Making Moves: Memphis

The National Center for Choreography-Akron (NCCAkron) will present Making Moves: Memphis on Saturday, April 25 at the Memphis Listening Lab. Making Moves: Memphis is a free event with arts leaders from Memphis and across the U.S discussing the invisible labor and process beyond arts administration. This public conversation will include case studies exploring themes of arts ecosystem building, adaptive thinking, and resource sharing. Speakers will include Dacquiri Baptiste (Memphis, TN), Christy Bolingbroke (Akron, OH), Makini (Durham, NC), Marico “Dr. Rico” Flake (Memphis, TN), Marcellus Harper (Memphis, TN), DeMarcus Akeem Suggs (Memphis, TN), and Kevin Thomas (Memphis, TN).

NCCAkron is one of only two national centers for choreography in the U.S., a research and development hub for dance. NCCAkron is currently celebrating 10 years of serving as a connector and cultural matchmaker for those looking to experiment with dance. This Memphis event is part of a 2026 national tour with events in Boston, MA; Miami, FL; Houston, TX and beyond.

These national Making Moves events continue the conversation set forth by Artists on Creative Administration: A Workbook from the National Center for Choreography, a 2024 book published by The University of Akron Press as part of the NCCAkron Series in Dance. Edited by artist/cultural strategist Tonya Lockyer (Suquamish, WA) this book features essays from and interviews with 30 artists and advocates from the dance and performing arts worlds, sharing first-hand stories of creative administration in action through case studies, interviews, life tools, and experiments. 

Event Details 

Making Moves: Memphis 

Saturday, April 25, 3pm

Memphis Listening Lab

1350 Concourse Ave Suite 269

Memphis, TN 38104

FREE with RSVP: nccakron.org/event-details/making-moves-memphis