Sara Mearns | Artists at the Center

About

Sara Mearns, principal dancer at New York City Ballet (NYCB), “has a power and command that few share” (The New York Times), and has established herself as an adventurous artist, unafraid to delve into vastly different genres. Mearns makes her curatorial debut in City Center’s fourth Artists at the Center program, which provides dance artists a platform for creative exploration and experimentation.

Don't Go Home is a dance-theater piece co-created by renowned choreographer Guillaume Côté and Canadian actor/writer Jonathon Young. Inspired by her real-life experiences with the challenges artists face preparing for a role, Mearns showcases her dance and acting prowess alongside New York City Ballet soloist Gilbert Bolden III.  

In the second half of the program, Mearns dances in a world premiere by Bessie Award winner Jamar Roberts who returns to the City Center stage to dance alongside her, Jeroboam Bozeman, Ghrai DeVore-Stokes, and Anna Greenberg. This love letter to dance and those who dedicate their lives to its craft is set to live music by Pulitzer Prize-winning contemporary classical composer Caroline Shaw.   

Programming subject to change
Photo by Sarah Silver / Trunk Archive

Don't Go Home was developed as part of the Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artist-in-Residence program.