blacks Unlimited.

So consider Chipaumire’s solo "Convoys, Curfews and Roadblocks" this weekend an introduction to a woman, and her life and work. Reportedly a powerfully kinetic memoir, the solo also encapsulates the history of Zimbabwe’s second war of liberation, which Chipaumire survived.

New World Dance: New York, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, McGuire Theater, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.  $15-$20. 612-375-7600.