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The National Center for Choreography - Akron (NCCAkron) supports working dance artists as they experiment, engage in the creative process, and advocate for their work and for the field.
Photo credits: Above video contains images courtesy Dale Dong Photography, Mike Crupi, and Jonny Riese
Live Inside the Dancer’s Studio with Ryan K. Johnson of SOLE Defined
Join NCCAkron in Columbus at the Lincoln Theatre on August 14, 2025 for an artist talk with Choreographer and Executive Artistic Director Ryan K. Johnson of SOLE Defined. Putting an exciting twist on percussive dance, SOLE Defined (Washington, DC) incorporates technology to advance styles such as Tap, Body Percussion, and Sand Dance, leaving a lasting cultural impact. NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, will facilitate the dialogue on craft, process, and perseverance in the dance field.
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This session of Inside the Dancer’s Studio: Live is presented in partnership with the Lincoln Theatre Dance Initiative, which honors the theatre’s rich legacy by creating inclusive opportunities for dancers at all levels, ensuring everyone can move or be moved.
Pictured: Ryan K. Johnson (photo by Becca Marcela Oviatt)
Stream Season Six of Inside the Dancer's Studio
NCCAkron has launched the sixth season of Inside the Dancer’s Studio, a podcast that brings listeners into the process of creating dance. Through interviews with choreographers from across the United States, Inside the Dancer’s Studio breaks down the mystique of dance-making into engaging, fun, and deeply human conversations about what moves artists to express their truths through creation and performance.
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Artists featured in Season 6 include Kara Jenelle (Los Angeles, CA), Body Watani (Minneapolis, MN), Joe Bowie (Evanston, IL), Reggie Wilson (Brooklyn, NY), BAIRA MVMNT PHLOSPHY (Detroit, MI), George Staib (Atlanta, GA), Raphael Xavier (Philadelphia, PA), Bridgman | Packer Dance (Valley Cottage, NY), Hanna Ali (Miami, FL), Dianne McIntyre (Cleveland, OH), Tiffany Rea-Fisher (New York, NY), Donald Byrd (Seattle, WA), Nia-Amina Minor (Seattle, WA), Donna Uchizono (New York, NY), Kristel Baldoz (Queens, NY), and David Roussève (West Hollywood, CA).​
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​Read the press release for more information.
Pictured left to right, top to bottom (photo credit): Packer and Bridgman (courtesy of the artists), KJ (Wes Klain), Roussève (courtesy of the artist), Uchizono (Matthew Murphy), Baldoz (courtesy of the artist), McIntyre (McKinley Wiley), Rea-Fisher (Lisa Keegan), Body Watani (Sabrina Hammoudeh), Staib (courtesy of Dance/USA), Xavier (Monica Chang), Bowie (courtesy of the artist), Ali (courtesy of YoungArts), Byrd (courtesy of Spectrum Dance Theater), Minor (Devin Muñoz), and BAIRA (Effy Grey).
OUR IMPACT
NCCAkron aims to foster geographic equity and to fulfill our potential as a national center. We commit to supporting a stronger, more visibly connected network focused on research and development across the dance ecosystem.
