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Dance Assembly NC is for professional contemporary dance artists, by professional contemporary dance artists, based in Greensboro, North Carolina

We are dedicated to offering programming focused on fortifying and invigorating the professional, contemporary dance communities in NC

Who We Are

Our vision for Dance Assembly NC (DANC) is three-fold: 

  • To strengthen connections across the statewide professional contemporary dance communities by bolstering lines of communication between regional dance networks in North Carolina

  • To encourage the flow of resource sharing between statewide professional dance communities

  • To increase professional opportunities for contemporary dance artists in NC by: 

    • Developing reliable and regular advanced training in technique classes for professional dancers

    • Creating new paid opportunities to perform in and present choreography 

    • Forging collaborative relationships and projects for dancers, choreographers and artists of varied disciplines statewide


Meet the DA Team

Carrie Plew and Caitlyn Schrader join forces as Dance Assembly NC!

As professional dance artists and educators living and working in Greensboro, NC, they met two years ago when they were both Artists-in-Residence through the North Carolina Dance Festival. Quickly, they realized they shared a mutual synergy and exciting vision for the professional dance communities of NC.


  • Co-Founder

    Carrie Plew is a choreographer, dance educator, and performer. She is a Certified Movement Analyst (Laban Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies), and incorporates the theories of Bartenieff Fundamentals and Laban Bartenieff Movement Analysis into her teaching and choreography. Carrie earned a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from UNC-Greensboro  and also studied at the Western Australian Academy for Performing Arts in Perth, Australia. She spent 14 years in New York City performing in and producing work. Carrie remains in motion in other ways, too: as a massage therapist (Carrie Plew, LMBT- Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork), bungee fitness instructor (Owner of Fly Factor, LLC), and mother of two!


  • Co-Founder

    Caitlyn Schrader is a dance artist, educator, curator, and choreographer with 15 years of professional dance experience across New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Australia. As a mover and maker, she is steeped in the practice of Safety Release technique and rooted in somatic perspectives. She makes choreographic works under the monikers DanSeries Collective and liminality project, and teaches both in the community and at local NC Universities. Caitlyn is equally passionate about providing platforms for artists and their communities to collaborate, engage, and exchange. She received an MFA in Dance from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. To learn more, visit www.caitlynschrader.com

The Spring Class Series

The Spring Class Series, is an 8-class series taking place from March through May 2025, featuring a rotating roster of teachers from across the state of North Carolina. The series is geared toward providing high-level professional training to the professional contemporary dance communities in NC.

All classes are held at Revolution Mill, in Greensboro, at a sliding scale of $5-$25; no one is turned away due to lack of funds.

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Connect With Us

Want to learn more, get involved, or move with us?

Reach out!

Email
danceassemblync@gmail.com

Co-Founders
Carrie Plew | Caitlyn Schrader

Consider completing Dance Assembly's Dance Ecosystem Survey! We invite and encourage you to carve out time for this dance climate evaluation.

DA wants to learn more about what dancers want, need, and observe through their personal experience in and through dance in NC. Your replies will help us to better understand the needs of our communities and inform us about ways that Dance Assembly NC can offer support to professional dancers.