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She holds a minor in dance and majors in Journalism and English, has studied under several modern and contemporary instructors over the decades, including Sonjé Mayo, Sharon Perry, and Banning Bouldin, and currently continues her training through New Dialect. Her choreographic works often blend journalism with dance focused on social justice issues, though she has been known to create dances which are totally whimsical and frivolous. Amanda works as a Teaching Artist for TPAC Education, and independently. She also enjoys offering adult integrative mind/body/spirit workshops and classes in community settings, and balances her art and work with travel and community organizing. Her alchemy is most powerful when she combines a trilogy of her deepest passions: dance, journalism and social justice. amandacroche.com https://www.bluemoves.org/andrea daily 0.75 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd183c6cf3c9512c32f0f77/aecc314d-7329-4a62-8625-b0034e62c5f1/223563091_10159272847191132_4261035447940225982_n.jpg Andrea Phillips Roberts - Bio Pending https://www.bluemoves.org/nicole-drinkwater daily 0.75 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd183c6cf3c9512c32f0f77/1aeb367b-2e4f-4d7a-9bee-0c594cbc68f2/334903751_957059291957499_8502462286391874038_n.jpg Nicole Drinkwater - Nicole Drinkwater began her dance training at age four in her hometown studio in Baltimore, Maryland. Her studies in dance history and technique continued through her High School dance program. She attended High Point University where she obtained a minor in Dance studies. While at High Point, Nicole had opportunities to conduct her undergraduate research in choreography and travel to Seville, Spain to study flamenco. After graduating, Nicole moved to Denver where she spent time as a company member dancing for both Rocky Mountain Rhythm and Ethereum Dance Collective, while teaching hip hop classes with Dance Exploration. Upon moving to Nashville, she joined Nashville Tap Experiment in 2018, Blue Moves Modern Dance in 2019, and Helios World Dance in 2021. When she’s not dancing, Nicole can be found Baking breads and other treats for the company. Martin O’Connor Photo https://www.bluemoves.org/michaela-adcock daily 0.75 2019-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd183c6cf3c9512c32f0f77/1576783062748-88ORHTKUCE1CE8DOOVY8/Michaela.jpg Michaela Adcock - Michaela Adcock trained at Albemarle Academy of Dance in Albemarle, North Carolina from the age of 3 until she was 18 years old. She moved to Nashville in August 2016 and put her dancing on hold while adjusting to be a college student at Trevecca Nazarene University, studying Special Education. This is her first year with the company, and she is so excited for this new journey. Besides dancing, Michaela loves running and eating chips and queso. 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With the support of now-retired MTSU dance professor, Anne Holland Cole, and the addition of three more members, the group began rehearsals. In October 2013, after nearly 25 years of calling Murfreesboro, Tennessee their home, the company formed a partnership with DancEast and relocated to East Nashville. In July 2014, they partnered with abrasiveMedia for fiscal sponsorship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd183c6cf3c9512c32f0f77/1574014301025-E25BB5BEF69SV7D71EF9/Blue+Moves03.JPG About - Forever Blue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd183c6cf3c9512c32f0f77/f94c95d4-56d0-44eb-bcb6-299d84291ea1/334575176_721060422898293_5058281327257916324_n.jpg About - A Forever Blue Family Blue Moves Modern Dance Company is a troupe of close-knit performers who sincerely enjoy dancing and each other’s company. Through the art form they love, they strive to entertain as well as to stir and inform audiences. In recent years, Blue Moves has explored a central theme through multiple choreographic perspectives within the company for their main productions, and has always enjoyed collaborating with visual and musical artists on short-term projects. They have grown to appreciate the company’s diverse dynamic and have learned to wrangle it into something vibrant (or controversial, or eye-opening, or simply beautiful). https://www.bluemoves.org/valerie-hackworth daily 0.75 2019-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd183c6cf3c9512c32f0f77/1574643368554-AHF3G6RB0UDD00S1YW4N/Valerie.jpg Valerie Hackworth - Valerie Hackworth was trained in the Cecchetti style of ballet, Martha Graham technique, and classical jazz at Chattanooga Ballet for eight years. After taking a year off, she continued her training at Middle Tennessee State University. Valerie has broadened her horizons by attending dance Intensives, learning Lester Horton technique, and was a member of the MTSU Performing Arts Company for eight years choreographing and performing styles of dance from hip hop to lyrical. She has danced and choreographed with Blue Moves since 1998. Currently, Valerie practices IT at a Library and dreams of becoming a Mechanical Engineer and building rockets for NASA. Martin O’Connor Photo https://www.bluemoves.org/holly daily 0.75 2019-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd183c6cf3c9512c32f0f77/1574642449317-S295IGYIMX2IBVXYE1RP/Holly.jpg Holly Cannon-Hesse - Holly Cannon-Hesse has been with Blue Moves since 1993. She is proud to say that she has performed and created choreography for the group for twenty years; half of her life. Holly works as a Teaching Artist for the Tennessee Performing Art Center aesthetic education program ArtSmart, as well as the Wolf Trap and Disney Musicals in Schools Programs. Holly has found a home teaching with a local studio, Second Story Studio, dedicated to helping students discover their inner artist. Holly loves to work with children because it is like discovering dance all over again each time she steps in a classroom. When Holly is not dancing she is a Supermom for her two lovely girls. 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