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Greetings Dance Community,
I hope your new year began well. I had the best time at Global Education Center’s World Dance Party on December 30 and I highly encourage you all to check it out next year. There were people from different countries and cultures, of varying levels of dance/movement skills, ages ranging from about 10 to 80, and neurodiverse folks all dancing together, many trying dance styles they’ve never done before. We learned belly dance, Afro/West African, Bollywood, and Latin with live drumming accompaniment and tons of energy. It’s what authentic dance should look like to me ~ something that is for the community, by the community. Certainly professional performances and training have their place and are vital as well, but let’s hope there is also always room for everyone to participate in dance.
Speaking of professional training, several dancers from near and far are starting it off this week with the New Dialect and Found Movement Intensives. After that, things are a bit slow this month, but you can join me online for a movement-based visioning January 15th, and don’t miss Found Movement’s auditions mid month. Classes are also starting again, so check out the Ongoing classes. I hope to see you around.
Amanda
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January Dance Happenings
In Words and Body: Articulating Your Vision ONLINE workshop with Amanda Cantrell Roche, Thursday, January 15, 6-8 pm. This is a bit like creating a vision board, but through dance and meditative movement, allowing a vision to emerge in your mind’s eye as you “paint” it in the air around you. Further articulate your vision through word play, to craft a poem or quote to help you articulate your goals, dreams, or simply some wisdom to guide and inspire you. $30. Click here to register.
Found Movement Group Company Auditions
Found Movement Group is seeking dancers from all backgrounds for the 2026-2027 season
Auditions: Sunday January 18th 9:30am – 4:30pm
Call Backs: Sunday January 25th 9:30am – 4:30pm
Nashville School of the Arts.
1250 Foster Ave. Nashville TN
Contract meeting on Sunday February 1st 12:30-2:30. Rehearsals will begin February 8th
1 year or 18 month contracts offered
Full company rehearsals will be on Sundays 9:30am-4:30pm (times may vary based on projects and rehearsal space)
Dancers will be asked to rehearse during the week (rehearsals will be scheduled according to availability)
contracts may include some out of town performances
REGISTER HERE – https://forms.gle/7vi1CCjCqx8uLMFy9
Ongoing
di Mossa classes are back in January! Tuesday and Thursday 12:30-2:00 at Morgan Recreation Center @ 411 Hume Street First class January 13. We move through somatics, conditioning, basic technique and phrase work with space for improv and individual grooves. The eclectic playlist changes every month. All dancers with some experience are welcome and encouraged to drop in! $12 per class or $60 for 6 classes.
Global Education Center has adult dance classes in Bollywood, Shar Qui Belly Dance Workout, Zouk, Capoiera, many styles of Latin dance, and more. Click here for days, times, and registration.
Ecstatic Dance Nashville is the first and third Sunday of each month, 10:30 am at various locations. Click here for details.
Dance classes for adults start at DancEast on January 11th! Click here for the full schedule of Tap Series, Modern, Jazz, Contemporary, and Ballet.
February Save the Date
Threshold of Change Workshop with Annah Slayton at Global Education Center
February 1, 2026 | 10 am – 2 pm In this workshop we will explore what is beckoning to you, as well as practices to encourage you to move towards the threshold of change with curiosity and enthusiasm. As a participant you will be guided through a warm up and movement exercises designed to release tension and prime your body and mind for a generative movement exploration. You will be invited to journal throughout the workshop to anchor your experience.Register Here: https://forms.gle/uR7nmQd9hxrX1ebh6
Shake it, Shout it, Draw it, Ground it is a brand new class from Amanda Cantrell Roche at Art & Soul.There’s so much going on, and our nervous systems are likely feeling it. Come do a little reset with me in this pop-up class that I felt compelled to offer this season. Disrupt held stress, anxiety, or stuck energy and help move it out of your system using guided, whole-body shaking practices blended with sounding. Authentic mark-making offers a chance to visually express this process of noticing and moving energy in the body, and guided visualization and breathwork offers the opportunity for us to ground deeply in circle. Come and shake your body, use your voice, make marks, and regulate your nervous system in this welcoming, nonjudgmental community! Tuesday, February 3, 6:30 – 8 pm. Click here to register
Experience Ogemdi Ude’s compelling new work MAJOR at OZ Arts February 12th-14th at 8pm. MAJOR preserves, transforms, and continues majorette tradition through electrifying movement, documentary theater, and an online interview archive. Tickets from $30-37 with Artists & Creative Community pricing available at https://www.ozartsnashville.org/ogemdi-ude/
Satellite Dance Presents: Dark Side of the Moon
An 18+ Salon Night
Valentine’s Day | 7:30 p.m. | Arc Studios
A special evening of interactive aerial & dance performances to share with your loved ones. Enjoy our sizzle reel and reserve your tickets HERE.
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This is a gathering of events I am aware of, submitted by those on the email list, and by no means represents all that is going on in the Middle TN area. I provide it as a volunteer service to the local dance community as part of an effort to help us stay connected and support each other by raising awareness of local dance performances, workshops, and events, and rely on those on the list serve to submit the listings.