Kindling Arts is Nashville's radically unique independent arts incubator. Founded in 2018, Kindling exists to embrace exciting original and experimental artistic experiences developed outside existing institutions.

With an emphasis on innovative process, the Kindling Arts Festival is a multi-day annual event that showcases interdisciplinary collaborations in surprising spaces, defying genre and cultivating authentic new aesthetics. The Festival empowers diverse local performers with the space and supporting resources required to take daring creative risks and explore challenging ideas.

KINDLING FLARES

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a collection of projects across disciplines presented in socially distanced formats

LOST NASHVILLE

Found Movement Group in partnership with Kindling Arts Festival

Public Performance: Saturday, October 10th

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Assembling Found Movement Group's talented community of  dancers, musicians, performers, and other artists, Lost Nashville offers audiences an elevated scavenger hunt experience to explore the city's hidden gems. Original choreography devised by the collective will play out in theatrical scenes at memorable locations around the city such as music clubs, art galleries, boutique hotels, and outdoors parks. The experience is part “choose-your-own adventure,” part performance art crawl, and uniquely Nashville through and through. Lost Nashville will provide an unforgettable experience that exposes the rich, unseen, and sometimes forgotten pieces of the city.

Performances of Lost Nashville will comply with Covid-19 safety precautions, including required masks and social distancing.

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SWEET RELIEF

DANCES FOR THE WASH ROOM

Premiere Date: July 17, 2020

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Four solos, one duet, and a group number created by six Nashville choreographers for their bathrooms in the middle of quarantine 2020. Utilizing sinks, bathtubs, mirrors, toilets, and some very creative camera angling, these dances explore the stir-craziness, isolation, and rollercoaster of emotions caused by being cooped up for months on end. This endlessly creative series of dances provides a glimpse into the highs and lows of times of self-reflection and the beauty that can be achieved with simplicity. 

FEATURING

Megan Carvajal  //  David Flores  //  Hannah McCarthy

Amanda Reichert  //  Sarah Salim  //  Shabaz Ujima

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Edited by Griffin R Dunn Videography   

Produced by Daniel Jones

LIL AMANDA IS A POTTY MOUTH

Premiere Date: August 13, 2020

In this theatrical crossover event, Lil Amanda finds herself grounded for an indefinite period of time after behaving like a potty mouth. Lucky for her, she just met the whimsical creative guru Maddie who whisks her away into a world of wondrous creativity and puppetry. Together, the two discover the power of being an artist and expressing yourself authentically, even if you're stuck at home. Featuring appearances by your favorite personalities, including Aloha Hamster, Ladybug, and Potty.

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Presented in partnership with The Barbershop Theater

Created, Written, Performed, Directed, and Edited by

AMANDA CARD & MADELEINE HICKS

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Special Editing provided by Dycee Wildman 

Produced by Daniel Jones