Halestone Dance Studio will present its 2026 spring performance, “My Heart Kept Dreaming,” at Washington and Lee University’s Lenfest Center for the Arts this weekend.
The performances will take place Saturday, May 16, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 17, at 3 p.m. The performance of creative work will feature original choreography and direction by Halestone’s artistic coordinator Kathleen Gale, as well as Halestone’s teaching artists including Brian Hernandez, Stephanie Hodde, Brittany Klinger, Caroline Lauck, Virginia Newman, Mikaela Schon, Nancy Saylor, and Halestone company members.
“My Heart Kept Dreaming” is an exploration of the subconscious and a continuation of last year’s spring production, “Rooted in What Remains.” Centered on themes of time and cyclical experience, the two works function as companion pieces — contrasting one another as reflections of reality and the subconscious. While each performance stands on its own, together they form a complete loop, offering two perspectives on the same passage of time.
This year, Halestone turns away from the structure of a single day and moves into the expansive, ungraspable landscape of a single night, where the familiar markers of time begin to loosen. When daylight asks for order, clarity and forward motion, the night creates space for something less predictable. Logic softens, meaning becomes less fixed, and experience is no longer bound by sequence or reason.
Rather than telling a single story, the work invites the audience to experience time as it is felt in dreams — intuitive, nonlinear, and without explanation.
Tickets are available for $17 in advance for ages 16-plus, $12 for children aged 4 to 15; under age 4 attend for free but they do need a ticket. Tickets can be purchased in advance at https://halestone.com/ events or at the performance.
Proceeds from ticket sales support Halestone’s educational programming and scholarships for young dancers.
To learn more about Halestone and its programming, visit online at https://halestone.com.
