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Departure and Return

Harkness Mainstage Series 2026/27

Bringing together some of today’s most exciting dance artists, Home: Departure and Return explores what home means in a world shaped by movement.

The season unfolds at the threshold – between home and elsewhere, tradition and change, belonging and becoming. Artists push at the borders of identity, culture, and tradition, asking what it means to leave home, return to it, or build it again. Drawing on dance forms shaped by migration and exchange, they reimagine inherited traditions with urgency and energy. 92NY has always been the home for dance; this season its newly transformed spaces become part of the performance.

Christopher Williams<br /><em>Spectre de la Rose</em> (World Premiere)<br /><em>La Rhétorique des Dieux</em> (New York Premiere)
HOME: Departure and Return
Upcoming
29
Oct
Thursday
MULTIPLE DATES AND TIMES
Christopher Williams
Spectre de la Rose (World Premiere)
La Rhétorique des Dieux (New York Premiere)
The Bessie Award winner brings two thrilling works that reshape inherited traditions with rigor, wit, and astonishing originality.
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Bridgman | Packer Dance: <em>Ghost Factory</em>
HOME: Departure and Return
Upcoming
20
Nov
Friday
MULTIPLE DATES AND TIMES
Bridgman | Packer Dance: Ghost Factory
The boundary-blurring duo merge dance and film to transform 92NY into a living, shifting environment that holds memory, illusion, and human presence all at once.
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Doug Varone and Dancers
HOME: Departure and Return
Upcoming
04
Dec
Friday
MULTIPLE DATES AND TIMES
Doug Varone and Dancers
Doug Varone and Dancers returns to 92NY for its 40th anniversary and the closing of a chapter, honoring the place the company called home from 2007 to 2015.
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FLOCK: <em>The Designer</em> (US Premiere)
HOME: Departure and Return
Upcoming
09
Jan
Saturday
MULTIPLE DATES AND TIMES
FLOCK: The Designer (US Premiere)
FLOCK returns with a mesmerizing US premiere where lush partnering and visionary costumes trace a fashion designer's spiral from artistry into obsession.
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American Repertory Ballet
HOME: Departure and Return
Upcoming
04
Feb
Thursday
MULTIPLE DATES AND TIMES
American Repertory Ballet
American Repertory Ballet makes its 92NY debut with a program that brings together work by Lar Lubovitch, Ethan Stiefel, and former Harkness Artist in Resident Yue Yin..
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Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival
HOME: Departure and Return
92NY, Works & Process at Guggenheim New York, and Art Bath Present
Upcoming
02
Mar
Tuesday
MULTIPLE DATES AND TIMES
Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival
Uptown Rhythm returns with an expanded festival of tap, music, poetry, and visual art — seven immersive days of bold new collaborations and genre-crossing performance.
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Future Dance Festival
HOME: Departure and Return
Upcoming
08
Apr
Thursday
MULTIPLE DATES AND TIMES
Future Dance Festival
Now in its sixth year, the festival has become an important incubator for new talent and new work in dance — a place where emerging artists explore their unique voices through bold, original work.
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Ephrat Asherie Dance: <em>It’s Just a Smatter of Time</em>
HOME: Departure and Return
Upcoming
01
May
Saturday
MULTIPLE DATES AND TIMES
Ephrat Asherie Dance: It’s Just a Smatter of Time
In this exuberant new work, Bessie Award-winning choreographer Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie brings together her electrifying company with two singular forces: beloved artist and author Mo Willems and Grammy Award-winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion.
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Trisha Brown Dance Company
HOME: Departure and Return
Upcoming
27
May
Thursday
MULTIPLE DATES AND TIMES
Trisha Brown Dance Company
Step inside Trisha Brown’s radical world in an immersive evening of live performance, installations, and iconic works unfolding throughout 92NY.
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Dance on Film Festival
HOME: Departure and Return
Upcoming
18
Jun
Friday
MULTIPLE DATES AND TIMES
Dance on Film Festival
As dance artists continue to experiment with how choreography is made, seen, and shared, this new festival offers a space to explore what becomes possible when dance moves beyond the stage.
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