COMMUNITY
PERFORMANCES
Active in the Knoxville community, GO! has made efforts to make the performing arts accessible by bringing on-site performances to the local public. GO! has performed for local organizations such as Knox County Elementary Schools, public festivals in Downtown Knoxville such as the Knoxville Opera's Rossini Festival, Holiday Echo Ridge Senior Living Center, the Ossilli Club, and many more. GO! annually performs with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra as guest artists for their Clayton Holiday Concerts as well as their educational Young Peoples Concerts. GO! is proud to partner with other non-profit organizations such as the Volunteer Rotary Club, the Lighthouse, the Boys and Girls Club, the YMCA, and the Emerald Youth Foundation. With productions that artistically link history and dance, GO! continues to use the medium of dance in Knoxville to uplift education, elevate enthusiasm for the performing arts, and magnify young artists' voices.
Principal Dancer Harper Addison
MISSION
GO!'s mission is to elevate enthusiasm for the performing arts within the East Tennessee community by providing opportunities for youth to express artistry through dance.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCES
Each holiday season, GO! performs excerpts from Tchaikovsky's classic, "The Nutcracker," for Knox County Elementary Schools. Primarily a youth company, GO! aims to elevate enthusiasm for dance and make the performing arts accessible for the children and youth of Knoxville. In these performances, GO! hopes to inspire the next generation of artists to dance, move, and create!
Performing for grades Kindergarten through fifth grade, GO! has performed for Rocky Hill Elementary School as well as Blue Grass Elementary School beginning in 2012.