Wortham 2026/27 Season
New Dialect: 21 Yeses
Fri & Sat, Oct 23 & 24, 2026 • 8 pm
Diana Wortham Theatre
PRESHOW DISCUSSION: Arrive early for the 7 pm conversation with Banning Bouldin to learn more about the company and 21 Yeses. Free with performance ticket. Late seating is not available.
Please Note:
- This event contains intense lighting effects, strobing, and haze.
- Due to the design of the performance, there will be no late seating.
- For the safety of all attendees, guests are asked to remain seated throughout the 60-minute performance.
Imagining the tech-aesthetic of a space odyssey, New Dialect’s 21 Yeses blends contemporary dance with bold lighting technologies to explore light as movement and darkness as action. Choreographer Banning Bouldin (seen in Stewart/Owen Dance+ Guests in 2026) and production designer Michael Brown (Bon Iver) take audiences into a mesmerizing interplay where motion and illumination capture and release one another in an endless distance.
“An evocative, ever-shifting dreamscape that is fascinating to watch.” —Nashville Scene
Connect with the artists in a dance masterclass and preshow discussions.
Ticket Info
Reserved seating
- $75 Regular
- $25 Child
- $15 ArtsRising
Price before taxes and fees. Ticket fee details
Genre
Dance, Contemporary Dance, Modern Dance
Spotlight on New Dialect
What to Expect
- Contemporary dance that blends choreography and visual design
- Dancers creating lighting effects in real time
- Innovative production design by Michael Brown (Bon Iver)
About Banning Bouldin
Banning Bouldin is a Nashville-based choreographer, educator, and arts leader. A graduate of The Juilliard School and MFA candidate at Bennington College, they have performed with Cullberg, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and artists including Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Trisha Brown. In 2013, Bouldin founded New Dialect, a contemporary dance practice dedicated to supporting artists in the South. Asheville audiences may recognize Bouldin from Echo Mother, presented in Stewart/Owen Dance + Guests in 2026.
About New Dialect
Founded in Nashville by Banning Bouldin, New Dialect creates original contemporary dance works for the stage, screen, and site-specific settings. Through performances, workshops, and residencies, its rotating ensemble of dancers, musicians, composers, designers, photographers, and filmmakers collaborates to create innovative artistic experiences.
Plan Your Visit
Friday & Saturday, October 23 & 24, 2026
- Lobby & Box Office open – 6:30 pm
- Seating begins – 7:30 pm
- Show time – 8 pm
- Duration – 60 minutes
- Intermission – none
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