New Dialect
Programs
Budget
$120,000.00
Description
New Dialect works to raise awareness of the value of contemporary dance and to enrich our community by offering affordable, professional contemporary dance dance performances that reflect our shared humanity, and that aim to connect us more deeply to ourselves and each other. SITE-SPECIFIC: New Dialect seeks to redefine the experience of its audience members by stepping outside the traditional parameters of the proscenium theater with performances and dance films created specifically for urban spaces, galleries, music venues, libraries, schools, parks, and greenways to give audience members the opportunity to immerse themselves in the world created by the dancers. Site-specific performances are free-to-the-public. THEATER: New Dialect also offers intimate theater performances that whenever in our power are ticketed at movie theater prices, in an effort to allow access to a broad audience of varying social backgrounds. We conduct open, free-to-the-public rehearsals for all productions.
Beneficiaries
General Public
Program Areas Served
Southeast Region, Tennessee , Nashville, Davidson County
$120,000.00
Description
New Dialect works to raise awareness of the value of contemporary dance and to enrich our community by offering affordable, professional contemporary dance dance performances that reflect our shared humanity, and that aim to connect us more deeply to ourselves and each other. SITE-SPECIFIC: New Dialect seeks to redefine the experience of its audience members by stepping outside the traditional parameters of the proscenium theater with performances and dance films created specifically for urban spaces, galleries, music venues, libraries, schools, parks, and greenways to give audience members the opportunity to immerse themselves in the world created by the dancers. Site-specific performances are free-to-the-public. THEATER: New Dialect also offers intimate theater performances that whenever in our power are ticketed at movie theater prices, in an effort to allow access to a broad audience of varying social backgrounds. We conduct open, free-to-the-public rehearsals for all productions.
Beneficiaries
General Public
Program Areas Served
Southeast Region, Tennessee , Nashville, Davidson County
Budget
$60,000.00
Description
We offer professional development intensives to advanced and professional dance artists in Middle Tennessee and from across the US twice a year. Our Winter Intensives last between 5 and 10 days and are taught by instructors selected from the highest ranks of today's contemporary dance world. Past instructors include Yin Yue, Navarra Novy-Williams, Riley Watts, Shannon Gillen, Joy Davis, Sidra Bell, Peter Chu, Rena Butler, and others. Our Summer Intensives last 15 days and are led by our Artistic Director, Banning Bouldin, and members of our rotating local faculty and visiting choreographers from the larger international dance ecology. Registration for each of our last five Intensives were 'sold out.' We have received national recognition from the NEA, Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, and the NY Times for our work to increase opportunities for aspiring and professional dance artists in Nashville.
Beneficiaries
Artists and performers
Program Areas Served
Davidson County
$60,000.00
Description
We offer professional development intensives to advanced and professional dance artists in Middle Tennessee and from across the US twice a year. Our Winter Intensives last between 5 and 10 days and are taught by instructors selected from the highest ranks of today's contemporary dance world. Past instructors include Yin Yue, Navarra Novy-Williams, Riley Watts, Shannon Gillen, Joy Davis, Sidra Bell, Peter Chu, Rena Butler, and others. Our Summer Intensives last 15 days and are led by our Artistic Director, Banning Bouldin, and members of our rotating local faculty and visiting choreographers from the larger international dance ecology. Registration for each of our last five Intensives were 'sold out.' We have received national recognition from the NEA, Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, and the NY Times for our work to increase opportunities for aspiring and professional dance artists in Nashville.
Beneficiaries
Artists and performers
Program Areas Served
Davidson County
Budget
$40,000.00
Description
Emerging, mid-career, and established choreographers are offered a paid residency and access to free studio space to investigate new dance works with paid professionals dancers. Residencies include open-to-the-public rehearsals and culminate in a free studio showing of the work-in-progress. During their stay, each choreographer will conduct workshops in their choreography and creative process that are open to the public. Noteworthy choreographies from this residency series are considered for local performances and touring. Past choreographers-in-residence include: Idan Sharabi, Dor Mamalia, Belinda McGuire, Banning Bouldin, Ana Maria Lucaciu, Peter Chu, Alex Ketley, Laurel Jenkins, Joy Davis, Bryan Arias, David Flores, Rebecca Steinberg, Rebecca Allen, Yin Yue, Riley Watts, Shannon Gillen, Ariel Freedman, Roy Assaf, Rosie Herrera, and Kayla Farrish.
