Collage Dance Collective

✨Collage’s Grand Opening Gala, Friday, Sept. 24th will feature an unforgettable performance by 4x Grammy nominated singer Eric Benét! ✨〽️Get your tickets while you still can at collagedance.org!

Letting the three-day weekend carry us like...

Letting the three-day weekend carry us like...

📣 The Grand Opening Gala, Friday, Sept. 24th, will feature cuisine curated by award-winning chef and long-time supporter of Collage Dance, Erling Jensen. Swipe for mouth-watering inspiration to get your Gala tickets now! collagedance.org/gala 🥂✨

Join us at Collage’s 11th Annual Jazz Gala!

HAPPY 901 DAY! 🎈 #Memphis

Perspective | MacKenzie Scott’s multimillion-dollar message: Art is essential everywhere, not just in museums and theaters

"Collage is one of the youngest dance groups on Scott’s list, founded in New York in 2006 by Marcellus Harper and Kevin Thomas, a principal with Dance Theatre of Harlem. They saw it as a way to carry on the legacy of Dance Theatre’s founder Arthur Mitchell, a pioneer in showcasing Black ballet dancers. Thomas and Harper moved to Memphis a year later, hoping to have a larger impact there than in New York’s crowded field. They were right, Harper says. (The company will perform at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts next spring.)"

Thanks Washington Post for sharing our journey and joy in being recipients of this transformative MacKenzie Scott award.

Photo credit: Philadanco performs at a 2019 event hosted by the International Association of Blacks in Dance

Perspective | MacKenzie Scott’s multimillion-dollar message: Art is essential everywhere, not just in museums and theaters By giving large sums to some arts groups you may not have heard of, the philanthropist links culture and social progress.

Collage's Annual Jazz Gala returns, Friday, Sept. 24th at the all-new Collage Dance Center! This week we're spotlighting the highly-anticipated in-person event with a few star-studded announcements you don't want to miss! ✨ Get your tickets, grab your gown (and your crown) and join us for a majestic gathering in our new home! Collagedance.org/gala

Collage's Annual Jazz Gala returns, Friday, Sept. 24th at the all-new Collage Dance Center! This week we're spotlighting the highly-anticipated in-person event with a few star-studded announcements you don't want to miss! ✨ Get your tickets, grab your gown (and your crown) and join us for a majestic gathering in our new home! Collagedance.org/gala

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“What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?” 💙

“What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?” 💙

MAKE IT LOOK EFFORTLESS.

MAKE IT LOOK EFFORTLESS.

Two great reasons to get moving! Collage's Adult Classes are back this week with two programs - drop in weekly for CORE CLASSES in ballet, yoga and zumba or enjoy 6-week long CONCENTRATION COURSES for progressive training in ballet and tap! Classes are taught in perso at the all-new Collage Dance Center in Memphis. To learn more and register visit collagedance.org/continuum today!

The Collage Dance Conservatory resumes today, so we're jumping and leaping for joy!

There's still time to enroll your little one for the fall term. Visit collagedance.org/programs or call (901) 800-1873 to join the movement.

We’re dancing our way through International Youth Day! 🎉🎉

You asked! We answered. Adult Dance Classes return at the all-new Collage Dance Center next week! Join us for ballet, yoga, tap and more. Visit collagedance.org/continuum to learn more and register now! 💜

You asked! We answered. Adult Dance Classes return at the all-new Collage Dance Center next week! Join us for ballet, yoga, tap and more. Visit collagedance.org/continuum to learn more and register now! 💜

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This week we shared space with Company d/ @companyddancers, a nationally-recognized dance company committed to training young adults with Down Syndrome. Swipe for just a few highlights from a wonderfully moving week. 💜

WORTH THE RESPECT.

We stand (and fly) in solidarity with Black women on #BlackWomensEqualPayDay and beyond. All women are deeply deserving of financial equity in the workplace and it's past time to honor, respect and fairly compensate for their contributions.

WORTH THE RESPECT.

We stand (and fly) in solidarity with Black women on #BlackWomensEqualPayDay and beyond. All women are deeply deserving of financial equity in the workplace and it's past time to honor, respect and fairly compensate for their contributions.

When you learn, teach, when you get, give. -Maya Angelou

Registration is still open for the Collage Dance Conservatory beginning August 16th. Visit collagedance.org/programs to learn more.

When you learn, teach, when you get, give. -Maya Angelou

Registration is still open for the Collage Dance Conservatory beginning August 16th. Visit collagedance.org/programs to learn more.

D. All of the below

It's okay to not be okay.

Raise the Bar Sr. Summer Intensive 2021 was an intensive exploration of key techniques to help dancers strengthen their kinesthetic sense, movement quality, alignment and artistry. Over the intense two weeks, students from near and far trained in Ballet, Jazz Funk, Horton, Pointe and more culminating in an intimate informace. Swipe to see a few highlights!

A win for us all.

Up, Up and Away. 🎈

Nia Lyons @_nia_lyons_ captured by Ziggy Mack / @fomoloop

Drop your favorite celebration emojis below 👇🏾 We’ll go first ✨🎺🥳〽️

Drop your favorite celebration emojis below 👇🏾 We’ll go first ✨🎺🥳〽️

There's no place like home.

HOMECOMING, Collage’s Grand Opening celebration, takes place Sept. 23 - 25 in Memphis. More details to come.

There's no place like home.

HOMECOMING, Collage’s Grand Opening celebration, takes place Sept. 23 - 25 in Memphis. More details to come.

Can you feel the heat?

Can you feel the heat?

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of. -Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of. -Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

WE OUTSIDE.

Nia Lyons / @_nia_lyons_ captured by @fomoloop

Raise the Bar Jr. Summer Intensive 2021 was full of fun days, newfound friendships and rigorous training in ballet, tap, jazz, West African dance and more. Enjoy a few highlights from the rewarding two weeks!

Please join us in wishing the happiest of birthdays to Luisa Cardoso.

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. -Rumi

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. -Rumi

No church in the wild. Photo courtesy of @fomoloop

No church in the wild. Photo courtesy of @fomoloop

A joy-filled photo dump to begin your weekend. Registration Week 2021 for the Collage Dance Conservatory ends tomorrow! Visit us today until 7p or tomorrow, Saturday, July 10th from 11a - 3p to sign your child up for ballet, jazz, tap, or West African dance!

One word frees us of all the weight in life. That word is love.

One word frees us of all the weight in life. That word is love.

Registration Week 2021 is underway! The Collage Dance Conservatory offers ballet programs for dancers ages 4 - 18, a Creative Movement program for dancers ages 2 - 3 and programs in Tap, West African and Street Jazz for dancers ages 7 - 18. If you have a child interested in dance, visit us July 8 - 10 to learn more about our programs, tour our new facility and get registered.

Registration Week 2021 is underway! The Collage Dance Conservatory offers ballet programs for dancers ages 4 - 18, a Creative Movement program for dancers ages 2 - 3 and programs in Tap, West African and Street Jazz for dancers ages 7 - 18. If you have a child interested in dance, visit us July 8 - 10 to learn more about our programs, tour our new facility and get registered.