KEIGWIN + COMPANY

Founded in 2003, KEIGWIN + COMPANY (K+C) creates and presents Artistic Director Larry Keigwin’s electrifying brand of contemporary dance. K+C reaches national and international audiences and invigorates diverse communities with a refreshing vision of dance that embodies a theatrical sense of wit, style, and heart. Education and community projects seek to physically engage audiences and students in movement and the choreographic process, and bring new opportunities for individuals to become more invested in dance.

K+C’s artistry combines Keigwin’s explosive athleticism with wit and musicality to create an inclusive, accessible, authentically human, and joyful experience for broad audiences across the globe. With its community-driven work, K+C encourages participants to uncover their own physicality and creativity while bolstering a connection to their communities.

Critics have described Keigwin’s artistry as both accessible and exhilarating. “Mr. Keigwin injects a revivifying dose of blithe high spirits into an often rather solemn art,” wrote Jennifer Dunning of The New York Times while Deborah Jowitt proclaimed in the Village Voice, “I see Larry Keigwin as a mixologist: In his works, sweet seriousness, camp, and flash assert and mingle their flavors…his concoction goes down very smoothly indeed.”

In 2017, K+C expanded its reach through DanceMotion USA with a four-week tour to Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, and Tunisia. As Covid-19 shifted dance online, K+C created acclaimed virtual works in 2020-21 with high-profile commissions from The Juilliard School, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Works & Process at the Guggenheim, and YoungArts Foundation. Vogue heralded Bolero Juilliard, which brought together more than 100 artists, as “one of the nine best ballets to come out of quarantine.”

Performance Residency

September 2025

Stage Door is KEIGWIN + COMPANY’s (K+C) community-enhanced show inspired by the artist’s life on the other side of the stage door, featuring professional performers and community members alike. Artistic Director Larry Keigwin and Co-Choreographer Nicole Wolcott expand upon their acclaimed duet Places Please (2017) as they explore the universal themes of acceptance, aging, and finding your place in the world through the lens of the audition. Brought to life by Larry, Nicole, K+C dancers, and more than 30 Frenchtown community members, Stage Door will be full of backstage antics and surprising emotional moments that capture the imagination and magic of the theater with performances at both ArtYard and Works & Process at the Guggenheim in NYC.

K+C hosted a workshop and invited Frenchtown community members of all ages to join us in creating Stage Door. Stage Door will celebrate each person’s unique creative voice as performers claim their space on stage. Participants will be guided through a playful choreographic process with Larry, Nicole, and K+C dancers using games and guided improvisation to uncover each person’s creativity and physicality. Participants will find new ways of moving, dance alongside their neighbors, and have fun.

Of K+C’s previous community dance work, The New York Times raved, “It is funny, touching, and a masterly piece of choreographic organization. Go.”