Welcome to the 2024 January Challenge!
This is your one-stop shop for all programming offered during the January Challenge. So check back here for updates on programming over the next few months.
Happy Choreographing!!
Connect with us.
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram, then compose a first post with hashtag #NACHMO2024 to let the NACHMO community know what you’ll be working on. Introduce yourself. Tag us! We can’t wait to share and amplify. Not on social? More power to you! Feel free to reach out through email - we love to hear from you!
Connect with your local hub.
Each hub has its own unique programming during the January Challenge. Check out your hub’s January Challenge Programming page below for the most up to date information about programs and events that you can get involved in! If you don’t see too much there yet, don’t worry! More information is coming!
Don’t have a local hub?
Don't see your city listed as a current NACHMO hub? Do not be not deterred! You are one of many choreographers participating from a location without established events, and we want you to know that you have options:
Start your own hub
If you're interested in hosting NACHMO events in your area, we'd love to help make that happen! Fill out this form, and Annalisa Ledson will be in touch to provide guidance and answer any questions you may have about hosting events.
Invite a friend
NACHMO is the kind of thing that’s even better with friends. Your fellow NACHMO participants are like your accountability committee, and it helps if you have friends on that committee. Use our super-simple 30-second email generator to tell a friend they should take the plunge.
Sign up for the Buddy Program
Back by popular demand! Buddy Program participants will be matched with a dance making peer to help provide accountability, creative feedback, a sounding board, or just a supportive friend. When matched, your email will be shared with your Buddy and vice versa. Then it’ll be up to you to reach out to them and check in a few times throughout the month. Sign Up now!
Apply to the National Hub Virtual Showing
See below
Get ready for prompts.
NACHMO prompts are a quick and easy way to fuel your NACHMO creativity. Each day we'll post a prompt on our Instagram, @nachmodance, that will help you generate material and vanquish choreographer's block. You can do them every day, ignore them completely, or check-in when you need some extra inspiration.
To get a sense of what these tasks might be, take a look back at 2023’s prompts!
National Virtual Film Festival
The February Film Festival is hosted by NACHMO’s National Hub and will be a performance opportunity for all participants of the 2024 January Challenge to show their work, no matter where they are located! The Film Festival is created specifically for participants who do not have a local NACHMO Hub to show and share their work and is a second opportunity for others to share their work on a national level.
Be on the lookout for an email to sign up in mid-January!
Learn some new dance-making skills
The National Hub will be hosting intermittent skills and learning workshops. Last year we hosted classes on How to Edit a Dance Film in 7 Days and Being in Process. If you have a skillset you’d like to share with the community or an idea for a topic you would like to learn more about let us know!
Join the Buddy Program
Back by popular demand! Buddy Program participants will be matched with a dance making peer to help provide accountability, creative feedback, a sounding board, or just a supportive friend. When matched, your email will be shared with your Buddy and vice versa. Then it’ll be up to you to reach out to them and check in a few times throughout the month.