07/24/2026
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Winifred Haun & Dancers, an award-winning, Chicago based contemporary dance company, will tour Alaska from July 26 to August 2. This will be the Company’s first time performing and teaching in the 49th State.
From July 26 to 30, Winifred Haun & Dancers will be in Nome for the Nome Dance Project (NDP), presented in partnership with the Nome Arts Council and Unalaqliq Iñuutchak (Unalakleet Comes To Life), a new indigenous Alaskan dance group based in Unalakleet. Dance artists from Unalakleet Comes To Life and Winifred Haun & Dancers will collaboratively teach Dance Workshops for community members in indigenous Alaskan dance and contemporary dance making for ages 8 to 90.
NDP Workshops will be Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, July 27, 28, and 29, culminating in a community performance on Thursday, July 30. NDP will offer workshops from 1:00pm to 4:30pm for ages 8 to 18, and workshops from 1:00pm to 4:30pm for ages 16 to 90 will participate in Workshops on those same days from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. The $25 per dancer fee includes all Workshops, the performance, as well as free tickets for family members to see the culminating performance. Scholarships are available.
The final performance, Dancing with the Midnight Sun, on Thursday, July 30 at 6:30pm, will feature performances by Unalakleet Comes To Life, Winifred Haun & Dancers, and Workshop participants.
All Nome Dance Project events will be held at the Nome Elementary School.
Registration and details for the Nome Dance Project Workshops can be found at
https://www.winifredhaun.org/alaska
