Education, Residencies & Community

Reaching out beyond the edge of the stage

Hancher's education programs cultivate connections that excite schoolchildren, enlighten those hungry for knowledge, and energize each individual's creative engine. The 2019-2020 season will feature a number of engagement events on campus, in the local community, and at Hancher. Resident artists will include Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Amal Kassir, Amir Safi, Compagnia TPO, CONTRA-TIEMPO, Dreamers' Circus, ETHEL, Kiera Duffy, Las Cafeteras, Miro Quartet, Negin Farsad, Robert Mirabal, Rosanne Cash, RUBBERBANDance Group, SITI Company, Slingsby Theatre Company, Syed Umar Warsi, Tomeka Reid Quartet, and Urban Bush Women.

Above: A Step Afrika! masterclass with University of Iowa dance students (Photo: Miriam Alarcón Avila)

Hancher's education program is generously supported by:

• The Herbert A. and Janice A. Wilson Arts Education Fund
• The Mary K. Calkin Arts Education Fund
• The Sara and Sherwood Wolfson Arts Education Fund
• The Wallace Foundation
• Hancher Partners
• Contributors to the Hancher Circle Fund
• The Hancher Guild Showcase