Tracie Stanfield, artistic director and choreographer for the New York City-based Synthesis Dance company, isn’t really interested in whether audience members “get” the meaning of a specific dance number.

Stanfield would rather have viewers experience some kind of emotional connection or reaction to the pieces she choreographs, and that’s what she hopes Synthesis Dance’s May 3 show will provoke in Haines audience members.

Synthesis Dance will take the Chilkat Center stage 7 p.m. Tuesday, May…