Hartt Dances
Company:
Hartt School Dance
Hartt Dances Spring 2026
Featuring world premieres of two guest choreographers, Anna Hughlett and Keerati Jinakunwiphat. Also performed in collaboration with the Hartt Orchestra will be excerpts from the iconic Petipa/Tchaikowsky collaboration, Swan Lake; José Limón’s masterpiece, There is a Time. , A new work from Division Director Stephen Pier is inspired by the music of Christopher Cerrone, Ode to Joy, played by the Hartt Senior Percussion ensemble.
Anna Hughlett has choreographed for Boston Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet, Boston Ballet School and Prix de Lausanne and for companies throughout the US. She has created an original work of contemporary ballet for Hartt Dance to the music of John Adams and an original score by Kelley Gant.
Keerati Jinakunwiphat is generating interest in her work, recently receiving commissions form New York City Ballet, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Houston Contemporary Dance Company, and Bang on a Can. She has choreographed a new work, Zima, for Hartt Dance, inspired by the cycles of nature and the ways of water.
Excerpts from Swan Lake, directed by Hilda Morales presents the iconic collaboration of Marius Petipa’s renowned ballet and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky’s famous score which will be played live by the Hartt Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Régulo Stabilito.
One of José Limón’s most well-known masterpieces, There is a Time, is based on the resonant verses of Ecclesiastes beginning with “To everything there is a season...” It was originally created in collaboration with the composer, Norman Delo Joio whose score won a Pulitzer Prize and is being restaged by Nina Watt.
The third music and dance collaboration will be presented by members of the Hartt Senior Percussion Ensemble performing Christopher Cerrone’s Ode to Joy with dancers performing a new work by Stephen Pier, the Director of the Dance Division.
Lincoln Theater
April 16, 17, 18 @ 7:30 and April 18 @ 2:00
Everyshows will be streamed.
LIVE STREMING : https://bit.ly/harttstream
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