dance arts center - dance arts center presents (Vinyl 2025)

dance arts center presents out October 24th via Acrophase Records

Limited edition blue vinyl

Tracklist - 

1. overture

2. joey knows

3. everyone was talking about you last night

4. phone games

5. entr'acte

6. you want to

7. good listener

8. video

dance arts center was born from a double-blow of disruption: the 2023 SAG/WGA strikes and a breakup. Reeling and creatively restless, Norgaard and her best friend (and frequent collaborator) Sara Silva sublet an apartment in NYC and decided to focus on making music for a month. That summer became a period of reflection and experimentation with sound and identity. When Silva returned to her acting career, Norgaard took the project forward solo, producing the songs and shaping them into something bigger: an immersive, character-driven universe where dance music and narrative storytelling collide.

Her debut release, dance arts center presents, is a concept mixtape styled like a fictional Broadway cast recording, complete with an overture and entr’acte. It explores how we perform within relationships, costume ourselves emotionally, shape-shift for love, and how the show sometimes doesn’t end even when the curtain falls. Sonically, it lives in a world of synth-heavy, groove-driven dance music tinged with indie pop sensibilities and thoughtful songwriting. Each song is a story, and each beat carries something heavier than it lets on.