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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
Meet the 2024 Community Commissioning Residency Artist
NCCAkron and The University of Akron School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration are proud to announce the 2024 Community Commissioning Residency artist, as a part of the Ideas in Motion program.
Revered choreographer Reggie Wilson (Brooklyn, NY) worked with UA dance students on a piece that will be performed as part of the University of Akron Dance Company Fall Concert.
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University of Akron Dance Company Fall Concert
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November 22-23, 2024
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Sandefur Theatre
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$15 general admission / $5 University of Akron students
Ideas in Motion is made possible by the support of The University of Akron Foundation’s Mary Schiller Myers Lecture Series in the Arts.
Reggie Wilson (photo Aitor Mendilibar)
NCCAkron Announces 2024 Knight Choreography Prize Recipient
NCCAkron is thrilled to announce Shamel Pitts (Brooklyn, NY) as the 2024 recipient of the $50,000 Knight Choreography Prize. Pitts will receive an unrestricted cash award of $30,000, plus $20,000 in programmatic support over two years, to be co-designed with NCCAkron.
Shamel Pitts shares, “It is incredibly propelling to win a prize that is designed to recognize and uplift a choreographer's art by contributing to their life by way of unrestricted funds! I am grateful to NCCAkron for being an organization that offers such life enhancing support. I look forward to drawing closer to the NCCAkron team and using these funds to continue to invest in my arts collective TRIBE, as well as imagine what my life may now look like as I am being poured into.”
Made possible by Knight Foundation, this award is designed to support choreographers' artistic experimentation and career longevity in the United States.
Shamel Pitts (photo Itai Zwecker)
Launch Party for Artists on Creative Administration
NCCAkron hits the road!
Join us for Making Moves: Nashville to celebrate the launch of NCCAkron’s second book – Artists on Creative Administration. The evening includes a panel discussion with regional arts leaders and national book contributors exploring themes of community building, sharing experiences and resources, and advocacy around the contemporary performing arts.
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Making Moves: Nashville
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Saturdayday, November 23, 2024
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10:30 – 12pm CT
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FREE!
“Whether you are an artist, creative entrepreneur, arts worker, or someone who embraces curiosity in your life and work, we hope you will join us for these conversations on evolutionary business practices and creative adaptations,” invites Christy Bolingbroke, NCCAkron Executive/Artistic Director.
Cover Art for AOCA and CAR Artist Banning Bouldin (courtesy of New Dialect)
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.