Beneficiaries
Artists and performers
Program Areas Served
Davidson County
$40,000.00
Description
Emerging, mid-career, and established choreographers are offered a paid residency and access to free studio space to investigate new dance works with paid professionals dancers. Residencies include open-to-the-public rehearsals and culminate in a free studio showing of the work-in-progress. During their stay, each choreographer will conduct workshops in their choreography and creative process that are open to the public. Noteworthy choreographies from this residency series are considered for local performances and touring. Past choreographers-in-residence include: Idan Sharabi, Dor Mamalia, Belinda McGuire, Banning Bouldin, Ana Maria Lucaciu, Peter Chu, Alex Ketley, Laurel Jenkins, Joy Davis, Bryan Arias, David Flores, Rebecca Steinberg, Rebecca Allen, Yin Yue, Riley Watts, Shannon Gillen, Ariel Freedman, Roy Assaf, Rosie Herrera, and Kayla Farrish.
Beneficiaries
Artists and performers
Program Areas Served
Davidson County
Budget
$15,000.00
Description
This professional development series offers local freelancing and professional dance artists the opportunity to network and study a diverse range of contemporary dance methods on a weekly basis. Designed to be a movement research lab for both participants and facilitators, our Morning Classes aim to create an environment where teachers can explore and refine the information they share, and dancers emerge informed, able to interpret a diverse range of choreographic voices, and poised to inspire local audiences with skill and authenticity. We host and present accomplished local, national, and international teaching artists on an on-going basis, in an effort to further expose the Nashville community to the ever widening variety of movement vocabularies in the world of 21st Century dance. Classes include: Contemporary Forms, Improvisation, Countertechnique, Contact Improvisation, Gaga, Contemporary Partnering, Movement Generation, FoCo, Gyrokinesis, and many others.
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities - Dance
Beneficiaries
Adults
Program Areas Served
Davidson County
$15,000.00
Description
This professional development series offers local freelancing and professional dance artists the opportunity to network and study a diverse range of contemporary dance methods on a weekly basis. Designed to be a movement research lab for both participants and facilitators, our Morning Classes aim to create an environment where teachers can explore and refine the information they share, and dancers emerge informed, able to interpret a diverse range of choreographic voices, and poised to inspire local audiences with skill and authenticity. We host and present accomplished local, national, and international teaching artists on an on-going basis, in an effort to further expose the Nashville community to the ever widening variety of movement vocabularies in the world of 21st Century dance. Classes include: Contemporary Forms, Improvisation, Countertechnique, Contact Improvisation, Gaga, Contemporary Partnering, Movement Generation, FoCo, Gyrokinesis, and many others.
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities - Dance
Beneficiaries
Adults
Program Areas Served
Davidson County
Budget
$15,000.00
Description
Our Community Classes and workshops are geared toward children, youth, and adults and are designed to welcome experienced dancers and people with no previous dance experience. Class structures, locations, and curriculum vary depending on age groups. We offer choreographic leadership training for 12-16 year olds and Contact Improvisation for adults 18+. Children and Youth classes take place during after-school hours and our adult Contact Improv classes take place on weekday evenings. These offerings allow members of the community to experience the emotionally and physically healing properties of dance, strengthening our bodies, sharpening our minds, and connecting us more deeply to ourselves through movement. Additionally, since June 2014, New Dialect has partnered with the Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation's Dance Division to create a Modern and Contemporary Dance Program for Children and Teens.
Beneficiaries
Older Adults
Seniors
Young Adults
Program Areas Served
Tennessee, Davidson County, Knox County
$15,000.00
Description
Our Community Classes and workshops are geared toward children, youth, and adults and are designed to welcome experienced dancers and people with no previous dance experience. Class structures, locations, and curriculum vary depending on age groups. We offer choreographic leadership training for 12-16 year olds and Contact Improvisation for adults 18+. Children and Youth classes take place during after-school hours and our adult Contact Improv classes take place on weekday evenings. These offerings allow members of the community to experience the emotionally and physically healing properties of dance, strengthening our bodies, sharpening our minds, and connecting us more deeply to ourselves through movement. Additionally, since June 2014, New Dialect has partnered with the Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation's Dance Division to create a Modern and Contemporary Dance Program for Children and Teens.
Beneficiaries
Older Adults
Seniors
Young Adults
Program Areas Served
Tennessee, Davidson County, Knox County
