The Toolbox:

A choreography program offered to the public, providing education and tangible experience within composition, choreography, creative process, and creative directing. Anyone 14 & up is eligible to apply and to stay tuned for more info on how to apply, deadlines, etc. 

After 19 years, Stacie Flood-Popp moved on from teaching at Nashville School of the Arts.  However during that she developed an intense choreography program that is unparalleled to any other high school choreography Program.  With over 150 students going through the program, and the majority going on to work in the industry, Stacie along with choreography alumni and colleague Abra Myles are now taking the choreography program public.

The program is divided into 3 courses:

Composition and Choreography:  Over 5 months, a cohort of 10 will learn the basic tools to understand how to create choreography and start finding their own movement signature.

Creative Process: A 5 month continuation of composition and choreography where the cohort puts all the tools into practice.  The cohort is mentored, guided and challenged by the faculty during in studio rehearsals and group discussion. The course ends with a showcase of works created by the cohort. 

Artistic Director Apprenticeship: A full year apprenticeship where 2-4 students from the previous courses are selected to create an evening length show presenting original works.  Mentored under faculty and professionals in the industry these artists can choose between a concert track or commercial track

Application due July 1st

Email Resume and letters of recommendation or  for more information email floodpopp@gmail 

Students will be invited to audition based on application

Tuition: $250/month

SPECIAL Inaugural cohort tuition $100/month

We explore phrases of floor work that have different levels of skills depending on where you are. In this rigorous class we will explore inversions, taking our head off center, along with increasing upper body and core strength. Dancers will come away with a knowledge of controlling your weight with momentum, increasing flexibility, and ease of movement with breath.

Based in classical jazz technique such as Giordano, Luigi and Fosse; students will learn how to develop strong lines, dynamic movement and syncopated footwork. This class will start with strengthening warmups incorporating balance and stretching followed by intricate across the follows which challenge shift of weight, rhythmic quality and knowledge of muscular engagement in plié, relevé and jumping. The class will finish with phrase that works with prior techniques and performance.

This class is an exploration based experience, where we will merge our passion for movement and our engagement with faith and spirituality. This class is an inclusive space for all faith traditions, beliefs, and backgrounds, as we are not bound by religion nor seek to convert anyone to a specific religious system. This is an open space to investigate how our spiritual being can integrate with our physical being to help inform our craft as movers and artists. We will seek to reimagine the full embodiment of movement through codified technique, improvisation, phrase work, and meditation/mindfulness practices, as a means to create inclusive communities and encounter a divine presence. We will reclaim our faith traditions and develop healthy spiritual practice, and we will work to restore our relationships to our bodies, minds, and souls, as we come out of places of shame and enter places of acceptance and wholeness. In addition to moving our bodies, we will also engage in the practice of discussion. Sharing verbally is not required, but you are invited to open yourself to the various possibilities that exist within vulnerability and connecting with others. All levels of movement experiences welcome.

"Liberation NOW" Gala: A Night Celebrating Human Trafficking Survivors & Their Stories of Freedom

Free for Life International is excited to join forces with Indie Connect, Phenix Red, and Found Movement Group to host a one-of-a-kind evening highlighting art, community and purpose. Join us and experience human trafficking, through the lens of art.

Each ticket purchase includes:
-Three-course dinner
-Custom wine pairing for each course
-Exclusive performances

FEATURED SPEAKER:
Chela -- an empowered and driven survivor of human trafficking in the United States and latest recipient of Free for Life's scholarship program.

FEATURED PERFORMANCES BY:
Phenix Red
Found Movement Group

Tickets Available Here

Bookings Dance Festival is held by APAP (Association of Performing Arts Professionals) in pursuit of helping performing artists from around the globe book work outside their immediate communities.

Found is super excited to have been accepted to perform and will be flying nine dancers (and a whole lot of furry coats) up to New York as we perform an extended excerpt from our past season show ‘For Them, 4 us, four me’s, for u.’

To learn more about Bookings click HERE

Come into the Vault. Join us as we launch our 2018/2019 Season with music, dance, silent auction, small bites and libation. 

Come dressed in your favorite all black or all white attire - or mix them if you please! Feeling fancy? Dress it up or down as much as you want!

Tickets are $15 presale & $20 at the door.

SPECIAL LOCAL MUSICAL GUESTS! 

 PHENIX RED MUSIC  & STEPHIE. G