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Updated 12/30/2024

Alive Dance Collective

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Founded in 2014, Alive Dance Collective is a Boston-local contemporary dance group composed of full time humans and part time dancers. We believe dance builds a stronger, more inclusive community in which movement permeates the lives of everyone involved. Our members’ backgrounds in dance therapy, yoga, occupational therapy, education, and physical therapy create more accessible and diverse engagements to bridge intersecting communities through deep involvement in the art of dance. We partner with local non-profits, community organizations, and other artists to nurture new ideas through workshops, exchanges, conversations, performances and other events. “They do so many cool moves!” - Elsie, age 6

Find Me

Brenna Banister (she/her)
Job Title: Artistic Director
Address:
Boston, MA 02118

Additional Content:

  • Website

    Learn more about our Storybook Movement Workshops!

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2014

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2014

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Dance - Tap / Percussive

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Virtual Events
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 5

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Families
  • General Public
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Monkeyhouse

Performing Group

Date: 07/2019-12/2023

Monkeyhouse and Alive's Artistic Director have worked together since 2019 to produce NACHMO Boston.

ARTrelief

Social Services Organization

Date: 11/2016

ARTrelief, a community wellness hub, has presented Alive Dance Collective's Storybook Movement Workshops.

NACHMO Boston (National Choreography Month)

Fair / Festival

Date: 01/2014-12/2023

Alive has presented work in NACHMO Boston since 2014. Alive Dance Collective's Artistic Director Brenna Banister took over running NACHMO Boston in 2018. Since 2019, Brenna has worked in collaboration with karen Krolak and Nicole Harris of Monkeyhouse to run NACHMO Boston.