New Dialect

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522 Rosedale Avenue, Nashville, TN 37211, USA

EIN Number: 46-3222189

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Website: https://www.newdialect.org/

Email: new.dialect@gmail.com

NTEE Code: A62: Dance

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

New Dialect is a 21st Century dance collective dedicated to the artistic development of today's dancers, instructors, and choreographers. It is our goal to raise awareness of the value of contemporary dance and to enrich our communities with authentic, high-quality dance workshops and performances that connect us more deeply to ourselves and each other. New Dialect aims to inspire people of all social backgrounds, cultures, and generations by offering affordable and free performances in theaters, galleries, and public spaces.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

Daily Morning Classes This training series offers community members the opportunity to daily study a diverse range of contemporary dance concepts, vocabularies, and techniques. Designed to be a movement research lab for both dancers and teaching artists, our Morning Classes aims to create an environment where teachers can explore and refine their syllabi, and dancers emerge informed, deeply connected to their bodies, able to interpret a broad range of choreographic voices and inspire audiences with skill and authenticity. We host and present high-level local, national, and international teaching artists on an on-going basis in an effort to further inform the Nashville community of the wide variety of ground-breaking movement vocabularies existing in the world of 21st Century dance. Classes include: Contemporary Technique + Improvisation, Afro-Contemporary, Countertechnique, Ballet for Contemporary Dancers, Feldenkrais, Forsythe, Skinner Release Technique, Yoga + Movement Research, Duncan Technique, Contact Improvisation, Limon Technique. Choreographic Residencies Emerging and established choreographers are offered a paid residency and access to studio rehearsals with the dancers of New Dialect. Choreographers have the opportunity to research their movement language on a versatile company of dancers, receive feedback from a critical-thinking panel, and present their work in a free-to-the-public formal showing. During their residency, each choreographer will conduct master classes that are open to the public. Noteworthy choreographies from this residency series will enter New Dialect’s repertory of dance works for 21st Century Performances in Nashville. Past guest choreographers 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 Lipinski Gillen, Ariel Freedman, Roy Assaf, and Rosie Herrera. Community Classes 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. As part of our partnership, New Dialect holds open creative rehearsals at Metro Parks Centennial Performing Arts Studio five days a week, Monday - Friday, from 12-3pm. Our facility partnerships with abrasiveMedia, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Harpeth Hall, and DancEast have allowed our class offerings to reach an ever-growing community of students, enthusiasts, and professional artists. Training Intensives We offer professional and pre-professional training intensives twice a year. Our Winter Intensives last between 5 and 15 days and are taught by a visiting guest instructor selected from the highest ranks of today’s contemporary dance world. Past instructors include Yin Yue, Navarra Noy-Williams, Riley Watts, Shannon Gillen Lipinski, Joy Davis, Sidra Bell, and Rosie Herrera. Our Summer Intensives last 15 days and are led by our Artistic Director, Banning Bouldin, members of our rotating faculty (such as Rebecca Allen and Erin Law), and visiting guest artists, such as Alex Ketley and Ana Maria Lucaciu. Each intensive focuses on a variety of languages (or techniques) of contemporary movement. Registration for each of our last five Intensives were "sold out."

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