Naccarato Dance was founded in 2006 to promote the development and dissemination of original choreography, videodance and multimedia work by Teoma Naccarato and collaborators. Boasting an ever-expanding repertory of creations for the stage, screen and unexpected in/outdoor sites, the company has presented at festivals across North and South America.
The company’s mission is to harness the manifold potential of contemporary dance as a tool for community building, healing, entertainment, and artistic expression. In creation and pedagogy, Artistic Director Teoma Naccarato approaches dance as a means to access deep-rooted knowledge and memory from the body, drawing on practices such as Theater of the Oppressed, Authentic Movement, Action Theater, and Contact Improvisation to dissolve boundaries between life and art. Further, the company’s work investigates the intersection of physical expression with video, sound, lighting and interactive technologies.
Naccarato Dance is committed to advancing creative research and scholarship in dance and new media, prioritizing the invaluable knowledge and communication of the body.
Objectives
- Develop the company’s repertory of live performances, video dance, multi-media creation, and writing on dance, to further dance as a critical form of research in our society
- Increase and diversity access, exposure to, and participation in contemporary dance
- Create a sustainable business that offers support and security to the company’s artists, collaborators and community over time
Activities
- Creation of new contemporary dance, video dance, and multi-media work
- Ongoing local and international performances (self and co-produced)
- Community Outreach through open classes and workshops for people diverse in age, gender, and mental and physical abilities
- Educational outreach, realized by ongoing programs in schools
