Cara Hagan

Cara Hagan is an artist in disciplinary flux. She is a mover, maker, writer, curator, champion of just communities, and a dreamer. They believe in the power of art to upend the laws of time and physics, a necessary occurrence in pursuit of liberation. In her work, no object or outcome is sacred; but the ritual to get there is. Hagan’s adventures take place as live performance, on screen, as installation, on the page, and in collaboration with others in a multitude of contexts.

Most recently, Hagan's immersive, site-specific work, "were we birds?" was commissioned as part of the 90th anniversary season of the American Dance Festival. Additionally, Hagan's work titled "SKIDD-ID-A-BOP" was commissioned as part of the 2023 season for Rhythmically Speaking, a jazz-focused dance company based in Minneapolis. Hagan was awarded a 2023 GALLIM Parent Artist Residency, where she has had the pleasure of crafting a new solo work titled, "Mama Piranha." Thus far, iterations of Mama Piranha have been presented by Morven Moves at the Morven Museum, a GALLIM artist residency showing at the Chelsea Factory, and by Pioneers Go East as part of the Crossroads Festival. She will continue to work on this piece at a fall residency through the Monira Foundation. Hagan is currently in post-production for a short film titled, "Cut Me Summa Dat Noise," which will premiere in the fall of 2024.

Hagan serves as faculty and program director for the MFA in Contemporary Theatre and Performance at The New School.