WHO ARE WE

Black Box Dance Theatre is a Raleigh-based professional modern dance company and nonprofit. Formed in 2013 from a group of artists with mutual respect and attraction to each others dancing and desire to make meaningful work of the highest quality, the company creates dance experiences for students, veterans, and dancers within the state of North Carolina.

OUR MISSION

Black Box Dance Theatre is a catalyst for meaningful human interaction, powerful storytelling, and transformative art-making. 

OUR VISION

A united North Carolina connected through meaningful and transformative dance experiences.

HOW DID WE GET OUR NAME?

In the theatre, a black box is a space where neither the performers nor audiences are held to constraints, a place where people notice things that typically would go unnoticed.

In engineering, a black box is an abstract concept of creating, a tool for making where the inner workings are a mystery, yet the outcomes are a direct response to the input.

For us, Black Box is a place where artists can bring their talent, interest, and curiosity about the world; a place where audiences, participants, and performers connect; a place where meaningful human interactions lead to the creation of transformative art.