Fundraising Gala for The Mercy Velvet Project
Dec
7
6:00 PM18:00

Fundraising Gala for The Mercy Velvet Project

Join us at Katalina’s Bakery in New Haven, CT for an extremely fun evening filled with unlimited baked goods, beverages, savory snacks, performances, and a silent auction for super cool prizes, all to help raise money for The Mercy Velvet Project.
TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/kamrdance/1426247

Please consider helping us towards our current goal of $50,000 for The Mercy Velvet Project. Your contributions will go directly towards compensating the extremely talented artists involved in this work $20/hour for all rehearsal hours, and appropriate performance fees for our upcoming November shows and beyond. (Concrete example: one day of rehearsal with all collaborators costs $1,500). Donations also help cover travel and equipment expenses. We need to purchase wireless headset mics for all performers, and wireless packs for electric guitar and bass. This is no small feat; we deeply appreciate donations of any amount. Help us premiere and tour this extremely unique work - have you ever seen a rock opera with tap dance as percussion?
Can’t make it to the fundraiser event? Donate here instead.

View Event →

Summer Jazz at Neighborhood Music School
Aug
5
to Aug 9

Summer Jazz at Neighborhood Music School

  • Neighborhood Music School (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Alexis Robbins will be teaching Tap Dance at the NMS Summer Jazz Program August 5-9th alongside renowned jazz drummer and director, Jessee Hameen II. Come learn how to be a jazz musician though tap dance and work on improvisation, technique, history, and musical concepts. Dance with live musicians every day for a week! Ages 12 and up. Adults encouraged. Some tap dance experience necessary, but you do not need to have experience in improv or jazz music.

View Event →
The Bang Group - Tap for Today at The Dance Hall
Aug
3
7:00 PM19:00

The Bang Group - Tap for Today at The Dance Hall

Alexis Robbins will be performing solo in a percussive dance festival curated by David Parker featuring Alexis, Felipe Galganni, and The Bang Group at the Dance Hall in Kittery Maine for two evenings on August 2nd and 3rd.

Performances: Friday, August 2nd at 7 PM, Saturday, August 3rd at 7 PM.
The Bang Group & Guests: Tap for Today | The Dance Hall | Kittery, ME (thedancehallkittery.org)

View Event →
The Bang Group - Tap for Today at The Dance Hall
Aug
2
7:00 PM19:00

The Bang Group - Tap for Today at The Dance Hall

Alexis Robbins will be performing solo in a percussive dance festival curated by David Parker featuring Alexis, Felipe Galganni, and The Bang Group at the Dance Hall in Kittery Maine for two evenings on August 2nd and 3rd.

Performances: Friday, August 2nd at 7 PM, Saturday, August 3rd at 7 PM.
The Bang Group & Guests: Tap for Today | The Dance Hall | Kittery, ME (thedancehallkittery.org)

View Event →
Spring for Spring Dance Festival
Jun
9
2:00 PM14:00

Spring for Spring Dance Festival

Catherine Messina and Alexis Robbins are collaborating to bring the Spring for Spring Dance Festival to New Haven, CT! Join us OUTSIDE at Edgerton Park for TWO shows, 2 PM and 4 PM, with a different line up of both travelling and local artists in each performance. Tickets are $15-25 ($20 and $25 ticket purchases come with a beverage!).

Performances will be held across from the fountain/near the green house.

View Event →
Rooted in Dance & Music - National Tap Dance Day!
May
25
11:30 AM11:30

Rooted in Dance & Music - National Tap Dance Day!

Thanks to an Artists Respond Grant from the Connecticut Office of the Arts, Kelly Kaleta and Alexis Robbins are teaming together to produce another Rooted in Dance & Music, this time on National Tap Dance Day aka Bill Robinsons’ Birthday, Saturday, May 25th! This event will be held outside on the Norwalk Town Green.
SCHEDULE:
Open level workshop - 11:30 AM - 1 PM
Performance and jam with live music - 2-4 PM
ALL are welcome for this FREE event!

