NACHMO

Your yearly choreographic kick in the pants! Inspired by National Novel Writing Month, we are your choreographic kick in the pants!

NACHMO is an annual challenge that spurs dancers, choreographers, and movement enthusiasts to choreograph by providing a month-long deadline and a community of peers. We offer opportunities for participants to share their new work with each other and with the public in both informal and fully produced shows. For one month each year, we put aside our excuses, our hesitations, and perhaps our day jo

bs to work intensely on making dance. Through the online community of fellow NACHMO participants, social media, the blog, and live events, we provide opportunities for individual artists to network and collaborate.

01/31/2026

Day 31

You did it! Celebrate with movement and congratulate yourself for completing NACHMO 2024!

Prompt➕: Explore the theme of self-congratulation and personal achievement. Think about the journey you’ve been on, the challenges you’ve overcome, and the growth you’ve experienced.

01/30/2026

Day 30
Take a chunk of your movement and ask yourself: Am I doing the movement or is the movement happening to me? Post an example of both versions. ⁠
Prompt➕: Go through a part of the piece you or your dancers are struggling with and answers these questions for the whole section considering each movement and transition. ⁠
Prompt 📷: Think about how you are directing the camera. Does the camera follow the movement or does it lead into something already happening. Begin looking at your transitions.

01/28/2026

Day 28:
Without showing people your movement, show them another aspect of your piece- costumes, music, or text. Ask what images they evoke.

Prompt➕: Consider, do those images align with the mood/ theme of your piece?

Prompt📷: Consider, do those images align with the mood/ theme of your film?

01/27/2026

Day: 27

Revisit your written choreographic process from the first week. Explore what has changed, and what has stayed the same. Were there specific prompts that had impact?

01/26/2026

Day 26:

Move to a song in one genre, and then repeat the movement to a different song. How does this prompt you to move differently?

Prompt ➕: Reflect on how the different musical genres evoke unique emotions and energies in your body. Consider how the same movement can convey different meanings when performed to different music.

Prompt 📷:Narrative Through Editing: If editing the dance into a sequence, use transitions that match the mood shift – for example, a sharp cut for dramatic genre shifts or a smooth fade for more subtle changes.

01/25/2026

Day 25

Think about your favorite catchphrase or saying. Move to the inflection of how you might say it aloud.

Prompt ➕: This exercise challenges you to connect verbal and physical expression, exploring how the rhythm and tone of spoken language can be translated into dance.

Prompt 📷: Flow and Transition: Pay attention to the transitions between movements, ensuring they convey a sense of continuity and storytelling.

01/24/2026

Day 24:

Select an environment (e.g., Deep Sea, Arctic Tundra, Tropical Rainforest). embody the qualities of the biome (e.g., pressure, flow, resistance)

01/23/2026

Day 23:
Choose your favorite color and research its emotional context. Create a movement motif to that particular feeling.

Prompt ➕: Reflect on the personal significance of your chosen color and the emotion it represents, and how this can deepen your connection to the dance.

Prompt 📷: Use lighting and background to enhance the color’s emotional context in your dance video.
Consider how the camera can mimic the movement’s emotion.

01/22/2026

Day 22:
Tune into your internal weather—are you a stormy, chaotic wind, or a gentle, sunny day? Move your body to represent your current inner, emotional, or mental state.

01/21/2026

Day 21:

Catch up day! If you missed any prompts, need more time to explore prompts use today!

01/20/2026

Day 20:

Move in a confined space, or simulate moving in one.

Prompt ➕: How does moving in a confined space make you feel? Does it evoke feelings of restriction, coziness, introspection, or something else?
Consider the story you can tell within this space.

Prompt 📷: Use perspectives to highlight the unique ways you interact with the small space.

01/19/2026

Day 19:
As if you had a partner (or maybe you do), perform an action, then respond in a reactionary movement. Play with different ways you can act & react.

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