Founded in 2005 by choreographer Samar Haddad King, Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre is a non-profit New York based contemporary dance company committed to collaborating with artists across disciplines, cultural geographies, and physical borders with the intent to forge stimulating and transformative experiences for both audience and performer. YSDT’s multi-vocal work layers the textures of dynamic movement, innovative costuming, set design and eclectic sound scores into poetic landscapes that strive to express the countless faces of humanity.
YSDT has performed at venues throughout New York City such as the HarlemStage, Downtown Dance Festival, Joyce SoHo, Laguardia Performing Arts Center, Queens Museum, Whitewave, Teatro La TEA and Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and abroad in Amman, Jordan and Ramallah, West Bank, and has been awarded residencies through the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Queens Museum of Art, and multiple grants from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and the Bossak/Heilbron Foundation.
Founded in 2005 by choreographer Samar Haddad King, Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre is a non-profit New York based contemporary dance company committed to collaborating with artists across disciplines, cultural geographies, and physical borders with the intent to forge stimulating and transformative experiences for both audience and performer. YSDT’s multi-vocal work layers the textures of dynamic movement, innovative costuming, set design
