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We are Nashville's home for radically unique, independent artists.
Founded in 2018, Kindling Arts develops innovative new works by Nashville’s experimental artists, empowering diverse creators with the resources required to explore challenging ideas in a multidisciplinary context. By providing local artists with space, resources, and practical support, Kindling promotes underrepresented voices and aesthetics, making space for boundary-pushing work that would otherwise be impossible. Kindling’s core programming includes the annual Kindling Arts Festival, a multi-day celebration of local artists that showcases more than a dozen diverse performances and events in various venues throughout Nashville, as well as unique arts events year-round.
MELLOW DRAMA
Becca Hoback | Enactor Productions
August 14 & 15 at Darkhorse Theater
In this powerful dance-theater piece from her Sacral Series, brilliant solo choreographer and performer Becca Hoback uses a burlesque-style contemporary performance to reconstruct episodes from her personal fairytale. Bold, sensual, satirical, and playfully rebellious, Mellow Drama features Hoback’s singular virtuosic choreographic style alongside a heightened sense of theatricality and narrative. With overtures to old Hollywood and cabaret acts, the lively performance invites audiences into a journey through one character’s hard-earned realizations about her upbringing in conservative Christian purity culture.
Best Local Theater Performance
The Naughty Tree at the Blue Room (River Timms, Fable Cry, Lenin Fernandez)
Best Wrestling-Karaoke Crossover
Bar Fight! (Jessika Malone, Diego Gomez, Daniel Carter)
Best Summer Ticket
Kindling Arts Festival 2023 with highlights including The Cackleberry County Fair
immersive party, Bar Fight 2666: Broken Vows and Amm Skellars' Silver Platter at OZ Arts Nashville, and readings of new plays by Josh Inocalla and EmElise Knapp at the Global Education Center
Best Celebration of Local Art & Artists
"Much of the festival’s draw stems from its joyful, inclusive and always celebratory vibe. Empowering both artists and audiences, Kindling Arts provides a much-needed home for some of Nashville’s most surprising, unconventional and uniquely rewarding art."
- Amy Stumpfl
To support the work of Kindling Arts and Nashville-based artists, please consider making a tax-deductible donation today.
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