In partnership with Dancers Responding to AIDS, producers of the Hudson Valley Dance Festival

Runtime is approximately 75 minutes

STRIPPED offers an intimate, informal look at choreographer and dancer Doug Varone’s creative process. The Company, celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026, will perform excerpts and full dances from its repertory, including the first preview of Varone’s latest dance set to Radiohead’s iconic 2007 album, In Rainbows.  The work was developed as part of the company’s anniversary season, originally planned to include performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Varone later withdrew from those engagements citing moral objections. Hudson Hall audiences now have the opportunity to experience this work up close in an intimate setting.

Dressed in rehearsal clothes and with simple lighting, the company shares the intricacies of how dances are built and performed through demonstration and conversation. Varone’s articulate, insightful dissection of his work demystifies the art form and provides a framework for experiencing the beauty and humanity of contemporary dance. 

Followed by a post-performance reception with the artists in collaboration with Dancers Responding to AIDS, producers of the annual Hudson Valley Dance Festival.

Tickets: 
Pay What You Wish ($10-$20 suggested donation)
Free for members

Hudson Hall programs are made possible with support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

This project has been supported by a grant from the Fund for Columbia County, a fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.

Additional support for Hudson Hall Community Art Programs include The Dyson Foundation, Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation, Children’s Foundation of Columbia County, and the Evelyn Bordewick Charitable Foundation

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts