Rebekah Hampton barger

Founder | Executive/Artistic Director

Rebekah Hampton Barger is a choreographer and dancer based in Nashville whose work combines classical, modern, and aerial dance. Rebekah draws on personal experience, deep connection to her community, and collaboration across genres and disciplines to articulate the experience of those living with chronic pain and illness. 

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 decade 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 FALL, she has served as the choreographer or lead artist for multiple projects and arts organizations in the Nashville area since 2010. Her creative process draws on deep community research and interdisciplinary exploration to create work that is bold, innovative, and socially engaged.