Celebrating its twentieth 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 Jellaludin 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 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 along with the companies of Bebe Miller, Doug Varone, and Peter Pucci in the inaugural season of the Harkness Dance Project. Other highlights for the Company include the performance of a collaborative work with Roberta Flack at a benefit 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.

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.

Upcoming performances in 2008 include Kiental, Switzerland, Hudson, NY, and a series of New York City showings of an evening length work in process.

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.