View Event →
Works-in-Process Split Bill with SYREN Modern Dance
May
18
4:00 PM16:00

Works-in-Process Split Bill with SYREN Modern Dance

Join us for a Works-in-Process event at Ailey Studios in NYC! Two different dance companies sharing new pieces! ALL LIVE MUSIC!
kamrDANCE will be performing two songs from our new work The Mercy Velvet Project, featuring live music and tap dance.

Tickets: Creative Circle: A Dance and Music Performance presented by kamrDANCE and SYREN Modern Dance- NYC (zeffy.com)

View Event →
Works-in-Process Split Bill with SYREN Modern Dance
Apr
27
4:00 PM16:00

Works-in-Process Split Bill with SYREN Modern Dance

  • St. Paul & St. James Episcopal Church (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for a Works-in-Process event at St. PJ’s in Wooster Square in New Haven, CT. Two different dance companies sharing new work, plus snacks and conversation!
kamrDANCE will be performing two songs from our new work The Mercy Velvet Project, featuring live music and tap dance.

Doors at 4 PM, Show at 4:30 PM.
Tickets: Creative Circle: A Dance and Music Performance presented by kamrDANCE and SYREN Modern Dance- NEW HAVEN (zeffy.com)

View Event →
Hartford Dance Festival
Jun
10
4:00 PM16:00

Hartford Dance Festival

Alexis, Luiza, and Sarah, along with an electric bass recording from Christie Echols, will be performing an excerpt from the Mercy Velvet Project on Saturday, June 10th at 6 PM at Elizabeth Park at the Hartford Dance Festival. Free, outdoor festival with over 25 performances and vendors.

View Event →
An Evening of Jazz - Jesse Hameen II Birthday Bash!
Mar
17
7:00 PM19:00

An Evening of Jazz - Jesse Hameen II Birthday Bash!

Save the date! Alexis and Luiza will be performing with the legendary jazz artist Jesse Hameen II and his band at Neighborhood Music School in New Haven on Friday, March 17th at 7 PM. It’s FREE! Don’t miss Alexis and Luiza doing “Little Folks, Little Dance” set to “Little Folks” by Max Roach, as well as jamming it out with some of the very best jazz musicians from NYC and CT including Darren Litzie, Wayne Escoffery, Jeff Fuller, and Haneef Nelson. Live jazz AND tap dance, let’s go!

View Event →
21st Annual 5x5 Festival - Guest Class + Performance
Nov
5
12:00 PM12:00

21st Annual 5x5 Festival - Guest Class + Performance

  • Autorino Center for the Arts (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Alexis Robbins will be teaching and performing at the 21st Annual 5x5 Festival at the Autorino Center for the Arts at the University of St. Joseph on Saturday, November 5th, 2022.

Class Info: 1:30 - 2:45 PM

Contemporary Movement and Flow with Alexis Robbins

This athletic and rhythmic contemporary class will focus on combining aspects of modern dance and natural movement, with upbeat energy and footwork. Class will flow in and out of the ground, as well as create phrases with weight and direction changes that challenge both the mind and body. Get ready to get your heart rate up and definitely do everything on both sides. It is time to flow and groove. 

Performance is at 7 PM at the Hoffman Auditorium

Tickets for Class + Show: Autorino Center for the Arts at the University of Saint Joseph (usj.edu)

View Event →
Rooted in Dance & Music Volume II
Oct
29
3:00 PM15:00

Rooted in Dance & Music Volume II

Another rendition of Rooted in Dance & Music is here! Community and professional performances, jam session, all with live music!

COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE PROJECT REHEARSALS:
All rehearsals take place at Coogan Pavilion in Edgewood Park in Westville, New Haven
Friday, October 7th from 6-8 PM
Saturday, October 8th from 12-2 PM
Sunday, October 23rd from 2-4 PM
Friday, October 28th from 6-8 PM

PERFORMANCE:
Saturday, October 29th from 3-5 PM on the Central Patio in Westville, New Haven, CT
Performances by:
kamrDANCE
Kelly Kaleta
Renee Wasko and Kevin Chou
Medusa
With musicians:
Clifford Schloss, Christie Echols, and James Berlyn

View Event →
Creative Circle: A Dance Performance
Oct
22
4:00 PM16:00

Creative Circle: A Dance Performance

Join kamrDANCE and SYREN Modern Dance, in partnership with the Hill Museum, in a creative circle as we share about our adventures in making dance. Both companies are currently choreographing new dances. This will be an opportunity to see parts of these dances in their early stages, to hear about our dance making processes, AND to help us make an impromptu dance right before your eyes!

