Artists and community partners

Rebekah Hampton Barger is a choreographer and dancer based in Nashville whose work combines classical, modern, and aerial dance. Her creative process draws on deep community research and interdisciplinary exploration to create work that is bold, innovative, and socially engaged.

At age twenty-six, ongoing pain from severe scoliosis and related injuries threatened her ability to continue performing at a professional level. Then she discovered aerial dance, and with it came strength-building plus spinal and joint traction, which allowed Rebekah to continue her career. She learned to listen to her body during choreography, which developed her unique approach to movement creation: one that honors dancers’ bodies and helps them discover how to work within their own limitations and abilities. 

With more than three decades of experience as a teacher, performer, and choreographer, Rebekah thrives on collaboration, constantly seeking ways to connect across disciplines and communities. As the founder and director of FALL Productions, she has served as choreographer or lead artist for many projects in the Nashville area since 2010. Rebekah has taught and performed with the Oklahoma City Ballet, been a guest choreographer for Nashville Ballet, & created commissions for the Nashville Symphony, Healing Housing, & OZ Arts. She is widely sought after as a master instructor in ballet, contemporary, and aerial dance, where she is known for creating a learning environment that is encouraging yet challenging. Rebekah’s students have gone on to perform on Broadway & dance with companies such as American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, Axis, Oklahoma City Ballet, & San Francisco Ballet, among others.