Collage Dance Collective

Collage Dance Collective Collage Dance is a Memphis-based company & conservatory inspiring the growth of ballet.
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For upcoming performances, adult classes, youth dance training + more visit collagedance.org

🍭✨ Our SOLD-OUT performance of Charlene and the Chocolate Factory takes the stage this afternoon, and we can’t wait to w...
05/31/2026

🍭✨ Our SOLD-OUT performance of Charlene and the Chocolate Factory takes the stage this afternoon, and we can’t wait to welcome our guests to experience a world of pure imagination. ✨🍫

Through months of dedication, imagination, and preparation, our students have worked so hard to create a super sweet performance filled with wonder, joy, and candy-coated delight.

🍭To ensure ample time for parking, ticketing, and seating, we strongly recommend all guests arrive by 2:30 p.m. Guests arriving after the 3:00 p.m. start of the performance will be seated at intermission only. ✨No exceptions.✨

05/21/2026

What unfolded during our evening with Dr. Jericho Brown was a reminder of what the arts make possible. Through poetry, movement, music, and conversation, we experienced the power of creative expression to ground us more deeply in our humanity and expand what we believe is possible for ourselves and for one another.

Thank you to Jericho for his generosity, presence, and the gift of his words. Thank you to Dr. DiAnne Malone for your bold vision, support, and collaboration. And thank you to our Conservatory students and artistic leadership team for nurturing such an inspiring gathering.

We see every day what happens when young people are given spaces rooted in discipline, excellence, creativity, and belief in their potential. When young people are nurtured, they grow.

As we close our 16th season and work toward raising $75,000 by June 30th, we invite you to help sustain our work, with a gift of any size, at collagedance.org.

Together, “we leave things green.”

For 16 seasons, Collage has helped young people rise through discipline, excellence, creativity, and opportunity.100% of...
05/20/2026

For 16 seasons, Collage has helped young people rise through discipline, excellence, creativity, and opportunity.

100% of our seniors matriculate to college or professional training programs, and our latest graduating class earned more than $4 million in scholarships.

As public support shrinks, the need grows. Before June 30, we’re raising $75,000 to sustain scholarships, training, performances, and programs that continue changing lives across Memphis.

This is bigger than ballet. It’s about what’s possible when young people are supported, challenged, and believed in. 💙

Join us in helping the next generation rise. Give before June 30 at collagedance.org.

🍭✨ Charlene and the Chocolate Factory, our annual student concert taking place Sunday, May 31st at the Cannon Center, is...
05/18/2026

🍭✨ Charlene and the Chocolate Factory, our annual student concert taking place Sunday, May 31st at the Cannon Center, is nearly sold out!✨🍬

Each year more than 300 students from the Collage Dance Conservatory training in ballet, jazz, tap and West African dance present delightful performances and this one is shaping up to be the sweetest one yet.

Treat this show like your favorite candy and grab your tickets at collagedance.org... before they’re all gone! 🎟️🍫

📸: Student concerts through the years.

Happy Mother’s Day to our incredible Collage Dance moms! 💐💕Today, we celebrate the love, strength, sacrifice, and encour...
05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to our incredible Collage Dance moms! 💐💕

Today, we celebrate the love, strength, sacrifice, and encouragement you pour into your children each day.

Behind every class, rehearsal, performance, milestone, and moment of growth is a mother, grandmother, guardian, or caregiver helping nurture confidence, discipline, creativity, and joy.

Thank you for the countless ways you show up for your children and for our community.

Whether you’re brand new to dance, returning after time away, or simply looking for a welcoming way to move your body, o...
05/08/2026

Whether you’re brand new to dance, returning after time away, or simply looking for a welcoming way to move your body, our drop-in classes make it easy to join us for a single class or stay for several throughout the day.

Our current adult class schedule runs through May 23, with 8 drop-in classes to choose from, including 3 classes tomorrow, Saturday, so you can load up your day with movement, music, and fun.

A brand new schedule with exciting new instructor additions begins June 8th.

So, clear an hour and come dance with us! Register at collagedance.org

Today we celebrate Marcellus Harper, whose leadership, vision, and heart continue to guide Collage Dance forward. 🎉🎁Beca...
05/03/2026

Today we celebrate Marcellus Harper, whose leadership, vision, and heart continue to guide Collage Dance forward. 🎉🎁

Because of Marcellus, Collage continues to grow not only in excellence, but as a community where people feel seen, supported, and inspired.

Marcellus, we celebrate you today!!!!

We invite you to drop your love, favorite memories, and birthday wishes for our fearless leader in the comments. 👇💛

Tonight, We Leave Things Green invites you to experience Jericho Brown’s work like never before, in collaboration with o...
05/02/2026

Tonight, We Leave Things Green invites you to experience Jericho Brown’s work like never before, in collaboration with our advanced Collage Dance Conservatory dancers. A MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize winner, Jericho Brown brings rare depth and honesty to the stage, blending formal innovation with powerful reflections on spirituality, family, and identity.

And this evening, his poetry and our movement meet in an intimate, unforgettable evening, followed by a live talkback with Dr. Brown.

For tickets visit collagedance.org

04/29/2026

“We are dancers, all of us. Life moves us; life dances us... Like life, a dance creates and destroys itself in every moment. Like love, it is beyond reason.

It’s hard to imagine what a dance artist can do in a world that so badly needs radical change and healing.

And yet - art, like hope, is a form of love... It is a solvent for the calcifying mind and a balm to heal it.” - International Dance Day Message 2026 by Crystal Pite, award-winning Canadian choreographer and dancer

Excerpt from Pite’s Four Solitudes performed by Collage Dance Collective in fall 2025.

Happy International Dance Day! Read Pite’s full message at https://www.international-dance-day.org

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505 Tillman Street
Memphis, TN
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