Interactive rehearsals are an open invitation for community members and artists to observe dancers in rehearsal. 

Much as a painter would have an open studio where the public could walk in and watch them paint, we invite you into the studio to watch dancers create new movement, and to respond to what you observe with your own art. 

We will provide art supplies for community members to use. No prior art experience is necessary and participation is art-making is completely optional.

Professional artists are invited to bring your medium of choice to translate movement (please be mindful that the rehearsal is only two hours, and keep the setup & cleanup simple and as neat as possible!). 

Interactive Rehearsals will take place at the Harwood Museum's new Stephanie Mitchell Smith Center for Creative Learning. This space is not yet open to the public, so we ask that you plan to arrive on time so we can let everyone in at once. You are welcome to stay as long or as short a time as you'd like! 

The Center for Creative Learning has not yet undergone renovations and is not currently ADA accessible. We apologize for the inconvenience and invite you to attend our interactive rehearsals at the fully accessible Wildflower Playhouse on June 29 & July 1. More information can be found here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/rhar-interactive-rehearsals-at-the-wildflower-playhouse

Rio Hondo Artists’ Residency (RHAR) is an annual dance-based artistic residency program designed to forge connections: to the land, to our culture, and between people. 

Each year, we will bring together selected dance artists from across the country to work in collaboration with local Taos artists creating in a multitude of mediums. Resident artists will design free programming and events designed to activate the community and give people direct access to the arts-making process, which will in turn inform the work they create and stage. RHAR aims to build a cyclical relationship between artists, this place and its people.