Where We Meet is more than a mesmerizing display of dance and aerial silks — it’s a natural intersection of live performance and philanthropic impact. 

Healing Housing and FALL Productions’ arresting portrayal of women overcoming addiction captivated audiences at OZ Arts Nashville in early August, emphasizing the magic that happens when nonprofits work together. 

Healing Housing shelters and cares for women healing from addiction, offering a year-long holistic program that addresses past trauma, physical and mental health needs, and training for the future. The first 12 weeks are paid for by donors and provided at no cost to residents, making vital resources more accessible. 

It was only natural for the organization to partner with FALL Productions, a nonprofit that creates movement-based art centered around marginalized communities. The idea for Where We Meet sparked after Levine’s daughter, Skyler Meadow Levine, saw FALL Productions’ A Bending Of Its Own Kind, which explores life with chronic pain. 

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Levine worked with FALL Productions founder and artistic director Rebekah Hampton Barger to raise funds and bring Healing Housing’s mission to life, with Skyler being involved as a dancer and choreographer. What resulted was a bold exploration of recovery that served as both a fundraiser and an awareness initiative. 

“Thanks to Rebecca’s open-mindedness and the ability to pull together funding, we have come to this incredible space here today, our last day of this production,” Levine said on Sunday. “It has been so moving, and it has accomplished everything that we hoped it would be and that it would do.” 

Where We Meet opens with a freeze frame of women entering the recovery program, brimming with hope and trepidation. Dancers move succinctly, equally expressing nervousness and optimism in expression and movement. “Generations” explores how familial trauma is linked to addiction, while dancers sway together in a fluid line. “It Tastes Like” examines visceral cravings, answering the question, “If your addiction had a taste, what would it taste like?” 

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During “Through the Looking Glass,” two performers mirror each other on aerial silks while Jon Epcar’s original score is on full display. The arrangement starkly switches between soft guitar picking and blaring electric guitar — a sonic representation of recovery’s soaring highs and crashing lows.

But Healing House’s impact is best depicted in “Connection,” a powerful closer that emphasizes how community is the opposite of addiction. The dancers circle each other, intertwining their silks to create a triumphant web — a meeting place for women in the program. 

After roaring applause and a standing ovation, guests sipped craft mocktails and perused art by Omari Booker, who offered to donate 50 percent of his proceeds to Healing House. His grand, colorful canvases convey how art and humanity are related — just what Where We Meet masterfully explores. 

To learn more about Healing Housing, visit https://healinghousing.org/. For more information on FALL Productions, visit https://www.fallproductions.org/.