Train and Create takes place Friday, January 8 through Sunday, January 10, 2027 in Movement Research’s studio spaces in 122 Cultural Center. The five teachers offer a taste of BDF’s Professional Training Program and the experience of both rigorous dance training and making each day. Morning classes will be postmodern technical training on all three days with Jenn Nugent and André Zachery and in the afternoon one-day workshops with Tania Isaac, Ogemdi Ude, and Ishmael Houston-Jones will be unique to each instructor’s creative processes.
Teaching Artists
About Bates Dance Festival
Global, celebratory, rigorous, and engaging, the Bates Dance Festival is dedicated to offering a transformative dance experience to all who participate, whether as practitioners, enthusiasts, or scholars.
Situated in Central Maine, the Festival hosts an international roster of artists in a collaborative and joyful community. Bates Dance Festival rigorously trains established and emerging dance artists through workshops, community-oriented programs, and advances to the field by supporting new work. From local youth to global professionals, the Festival convenes to create, perform and witness vibrant and vital dance works.
Learn more at BatesDanceFestival.org.
