Save the dates for the fifth annual Motion State Dance Festival!

Performances . Dance Films . Conversations . Classes

Over 14 dance artists—local and national, emerging and established—gather in Providence to share their boundary-pushing creative explorations.

With live performances from Kathy Westwater & Lance Gries (NYC), Lacina Coulibaly (CT), and Molly Lieber & Eleanor Smith (NYC). Plus Alex Davis (MA), Barbie Diewald & Meredith Bove (MA), Daniel McCusker (MA), Nano (RI), Jessica Pearson (RI) and others TBA.

The festival also includes dance films from around the world, bringing new perspectives to the big screen. Parties, post-show talks, and classes with the artists round out the three-day extravaganza.

Image: Molly Lieber & Eleanor Smith, Body Comes Apart. Photo: Whitney Browne