Fragments

On Sunday, February 15th, 2026, Collective SC and NousPointe present Fragments.

Fragments is an evening of dance featuring three Charleston-based companies—Collective SC, NousPointe, and Impermanent Gallery. The choreography explores fractured stories and shifting pieces, revealing the hidden textures of human experience.

Doors open at the Cannon Street Arts Center at 5pm, with the show beginning at 6pm, followed by a reception where audience members are invited to mingle with the artists.

Free parking is available at the MUSC QQ Lot directly next to the theater! Drinks will be available for purchase via Cash or Venmo.

About the Artists: 

• Collective SC is a Charleston-based contemporary dance company dedicated to delivering fresh, innovative perspectives on contemporary dance under the artistic direction of Lacey Bates and Izzy Byers. Our mission is to inspire and engage audiences while nurturing the growth of the Southeastern dance community through dynamic collaboration and creative exchange.
• Lacey Bates is a professional dancer, choreographer, and educator from Myrtle Beach, SC. She earned her BA in Dance and Arts Management from the College of Charleston and her MA in Education from Holy Names University. She has performed across the Southeast and in the San Francisco Bay Area with companies such as Annex Dance Company, PUSH Dance Company, Visceral Roots Dance Company, Printz Dance Project, and A Pulso Dance Project, among others. Lacey has shared the stage with entertainment artists including Weird Al Yankovic and Beats Antique, and she served as Co-Artistic Director of The Collective SF, a collaborative dance company. Lacey has over a decade of teaching experience in public schools, non-profits, and renowned institutions like ODC and Alonzo King LINES Ballet. After five years in the Bay Area, she returned to Charleston in 2023 where she continues to contribute to the dance community as a public school dance educator, a performer with Elevate Performance Company, and the Artistic Director of Collective SC, a Charleston-based dance company dedicated to delivering fresh, innovative perspectives on contemporary dance. 
• Izzy Byers, originally from Greenville, SC, has been living and dancing in Charleston for six years. She holds both a BA in Dance and a BS in Accounting from the College of Charleston, where she performed in main stage productions and showcased her choreography at the American College Dance Association’s annual conference. Following graduation, her work was featured in the Piccolo Spoleto Festival Alumni Concert. Izzy currently serves as a teacher, choreographer, and studio manager at Holy City Dance Center, as well as the Assistant Artistic Director of Collective SC.
• NousPointe is an innovative dance company founded by choreographer Erika Keller in 2024, based in Charleston, South Carolina. The company’s mission is to showcase a diverse range of dance genres that work together to create a visual representation of music, blending the expressive power of movement with the emotional depth of sound. The company aims to offer a platform for dancers and choreographers from various backgrounds to collaborate, experiment, and push the boundaries of conventional dance genres.
• Erika Keller grew up in a military family and began her ballet training in Germany, where she earned a scholarship and studied the RAD syllabus, before continuing her training with a focus on classical ballet. She joined Columbia City Ballet and attended the University of South Carolina, majoring in Fashion Merchandising. After moving to New York City, Erika built a successful career in the fashion industry, while also performing as a freelance artist with companies including Ballet for Young Audiences, Albano Ballet, Jersey City Ballet, and Dances Patrelle. After years of freelancing, Erika transitioned into choreography, creating repertoire for American Liberty Ballet, where she also performed as a principal artist for several years. Her choreographic work has been presented at renowned venues such as New York Live Arts, Abrons Arts Center, Peridance, Arts on Site, and Madison Square Park. In 2023, she was commissioned by composer Alex Wakim to choreograph for his ambitious, multimedia production Dust and Ions at Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, a highlight of her choreographic career. Erika moved to the Charleston area in February 2024 and founded NousPointe, an innovative dance company. 
• Impermanent Gallery is a new contemporary dance company in their first season. The company, under the artistic direction of Jules Rizzo and the logistical development of Alex Pruitt, aims to give dancers and choreographers a space to learn, collaborate, and perform.
• Jules Rizzo is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Impermanent Gallery, a new contemporary dance company meant to support both dancers and choreographers on their artistic journeys through training and performance opportunities. Jules graduated from Denison University in 2024 with degrees in both Dance and English. Previously, she has trained with Dancing Wheels Company and Whirlwind Dance. She received her formative training from Danceworks in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, as well as En Dance Studio in Shibuya, Japan. Jules has choreographed for dance festivals like Wild Geese and Pillow Forts in Ohio and has had a dance film shown at Motion in Frame 2. She is thrilled to begin her journey as the Artistic Director with this incredible group of dancers in the company’s very first season. Jules would like to thank every audience member for helping support the local arts through watching this performance, and she hopes you enjoy the show!

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This project is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This project is also funded in part by a generous award from the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of The Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina.

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