We will be back at NXTHVN this coming January and February alongside our partners at SYREN Modern Dance for a creative residency with community class offerings.
Alexis Robbins will be performing an original solo work at the “Small Moves, Big Picture” evening of the Motion State Dance Festival on Thursday February 26th at 7:30 PM. Tickets available soon, and make sure to check out the rest of the festival offerings!
2026 Festival Schedule & Tickets — Motion State Arts
Join Lynn Peterson and Kate Sutter of SYREN Modern Dance, and Alexis Robbins of kamrDANCE for a beginner friendly, community, adult dance class. In this workshop we will use different modalities from modern dance to connect our brains and our bodies and find playfulness within different rhythms. This workshop is open to all adults with any amount of dance experience but will be geared towards beginners or anyone looking to find joy and ease within movement amongst fellow New Haven community members. FREE!
Monday, February 2nd, 6-7 PM
NXTHVN: 169 Henry Street, New Haven, CT
Class will be held at NXTHVN in the third-floor loft studio. When you enter the building, go up the ramp to your right, then take the elevator and go to the third floor.
NXTHVN has free street parking along Henry Street.
This free workshop offering coincides with creative residencies for both SYREN Modern Dance and kamrDANCE at NXTHVN while they work on their respective, upcoming creative endeavors.
Register here!
Join Alexis Robbins for tap classes at NXTHVN on January 13th and 27th from 11-12:30 PM!
This open level adult tap class with Alexis Robbins will have two components, technique and improvisation. The first half of the class will focus on exercises that will help us improve our weight shifting abilities while working on the steps we know and love. The second half of the class will focus on self-expression through improvisation and how to approach improvisation from a musical perspective. This class will be geared towards advanced beginners through slow-intermediate level dancers, however, tap dancers at any level are welcome to join!
Registration link: Movement class series- SYREN and kamrDANCE
Join Alexis Robbins for tap classes at NXTHVN on January 13th and 27th from 11-12:30 PM!
This open level adult tap class with Alexis Robbins will have two components, technique and improvisation. The first half of the class will focus on exercises that will help us improve our weight shifting abilities while working on the steps we know and love. The second half of the class will focus on self-expression through improvisation and how to approach improvisation from a musical perspective. This class will be geared towards advanced beginners through slow-intermediate level dancers, however, tap dancers at any level are welcome to join!
Registration link: Movement class series- SYREN and kamrDANCE
GET READY TO PARTY! We will be hosting our second fundraising event for The Mercy Velvet Project at City Seed in New Haven, CT on Saturday, December 6th! Doors open at 6 PM, performance at 7:30 PM, food, drinks, silent auction, and partying throughout the night! Don’t miss out - this is your last chance to see a preview of the work before we premiere in 2026!
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!
Alexis will be performing an iteration of her solo “lost/found” at the Artist Cabaret curated by Lara Marcin at Spruce Coffee on October 10th and 11th at 7 PM. Don’t miss this diverse line up of artists sharing work ranging from storytelling, live music, movement, percussive dance, and more!
Friday tickets: Artist Cabaret (Friday 10/10) | Spruce Coffee
Saturday tickets: Artist Cabaret (Saturday 10/11) | Spruce Coffee
Swing by the Hartford Dance Festival produced by the Hartford Dance Collective at Bushnell Park in Hartford, CT on August 23rd to catch Alexis Robbins and Christie Echols performing a duet excerpt from The Mercy Velvet Project!
Exact timing TBD! Stay tuned.
Alexis is back at Summer Jazz (directed by Jesee Hameen II) at Neighborhood Music School for the second year in a row! For ages 12+ and all levels of experience but recommended for folks who want to explore improvisation and Tap Dance as a musical form… aka Jazz! Five jam packed days (9:30-5:30 PM each day) of technique, music theory, improvisation exploration, jazz standards, dancing with live instrumentalists, history and MORE!
Promo video
Register HERE
Join us on Thursday, July 24th at 7 PM at Music Back Then in West Haven, CT for an informal, in-progress performance of new material from The Mercy Velvet Project. This showing will be the culmination of our six-day residency supported by ArtsWest CT.
*Optional pre-show talk* at 6:30 PM about Tap Dance history, connecting the past and present. Why is Tap Dance underrepresented? Why do people think it's a "dying art form"? (It's NOT). Let's talk about it.
Suggested donation: $10 (Cash or Venmo at the door)
Beer, wine, and snacks available for purchase from Music Back Then
Please RSVP if you know you are coming so we can have an approximate head count ahead of time. But all are welcome at the door :)
This is a family friendly event!
RSVP HERE
Our entire cast will work creatively for six days at our residency at Music Back Then, supported by ArtsWest CT and individual donors. This residency culminates in an informal public showing on July 24th!
Looking forward to three days of creative time to continue building new sections of The Mercy Velvet Project at the beautiful studio at the Yale Schwarzman Center.
Alexis Robbins and Kelly Kaleta are collaborating for the second year in a row to bring a free event to the Norwalk Town Green to celebrate National Tap Dance Day (Bill Robinson’s birthday)! Join us on Sunday, May 25th for a workshop and performance.
Workshop: 11:30-1 PM, open to all ages and levels. Come learn a short combo that you can choose to perform in the show if you want! (Or just dance with us during class and then watch the show!). You don’t have to have tap shoes!
Performance: 2-3 PM, free and open to all. Come picnic on the Norwalk Twon Green while listening to and watching live music and tap dance converse! Performances range from children to professional adults.
