92Y’s pioneering history in dance has made the Harkness Dance Center an epicenter for the art form throughout the world. And this season the world comes to the Harkness Dance Festival, in five weekends welcoming and showcasing five of the most influential dancers and choreographers from Korea, Canada, Northern Ireland, Japan, and Spain—each one is shaping the future of dance in their native country and beyond, and each brings a work never before seen in America.
Program (partial)
MARCH 7 & 8
Hope Hunt and Lazarus and the Birds of Paradise
Oona Doherty (Belfast), Joss Carter
Performance mixes physical & sociological theatricality, urban dance alphabet, neoclassical ballet memories & the contemporary with an aspiration to the sacred.
MARCH 13 - 14
Good Rhythm Wonderful Life
Kazu Kumagai (Sendai)
Tap dance catalyst Kazu Kumagai animates the field with his distinctive improvisatory presence, waking up the senses with delight and groove.
MARCH 20 - 21
A Palo Seco
Sara Cano (Madrid)
Blending Flamenco tradition, Spanish folklore, Japanese Butoh and contemporary impulses, Sara Cano is shaping the future of the flamenco dance form. Part of the Flamenco Festival 20/20







