Imagin8 Arts Co. is a New York City-based arts collective that seeks to change the landscape of the performing arts industries by 1) providing affordable, high-level performing arts training that will enable students of all backgrounds to reach their fullest artistic capabilities; and 2) creating and developing new works of the performing arts that have an original voice and the potential to be vessels of inspiration and change.
WHO WE ARE
Meet Our Founders
Imagin8 Arts Co. was founded by Virginia Heart Pike and Nathan Kassas. It is their desire to see artists trained with excellence and given a voice for expression. They believe each person has untapped potential and when given the right tools and instruction, can fulfill their dreams and make their mark.
-6 THINGS THAT MAKE US UNIQUE-
1. Be taught by top-level experts in each field
Our teaching artists have trained and worked with the best. Their cumulative list of experience includes Broadway, American Ballet Theater, Broadway Dance Center, Alvin Ailey and prominent film and TV shows.
2. Train in multiple disciplines
While each artist usually has one area in which they’re strongest, performing artists today need to be proficient in many different areas, knowing how to make the most of their bodies and voices. Imagin8 offers classes in multiple artistic disciplines such as acting, singing, ballet and hip-hop to give you the opportunity to strengthen the weaker areas and rise to the top of your craft.
3. Top-notch training that’s AFFORDABLE
Imagin8 Arts provides short-term teaching series at affordable prices so that our top-level arts training can be available to all. No longer is becoming a professional-level artist only possible for the wealthy!
4. Short-term teaching series that work with your schedule!
Imagin8 Arts teaching structure is often through short-term series in a particular discipline, so you only need to commit to a few classes at a time. If your schedule is busier in one season and you miss one series, you can join the next one!
5. Learn in an encouraging environment
Imagin8 Arts’ teaching artists are not only top-level professionals, but they are known to create an encouraging environment in which students get built up, not torn down. We work with the unique gifts and natural abilities of each student rather than through competition and comparison.
6. Holistic teaching methods that integrate body and soul.
Imagin8’s teaching method makes use of the whole body for all disciplines, acting and singing as well as dance. We believe the artist is at their best when mind, emotions, and body all work together as one holistic means of expression.