Come have a shared experience centered around how we build and sustain our communities. Join the professional artists of Kaley Pruitt Dance in a fun, opt in/out workshop where you won’t dance, but instead play games, have conversations, and watch them share short performances created from the interactions with you! Can't make this session? Don't worry, this opportunity is offered on four different dates—April 16, April 27, May 5, and May 11.

This interactive program blends playful collaboration with live performance in a relaxed, welcoming environment. Through simple group activities and guided conversation, participants explore themes of connection, teamwork, empathy, and resilience. You are never asked to perform or learn choreography. Instead, your ideas and interactions become inspiration for the artists’ responsive, in-the-moment performances.

The hour flows between playful interaction and live dance created in response to you. As you engage in simple activities and reflection, the artists gather inspiration and transform those interactions into short performances right before your eyes. The setting is casual and community-focused, with participation always opt-in/out, pressure-free, and accessible to all.

Designed for adults and teens, Collaborating in Community invites participants to rediscover the joy of play and experience up-close art shaped by collective input.

This program is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of The Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts.

Kaley Pruitt is a freelance choreographer, Artistic Director of Kaley Pruitt Dance, and an Assistant Professor of Dance at SUNY Brockport. She received her MFA in Dance & Choreography from University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and she holds her BFA in Dance from Florida State University. She founded her company Kaley Pruitt Dance in 2014 in New York City and has created over 35 works for the stage and screen.

Kaley Pruitt Dance investigates the nuances of human experience and explores the intrinsic communication between bodies in space. The work spans many genres, from interactive dance theater to abstract concert aesthetic, film and site-specific work.  Pruitt is interested in fostering human connection and bringing dance into the public sphere through interactive or community-based work. She aims to create an environment where the audience shares new perspectives and experiences kinesthetic empathy through physical and verbal storytelling.

Pruitt has been commissioned by Steffi Nossen Dance Company, Idaho Dance Theatre, Vision of Sound/Society for New Music, Repertory Dance Theatre, Wasatch Contemporary Dance Company, Fem Dance Company, Simantikos Dance Chicago, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and Illinois State University. Additionally, the company has been presented by: NYS DanceForce, SUNY Brockport, Resilience Dance’s St. Louis Contemporary Dance Festival, Modern American Dance Company (MADCO) Dare to Dance, Rochester Fringe Festival, Austin Dance Festival, ACDA National Conference, Terpsichore Collective’s Dancing in Summer Festival, Mark DeGarmo Dance, Milwaukee Fringe Festival, WIM Dance Festival, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Dixon Place Theater, Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, Triskelion Arts, Chez Bushwick and The Center for Performance Research, Built on Stilts Martha’s Vineyard, The Secret Theater, Ketchum Arts Commission, and Movement Research. Pruitt is certified in Pilates Reformer and teaches at Evolution Pilates in Rochester and was previously on the dance faculty at Illinois State University & Illinois Wesleyan University, and Steffi Nossen School of Dance. 

More information can be found at www.KaleyPruittDance.com or on Facebook & Instagram @kaleypruittdance

Henrietta Public Library is committed to creating inclusive and accessible events. To request a reasonable accommodation or discuss your needs, please fill out the box on the registration form and/or contact hpladultservices@libraryweb.org or call the library at 359-7092.