Many dance enthusiasts experience the magic of movement-based art for the first time at a performance of The Nutcracker. (Check out ArtsATL’s guide to this year’s holiday-themed dance concerts).
The guide below, however, is for those who enjoy an occasional break from sugar and spice and everything nice. From Thanksgiving through December, from hip-hop to flamenco and dance on film to dance battles, the last several weeks of 2023 provide numerous opportunities to explore what Atlanta’s movement-based artists have to offer.
The everything-but-the-holidays selection of dance performances below is organized alphabetically by city or neighborhood.
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Buckhead
Articulate Dance Company, On the Surface
December 19 at 7:30 p.m., Buckhead Art & Company
Founded by Sam Neas, who began his dance training in Atlanta, Articulate Dance Company is currently based in New York. With a mission to combine contemporary theatrical dance with evocative story-telling, Neas is presenting the company’s first performance this month. It comprises On the Surface, which explores relationships that delve into the depths of human experience and emotion.
Several Atlanta-based dance artists will share the bill, including SOMOS Dance Company, which launched this year with an impressive debut show in August. Visual art curated by Caroline Vanstrom, Megan Arizmendi and Katie Jones will also be on display at the venue, a 4,000 square-foot gallery located in the Shops of Buckhead.
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Carroll Heights/Old Gordon
Drill Coach X’, Dance Warrior!
December 12 at 7:30 p.m., 3800 Wendell Drive Southwest
Dance battles emerged in hip-hop and have since been embraced by a variety of dance forms, even ballet. Spontaneous, improvised and interactive, they feature dancers — solo or in groups — who match skills by performing in turn for short stints — usually five minutes or less — in…
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