Collage Dance Collective

This Friday, company dancer Lauren Philson/@lauren.philson, is taking over Pointe Magazine's/ @pointemagazine IG! Get a behind-the-scenes look into @kennedycenter’s Reframing the Narrative and hear from Lauren about her debut as the Firebird and more!

“I want you to believe me, honey, we having lots of fun” - lyrics to Muddy Waters’ Mannish Boy featured in Amy Hall Garner’s Bluff City Blues which made its debut at Kennedy Center last night! Boy, was it lots of fun! 💙

Images courtesy of Shoccara Marcus, @shocphoto and @kennedycenter

A bit o' the Blues for your Tuesday! This evening Collage Dance Collective will perform Amy Hall Garner's/ @amyhallgarner Bluff City Blues, an ode to Memphis music, for the first performance of our weeklong engagement at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC! We invite you to share some reds ♥️ and some blues 💙 for our company artists below!

We're excited to give our company artists the controls and invite them to share behind-the-scenes coverage of our week at Kennedy Center! First up is the lovely Lauren Huynh / @_laurenhuynh ! Follow along on our Stories Tuesday and Wednesday to experience the first two performances of our weeklong engagement through Lauren's eyes!

Get the week going with 9 drop-in adult classes like yoga, hip hop cardio, ballet and more this week at Collage. Get the new unlimited monthly class pass and drop into more than 30 classes every month for less than the cost of three! Get passes and sign up now at collagedance.org

Collage Dance Collective, our professional company is headed east on our tour! Get tickets to catch us in a city near you or follow our IG stories for behind-the-scenes coverage captured by company artists! First stop is Washington DC where Collage will perform alongside @DanceTheatreofHarlem and @Ballethnic in "Reframing the Narrative,” a celebration of Black-led dance companies, June 12 - 19, at Kennedy Center!

Tag who should know, below! 👇🏾

The Collage Dance Conservatory's return to the stage for the first time in three years was an incredible and awe-inspiring success! You showed up and showed out for these hardworking students and we simply cannot thank our community enough! Details to view the performance online for a unlimited time only are coming very soon!

In the meantime, we invite you to enjoy all of the images from our 12th annual student concert below!

We are so honored to have had a special organization in our building dear to Collage Dance yesterday! Brown Girls Do Ballet is an organization that empowers dancers of color to train in ballet and promotes diversity in the arts by providing annual scholarships, a mentor network, and community programs. Thank you so much Brown Girls Do Ballet for choosing Collage and stopping by to chat wit our founders, the company dancers, and our dancers from our conservatory!

Adult Dance Classes return with a new summer schedule at the Collage Dance Center! Join us and take advantage of the new unlimited class package to drop into as many classes as you want, all month long! Register today at collagedance.org 💜

Collage Dance Conservatory classes end this week, culminating in our 12th Annual Student Concert, Art in Motion, Sunday, June 5th at the Cannon Center! Today, we'd like to spotlight the first five faces dancers and guests see when entering the Collage Dance Center for classes each day! Thank you to our front desk team Elena Maverick, Dorian Rhea, McKenzie Carruthers, Imajin Lias and Natavion Westbrook for serving as the backbone of our organization and ensuring guests get the support they need each and every day! 💐

Please join us in wishing the happiest of birthdays to the beautiful Miyesha McGriff! 🎉

Time is running out to experience our first student concert in three years! Get your tickets now to the Collage Dance Conservatory's 12th annual student concert, Art in Motion, this Sunday, June 5th at the Cannon Center. Get tickets at collagedance.org

💥We're excited to announce our all-new Summer Adult Class schedule! Take advantage of our brand new unlimited class package to drop into as many classes as you want, all month long! 💥 Movement for every body, nearly every day, all summer long! 💥Sign up now at collagedance.org

Follow along on our Instagram Stories all day tomorrow and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse as our professional company travels to St. Louis, MO to perform at the Emerson SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2022 led by company artist Miyeshia McGriff.

More than 300 promising dancers from the Collage Dance Conservatory are preparing to take the stage for the first time in three years on June 5th, 3 pm at the Cannon Center. Get tickets to support these budding stars now at collagedance.org/ARTINMOTION.

"Riveting in its mechanized precision, mesmerizing in its unrelenting repetition, Ulysses Dove's Vespers is an emotional dance inspired by faith." - The Dallas Morning News

May these riveting moments of the women of Collage Dance Collective in Vespers be just what you need to move boldly through the week.

Just the sign (and the schedule) you need to plan your week! Sign up at collagedance.org

Catch these cute faces in a few more places! Swipe for our final tour dates of the season then tag a local who should see a show, below! 👇🏾🤎

Next weekend St. Louis, we're headed your way for the Emerson SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2022! 3 Nights. 18 Companies. 150 Artists. Get tickets and join us on Saturday, May 28th, !

Life comes at our Prince quick in these fierce flashbacks from Kevin Thomas's Firebird. Does he have what it takes to survive this battle? To be continued...

See the bold re-envisioning of a classic for yourself at Kennedy Center in Washington DC, June 17 - 19. Get tickets at www.kennedy-center.org/

to the day culture, community and the creative and performing arts bonded for a beautiful celebration of all things Brazil.

Brazil by Day 2022 was created by Collage Dance Collective, Iris Orchestra and Carpenter Art Garden at Crosstown Arts! It was so much fun we're bringing it back in 2023! 🇧🇷 💛

Special thanks to Kingsbury High School Orchestra under the direction of Tamar Love and Casa Samba under the direction of founder Mestre Curtis Pierre.

We're heating up your midweek blues with these unforgettable moments from Amy Hall Garner's Bluff City Blues. Catch this soul stirring piece at Kennedy Center in Washington DC, June 14 - 16. Get tickets at www.kennedy-center.org

Too many cute reasons not to get tickets to see Art in Motion, our 12th annual student concert, June 5th at the Cannon Center now! Visit collagedance.org/artinmotion for tickets while they're still available!

“My dreams were bigger than my fears.” -Viola Davis

Lauren Philson in Ulysses Dove's Vespers captured by Ariel J. Cobbert.

Follow along on our Instagram Stories all day tomorrow to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of our professional company’s return to Memphis,TN for Brazil by Day 🇧🇷 at Crosstown Arts led by company artist Ciao Rodrigo.

Tickets for ART IN MOTION, our 12th Annual Student Concert, Sunday, June 5th at Cannon Center are now on sale!! Featuring more than 300 students from the Collage Dance Conservatory, we invite you to join us for their first performance in three years. Get tickets today at collagedance.org/ARTINMOTION.

Collage hits national stage with new tour

“I’m really excited about our vision of being a touring company because what that means is we, in essence, would be a major cultural export for Memphis,” Marcellus Harper said.

“We can really be ambassadors for Memphis and ambassadors for the South. We don’t really have a dance company in the South that has a strong touring presence nationally.

I’m excited for Collage to step up and be one of those companies.”

Thanks The Daily Memphian! Click below to sign up for a free account (or more) to read the full article!

Collage hits national stage with new tour Collage Dance Collective hopes to become one of the premier touring ballet companies in the South. And the next step is its first tour, happening now.

Follow along on our Instagram Stories all day tomorrow to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of our professional company’s next tour stop to the EKU Center for the Arts, in Richmond, KY led by company artist João Silva/ @jo.pedros

A Time For...touring! We hope to see you on tour in the coming weeks as we present Joshua Manculich's A Time For (pictured) and so much more! ❤️ Swipe for tour details then get tickets to join us!

💜 Happy Mother’s Day! 💜 We simply would not be where we are without the loving support of countless Mothers. Thank you! 💐