Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre

Asian and Asian American Arts and Culture Program

“Samar Haddad King deftly melds styles from hip-hop and ballet to social dance and acrobatics.” — Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun Times

Led by Founder and Artistic Director Samar Haddad King, the New York-based Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre, seeks to create invigorating education and performance programs that expand access to, and promote understanding through, the arts.

Yaa Samar! has an international reach. King is Palestinian American. And company members are based in a variety of countries, including the United States, Palestine, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

At UMass, the company will perform Losing It, an exploration of generational trauma through solo dance of a female Palestinian living in a war zone, and Noah, which presents themes of love, courage, and regret through one man's personal history.

Funding provided by the Chancellor’s Community, Democracy, and Dialogue working group.

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