Enjoy the inspired drawings at the Hill Museum by Krikko Obbott that surround you in the space.

4-5pm ~ Dance performances & Conversation

5-6pm ~ You're welcome to stay on for refreshments, and mingling with the dancers as well as your community members

- Event parking available: Small parking lot at the corner of West Street & Ann Street, street parking on Ann Street and Congress Avenue

All ages, all abilities, all are welcome for this community event.

*Food Pantry Collection for NICE : New Haven Inner-City Enrichment Center

We invite you to bring any of the following items with you on October 22, and we will donate them to our neighbors at NICE for their monthly food pantry:

Vegetable Soup/broth; Vegetarian beans dry/canned beans; dry spaghetti; pasta; rice; Unsweetened Cereal; Oatmeal; water; juice; canned sauce; canned fish; cookies; crackers; chunky soups (no pork items) & beef stew; gluten free products; cooking oil; flour
Non-food items: deodorant, soap, shampoo, toilet tissue, toothpaste, toothbrushes, feminine hygiene products, diapers

More info:
Tickets - Creative Circle with kamrDANCE & SYREN Modern Dance Tickets, Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite
www.kamrdance.com
www.syrendance.org

View Event →
Alexis Robbins & Friends at Rhythm Exchange
Sep
29
12:00 PM12:00

Alexis Robbins & Friends at Rhythm Exchange

Alexis will be performing with musicians, Clifford Schloss, on guitar and Jamie Berlyn, on tenor saxophone, on the New Haven Green at 12 PM on Thursday, September 29th via the International Festival of Arts and Ideas and the Proprietors of the New Haven Green. Come check out this free midday performance of tap dance and jazz. Bring a lawn chair, blanket, and snacks. Baila con Gusto CT will also be performing.

View Event →
ROOTED IN DANCE & MUSIC - Show Day!
May
21
5:00 PM17:00

ROOTED IN DANCE & MUSIC - Show Day!

Show/Event Day: Saturday, May 21st from 5-7 PM

Location: Mayor Peter Villano Park in Hamden, CT (on the field/stage, corner of Mill Rock and Winchester Ave). 

Rooted in Dance & Music Event Day will include:

  • Free and open to the public 

  • Beverages and snacks (BYO!)

  • Community performance and open jam session 

  • Professional performances by: 

    • kamrDANCE/Alexis Robbins, Luiza Karnas, and Kelsey Fields with Clifford Schloss, Avery Collins, and Finn Henry 

    • Medusa with Corey Hutchins and Jocelyn Pleasant

    • Kelly Kaleta

View Event →
ROOTED IN DANCE & MUSIC - community rehearsal 5
May
19
7:00 PM19:00

ROOTED IN DANCE & MUSIC - community rehearsal 5

OPEN CALL for all humans of all ages and abilities interested in tap dance and live music. This is a FREE opportunity to collaboratively create and learn a tap dance piece set to live music led by Alexis Robbins with Clifford Schloss and Finn Henry. You do not need to have any dance experience or own tap shoes to participate! 

Five rehearsals will conclude in a performance and jam session on Saturday, May 21st. 

Rehearsal Schedule:

Sunday, April 24th 12-2 PM

Tuesday, April 26th 5:30-7:30 PM

Saturday, May 7th 2-4 PM

Friday, May 13th 4-6 PM

Thursday, May 19th 7-8 PM

View Event →
ROOTED IN DANCE & MUSIC - community rehearsal 4
May
13
4:00 PM16:00

ROOTED IN DANCE & MUSIC - community rehearsal 4

OPEN CALL for all humans of all ages and abilities interested in tap dance and live music. This is a FREE opportunity to collaboratively create and learn a tap dance piece set to live music led by Alexis Robbins with Clifford Schloss and Finn Henry. You do not need to have any dance experience or own tap shoes to participate! 

Five rehearsals will conclude in a performance and jam session on Saturday, May 21st. 

