Celebrating its twenty-third anniversary, Robin Becker Dance is dedicated to creating work that honors the wisdom of the body's primordial voice. Under the artistic direction of Robin Becker, the Company has an extensive repertory of work inspired by Ms. Becker's love of world traditions, Native American culture, and the work of the 13th century mystical poet Jelaluddin Rumi. Robin Becker Dance is internationally renowned for its contemplative and stunningly beautiful movement. In the tradition of those who choreograph from the depths of the unconscious, the choreography speaks with power and immediacy.

The company's current focus is captured by the development of a new evening length work entitled Into Sunlight. The dance will be the centerpiece for an exciting interdisciplinary symposium that will address issues of war and peace and focus on the effect of war and violence on the social body. The new work will premiere at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in March 2011 then travel to Hofstra University in April 2011. Pulitzer Prize winning author and friend of the company, David Maraniss will be the Keynote Speaker for the symposium. He will speak along with experts from various disciplines including Political Science, History, Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology to discuss the effects of war and violence on all aspects of our culture including the effect on the physical body itself. To learn more, click here

The Company is distinguished in New York City by performances at the Joyce Theater's Altogether Different Series, St. Marks Church-in-the-Bowery, the Fiorello Festival, the Merce Cunningham Studio Theater, and the opening performance series of The Joyce SoHo. The company was invited to perform in the inaugural season of the Harkness Dance Project. Other highlights include the a collaborative work with Roberta Flack for Breast Cancer Research with costumes created by Nicole Miller. Recently, the Company presented a concert series at the Joyce Soho entitled The Subject Tonight is Love: an evening of choreography inspired by the poetry of 13th century Persian poet Jelaluddin Rumi.

Part of the company's mission is to bring dance to a larger audience. The Company has been in residence at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, The Abode, a retreat center in upstate New York, and the Zenith Institute in Olivone, Switzerland. Robin Becker Dance has been the Dance Company in Residence in the public school system of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and the Company has also participated in numerous other educational and performance workshops in public schools, congregations, and community centers including a workshop for women and girls at risk at the Westchester County Department of Corrections.

Robin Becker Dance has been supported by the Harkness Foundations for Dance, the Joyce Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the Philip Morris Companies, Inc., the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, and by the Dance Center of the 92nd Street Y Space Grant Program.