Website: https://satellitedance.com/
Satellite Dance Inc. is an aerial dance company and performing-arts organization based in Nashville, Tennessee. The organization integrates aerial techniques with contemporary dance, theater, and storytelling, producing live performances alongside education and community-engagement programming. Its work spans youth, recreational, and professional levels, and it states a commitment to compensating artists while welcoming underrepresented artists into a safe creative space. The organization describes an approach centered on cultivating deep, meaningful relationships with students, artists, and audiences through responsive teaching techniques and intersectional awareness.
Services
Satellite Dance Inc. organizes its activities into performance, education, and engagement:
- Live aerial and dance performances, including original productions
- Weekly classes and specialty workshops for youth, recreational, and professional artists
- Teacher training for professionals
- Community engagement programs partnering with organizations, schools, and special events
- Film, print, and publication projects
The company’s creative work focuses on floorwork, aerial dance, and inclusive group pieces. Its productions have included Syncretism, a work examining the integration of aerial and dance across different cultures and artistic forms, featuring twelve artists; Dark Side of the Moon, an adults-only salon night exploring relationships through emerging and established artists; and Storyscapes, a series presenting day-in-the-life stories through aerial, dance, and theater. Earlier projects include By Nature, nonlinear, Carina Nebula, and Making IT. The organization also published The Fabric of Space and Time, a 2021 book featuring the stories of 24 artists.
About
Satellite Dance Inc. was established in 2018. The organization states it has had the privilege of working with several artists, partners, young people, and volunteers since its inception. Its programming is described as adaptable across youth, community, and professional levels, with a shared emphasis on accessibility through education and performance. The company actively seeks new collaborations and invites interested artists and partners to connect.
Location & Contact
Satellite Dance Inc. is based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Email: [email protected]
The organization can also be reached through a contact form on its website. Donations are accepted via Venmo (@satellitedanceinc), and the organization maintains a presence on Facebook and Instagram (@satellitedanceinc).
Additional Information
The organization’s website is divided into sections including The Vertical Edit, Performance, Education with a Participation sub-section, Engagement, Support, and People. Its leadership includes Sarah Atenhan as Founder and Artistic Director, Ginny Blake as President, Kendall Grubb as Treasurer, Cat Garnett as Secretary, directors Mel “Melon” Swain and Carla Poiesz, and Ryan Atenhan in creative and operations. The organization partners with local and statewide institutions including the Tennessee Arts Commission, Metro Arts Nashville, Nashville Dance Collective, and the Hermitage Dance Academy. As of the time of writing, the company notes it is developing new programming for 2026 and points students toward partner studios for weekly aerial sling classes in the interim.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (satellitedance.com).