Boston Moving Arts, one of the city’s rising nonprofit dance producers presents “Welcome Home,” a spirited, diverse production designed to create space for comfort and relief in stressful times. Performers include dancemakers, dancers and companies based in Boston (Rachel Linsky, Leah Misano), in Montreal (Andrew Skeels, who trained in Boston), and in Washington state (the German/American dance company FLOCK makes its Boston debut here). “Welcome Home” will be performed Fri., Oct., 18 and Sat., Oct. 19 at 8 pm, at the Boston University Dance Theater, 915 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston.

Producer David Orr says the performance showcases the richness and diversity of contemporary dance. He explored artists who were working on themes of homecoming, connection, and the human desire for peace and understanding. “I’ve seen a trend toward dancemakers responding to the challenging external factors we all face, like climate change, political and social upheaval, and economic stresses,” Orr says. “The performers in ‘Welcome Home’ are thinking about how we find comfort, in ourselves, in others and in the world…and they’re communicating it through striking and beautiful movement. This is the dance show we need right now — a reminder of the universal desire for connection, comfort, and relief during uncertain times.

About "RAMBLIN'":

The new work by this Cambridge-based choreographer infuses contemporary and folk dance with country-and-western flavor in a peppy duet created and performed with dancer Alex Meeth. Misano’s piece celebrates the freedoms one experiences dancing alone or in the presence of another. Whether with thumbs hooked in belt loops, or arms creating elegant shapes, the lively movement inspired Orr, who says the piece feels like “getting a peek at two people having enormous fun at a private but spectacularly precise and athletic hoedown.”