History
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In 1997, Andy Noble received grants from the Hillsborough County Arts Council and the Tampa Jewish Federation to create his first full length evening entitled Timepiece: An Intergenerational Dance Project. Andy Noble and Dionne Sparkman, along with five other dancers, provided eight weeks of movement workshops for the elderly residents of Weinburg Village in Tampa, FL. Inspired by conversations, movement studies and the time spent with the participants, Andy, Dionne and the dancers developed an evening of dance that was performed at the Jewish Community Center for the residents and public. A highlight of the evening was a duet performed by Andy and his then 84 year-old grandmother, Frances Noble. This project was the first for Andy Noble & Dancers and the first in a long line of collaborations between Andy and Dionne.
Following this performance Andy and Dionne moved to Palm Beach, FL to join the Demetrius Klein Dance Company. While there, they created the 5 & Dime Performance Series, an evening of dance that toured assisted living facilities. They also had the great opportunity to present work at the Florida Dance Festival "Florida Dances" and at the Broward Community College "Dance Series."
Andy and Dionne moved to Salt Lake City, UT to work with Repertory Dance Theatre in 1998. In 1999 they met Michael Moonbird and Victoria Lyons, directors of Bad Dog Rediscovers America, an after-school youth arts program for children from diverse cultures. Andy and Dionne approached Bad Dog with a proposal to create an evening inspired by their students based upon discourse of modern family life. Together they formed a partnership entitled "Treehouse Art Exchange" and from workshops with the students developed a high caliber production that incorporated visual art, dance and music as an expressive means of communication. The culmination of their efforts, "...To The Rescue: A Dance of Comic Book Theatre," was sponsored by the RDT LINK Series, played to sold out houses, and included performances by highly talented professional dancers, actors and artists as well as appearances by the students and their inspiring artwork.
Andy Noble & Dancers’ resume includes performances at Seattle's Northwest New Works series and the Western Washington Performing Arts Series. They were invited to perform in New York City by Astrid Von Ussar for the show “The Dance Gallery – Intimate” as part of The Performance Project @ University Settlement. In 2006, they were a featured company at the Northwest Regional American College Dance Festival and again in 2008 were selected to perform at the Southeast Regional ACDF for The A.W.A.R.D. Show! Florida Edition.
Now settled in Huntsville, TX (about an hour outside Houston), Andy Noble and Dionne Sparkman Noble have decided to rename the company and begin the process towards non-for-profit status. The NobleMotion Dance debut at Houston's Big Range Festival in June 2009 is the start of a new chapter for the company, one that begins with acknowledgement of all the hard work that has led up to this point and continues with enthusiasm for the future and its possibilities.