Friends of Metro Dance
  • Home
  • About
    • Leadership
    • What We Do
    • Faculty and Staff
    • Contact Us
  • Support
    • Join
    • Donate
    • Sponsor
  • Programs & Events
    • Classes for Children and Teens >
      • Registration
      • Dress Code
      • Summer Study
    • Classes for Adults
    • Performances >
      • The Mini-Nutcracker
      • Spring Concert
      • Gallery
    • Residencies
  • News

Dance Residencies

Friends of Metro Dance and the Metro Parks Dance Division offer long-term and project-based residencies for the creation of new work in the dance field. Current long term partners include New Dialect, di mossa, and Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville and project-based partners have included PYDANCE, Windship Boyd and Project AWAKE, among others. 

Picture
Filmed by @fortider
Reel edited by @amandareichert

ANIMATA ARTS ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2026/27 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!
Learn More & Apply
Application Deadline: Friday, October 2

​Animata Arts, in partnership with Metro Parks Dance Division & Friends of Metro Dance, is now accepting applications from Middle Tennessee-based artists for residencies at Centennial Performing Arts Studios/Morgan Community Center for the creation of new dance/movement-based works. Residencies consist of regular, reliable, and dedicated dance space for rehearsals free of charge, artist stipends, and feedback labs and culminate in a performance open to the public and professionally documented for the artist. 


​2026/27 Artists Notified: October 7
Residency Period: November 2026-March 2027
Performances: March 26-27, 2027

  • Learn more about Animata Arts Residencies
  • Aprende más sobre Las Residencias de Artes Animata

Performance Gallery

Stay updated!
Follow us on social media
Have questions?
Email us at [email protected]
​Learn more about the Metro Parks Dance Division
Picture
Picture
  • Home
  • About
    • Leadership
    • What We Do
    • Faculty and Staff
    • Contact Us
  • Support
    • Join
    • Donate
    • Sponsor
  • Programs & Events
    • Classes for Children and Teens >
      • Registration
      • Dress Code
      • Summer Study
    • Classes for Adults
    • Performances >
      • The Mini-Nutcracker
      • Spring Concert
      • Gallery
    • Residencies
  • News