Rehearsal Schedule:

Sunday, April 24th 12-2 PM

Tuesday, April 26th 5:30-7:30 PM

Saturday, May 7th 2-4 PM

Friday, May 13th 4-6 PM

Thursday, May 19th 7-8 PM

View Event →
ROOTED IN DANCE & MUSIC - community rehearsal 3
May
7
2:00 PM14:00

ROOTED IN DANCE & MUSIC - community rehearsal 3

OPEN CALL for all humans of all ages and abilities interested in tap dance and live music. This is a FREE opportunity to collaboratively create and learn a tap dance piece set to live music led by Alexis Robbins with Clifford Schloss and Finn Henry. You do not need to have any dance experience or own tap shoes to participate! 

Five rehearsals will conclude in a performance and jam session on Saturday, May 21st. 

Rehearsal Schedule:

Sunday, April 24th 12-2 PM

Tuesday, April 26th 5:30-7:30 PM

Saturday, May 7th 2-4 PM

Friday, May 13th 4-6 PM

Thursday, May 19th 7-8 PM

View Event →
ROOTED IN DANCE & MUSIC - community rehearsal 2
Apr
26
5:30 PM17:30

ROOTED IN DANCE & MUSIC - community rehearsal 2

OPEN CALL for all humans of all ages and abilities interested in tap dance and live music. This is a FREE opportunity to collaboratively create and learn a tap dance piece set to live music led by Alexis Robbins with Clifford Schloss and Finn Henry. You do not need to have any dance experience or own tap shoes to participate! 

Five rehearsals will conclude in a performance and jam session on Saturday, May 21st. 

Rehearsal Schedule:

Sunday, April 24th 12-2 PM

Tuesday, April 26th 5:30-7:30 PM

Saturday, May 7th 2-4 PM

Friday, May 13th 4-6 PM

Thursday, May 19th 7-8 PM

View Event →
ROOTED IN DANCE & MUSIC - community rehearsal
Apr
24
12:00 PM12:00

ROOTED IN DANCE & MUSIC - community rehearsal

OPEN CALL for all humans of all ages and abilities interested in tap dance and live music. This is a FREE opportunity to collaboratively create and learn a tap dance piece set to live music led by Alexis Robbins with Clifford Schloss and Finn Henry. You do not need to have any dance experience or own tap shoes to participate! 

Five rehearsals will conclude in a performance and jam session on Saturday, May 21st. 

Rehearsal Schedule:

Sunday, April 24th 12-2 PM

Tuesday, April 26th 5:30-7:30 PM

Saturday, May 7th 2-4 PM

Friday, May 13th 4-6 PM

Thursday, May 19th 7-8 PM

View Event →
Works-in-process Showing & Talkback
Apr
11
1:00 PM13:00

Works-in-process Showing & Talkback

Join us for a bare bones showing of new and reworked sections of "Are you or do you?", a look into new choreography set to Max Roach's "Little Folks", and a talkback about our process.

Three chances to catch us at 1, 2:30, and 4 PM EST via Zoom. In person seating is sold out, but please join us virtually!

Tickets are $5, only one ticket needed per device.

“…They take their cues from each other, listening and responding like a study in transference. Karnas creates a rhythmic structure that appears in Robbins’ body in contractions, level changes, dynamic pauses, and arm slices. The dialogue continues and the duet rotates in space like a 3D model.” - Cecly Placenti, Motion by Degrees

View Event →
MIXTAPE 2020 by Zoetic Dance
Nov
7
11:00 AM11:00

MIXTAPE 2020 by Zoetic Dance

Originally scheduled to be in person in Atlanta, GA in May, MIXTAPE is now taking on an online format for November 7th, 2020. MIXTAPE will “feature dance works that celebrate, support and uplift inclusivity and gender equality throughout our communities. Each artists’ work that is presented throughout the festival is an expression of their unique truths, beliefs and identities”. We are thrilled to be joining a line up of artists from Georgia and beyond who have now adapted works for the screen. Purchase an all day access pass ($15 early bird, $25 regular) to watch an artist talkback and see exclusive behind the scenes footage. Or, join us for the main event at 8 PM EST for the premiere of Everything is taken care of as a dance film. Ticket link below.

View Event →