NeBellen.com
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Nebellen Dance Company, Inc.
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An exciting experiment in dance fusion, Nebellen, a non-profit dance company, was formed in Phoenix where it can’t get much hotter! Blurring the lines between high art and pop culture Nebellen brings a unique blend of raw movement and passion to their shows. Fierce, athletic, energetic, and provocative only begins to describe this ethnicly diverse group of performers.
Nebellen dancers arouse the audience by wedding cutting edge dance styles like house, hip-hop, martial arts, liquid, break dancing (b-boying) and poppin’ with the control of more established dance forms. Nebellen is truly an American grown art form blending not only various dance styles, but spoken word, and live DJing. Nebellen’s “Mixer Show” is a fully developed stage show with music varying in genre from classical to hip hop, dazzling glow in the dark spectacles, and a little bit of everything for all ages to enjoy.
Co-artistic directors Ellen Rath, nine year company dancer with Ballet Arizona, and Benjamin Howe, alumni of ASU's dance department, are working to expand the traditional dance audience by appealing to a larger demographic. Their shared view point is that dance is meant to excite and inspire the audience. It is a performing art and therefore should be geared towards being entertaining. Nebellen often uses audience involvement to take this goal one step further.
