Dance St. Louis

Festival fever continues!✨🔥 As soon as one festival ends, we begin working on the next. Dance companies, we invite you to apply to perform at the 17th Annual SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2025 - Friday and Saturday, May 23 & 24, 2025 - at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Applications are accepted now thru August 15, 2024. Please complete the online application on our website https://www.dancestlouis.org/spring-to-dance-adjudication-application

Thank you, ! SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024 was incredible, showcasing the outstanding, diverse talents of dance companies and artists from across the country. Each year our thank you list is long - and this year is no exception. A huge thank you to all the festival attendees! Our audience means everything to us. We're so thankful for your presence each year, from first-time attendees to repeat attendees to season subscribers. Thank you to all the phenomenal dance companies who performed this year - both mainstage and lobby performances. Your performances were mesmerizing and delightful! It was truly a buffet a dance! The stage seemed to take on a new life, new look & new feel with each company's presentation. Thank you for bringing your all! And to keep everything rolling smoothly behind the scenes, and in front, requires an excellent venue staff, for which we thank the Touhill. We also send a second round of congratulations to this year's Dance St. Louis Career Award recipients, who we recognized from the stage Sat night. And, finally, with incredible importance, the festival would not be possible without the ongoing support and tremendous contribution of our presenting sponsor, Whitaker Foundation. We extend our gratitude as well to Ameren, RAC, MAC, Nancy & Ken Kranzberg, Melinda Ligon, Drs. Susan & Dan Luedke, Connie Schnuck and Mary Strauss for being festival supporting sponsors. Thank you again, , for making SPRING TO DANCE® a shining light of the joy, beauty and value of our mission. Have a great summer and stay tuned for the announcement of our 24/25 season!

SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024 is one of this weekend's top events! Thank you, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Go Magazine! Tonight was simply spectacular, and we still another day! Join on tomorrow evening for the second day of SPRING TO DANCE.
5:30 PM | Doors open
6:15 PM | “Speaking of Dance” Q&A in Terrace Lobby
6:45 PM | Performances in the Terrace Lobby
7:30PM | Mainstage performances in the A-B Performance
The evening's full lineup: https://www.dancestlouis.org/spring-to-dance-festival-2024

Top 10 things to do in St. Louis this week: Spring to Dance Festival, Punk Rock Flea Market and more This week Opera Theatre St. Louis kicks off it's festival season, while Chappell Roan headlines a show at St. Louis Music Park. Or you can learn to cook cicadas.

"'To be honest, this is a famous festival within the dance world,' Smith said. 'It’s an honor that we get to be in the room for something like this. There are some really incredible companies on that program – and so the fact that we get to be a part of it as a new dance company is very exciting.... It is one of only a few festivals of its kind in the United States'.... At just seven years old, South Chicago Dance Theatre has made a name for itself within the realm of dance... [It] is the manifestation of Smith’s childhood dream. She saw a ballet performance on PBS at five-years-old and knew from that moment that she wanted to have her own dance company." Read more in this wonderful article about SCDT, its accomplished founder & executive artistic director Kia Smith, and their performance at this year's SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024. It's a great read! SCDT performs TONIGHT - Fri, May 24 - at SPRING TO DANCE® at the Touhill. Tickets ($10-$35) are available ! A very big thank you to the St. Louis American's Kenya Vaughn for this superb interview and preview.

Spring to Dance returns for 16th year For nearly two decades, Dance St. Louis has transformed our region into a dance mecca for Memorial Day Weekend by way of Spring to Dance. Presented by the Whitaker Foundation,

1 day until... SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024, May 24 & 25 at the Touhill. All tickets $35 & under. We still remember the first time Collage Dance Collective performed at SPRING TO DANCE. The audience fell in love. We knew we had to have them back again, and again, and so it's a joy to know that our Saturday night audience is going to experience the company named "Southern Cultural Treasure" by South Arts and Ford Foundation, the company featured in Huffington Post, Essence, New York Magazine and more, and one of only a few professional ballet companies in the world with a roster of world-class BIPOC dancers. This Saturday, the company is performing powerhouse choreographer Camille A. Brown's soul-stirring work, "New Second Line," set to music by Los Hombres Calientes (feat. Kermit Ruffins). It's going to be a powerful performance and an amazing opportunity to not only see Collage Dance Collective, but also see an incredible work by four-time Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown, one of the most talked about choreographers today. You do not want to miss this! Get your tickets today: $10, $20, $25 & $35. Nightly 4-packs (buy 3 tix, get 1 free) start at $60. Buy MetroTix: https://tinyurl.com/5883c2tp (📷 Collage Dance Collective in Amy Hall Garner's "Bluff City Blues." Photo by Shocphoto.)

Spring to Dance® Festival 2024 | MetroTix Nationally touring professional companies from coast to coast flock to St. Louis to bestow their artistry. From powerhouse companies and breakout stars to up-and-coming companies, it’s an unmatched buffet of dance, featuring two days of nonstop dance from a wide array of companies from New York Ci...

What are some of the highlights of this weekend's SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024 at the Touhill, and what goes into curating such a festival? Listen to this great interview by Classic 107.3 - Radio Arts Foundation's midday host Kathy Lawton Brown with Dance St. Louis Artistic Director Michael Uthoff. Thank you, Kathy and Classic 107.3 for such a fun, lovely interview!

Classic 107.3FM: Interview with Artistic Director Michael Uthoff about Spring to Dance Festival 2024 Classic 107.3’s midday host Kathy Lawton Brown interviews Dance St. Louis Artistic Director Michael Uthoff about the highlights of the 16th Annual SPRING TO ...

4 days until... SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024, May 24 & 25 at the Touhill. All tickets $35 & under. On the heels of Kansas City Ballet wrapping its wonderful 23/24 season, we're elated to have Amanda DeVenuta & Cameron Thomas now travel to to perform Saturday night of the festival. Amanda and Cameron will perform "Romeo and Juliet Balcony Pas de Deux," choreographed by Dance St. Louis Artistic Director Michael Uthoff. The duet, originally created in 1980 for Hartford Ballet, is a dance for two young people that discover, for the first time, the excitement of a look, a touch, a kiss. Yearning for more and bound by their reality, it moves, almost constantly, to capture the impatience of youth. Experience the beauty, grace and technique on stage this Saturday night. Get your tickets today: $10, $20, $25 & $35. Nightly 4-packs (buy 3 tix, get 1 free) start at $60. Buy MetroTix: https://tinyurl.com/5883c2tp (📷Brett Pruitt)

Spring to Dance® Festival 2024 | MetroTix Nationally touring professional companies from coast to coast flock to St. Louis to bestow their artistry. From powerhouse companies and breakout stars to up-and-coming companies, it’s an unmatched buffet of dance, featuring two days of nonstop dance from a wide array of companies from New York Ci...

6 days until... SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024, May 24 & 25 at the Touhill. All tickets $35 & under. The audience is always captivated by Pilobolus, who return to the festival Saturday night. Known as "a rebellious dance company," Pilobolus has tested the limits of human physicality to explore the beauty and the power of connected bodies. Founded in the 1971, the company continues to bring its tradition to global audiences through collaborations with some of the greatest influencers, thinkers, and creators in the world. On Saturday night, experience "Symbiosis," an intimate dance that unfolds with inventive partnering and mesmerizing transitions, showcasing Pilobolus’s strength, trust, and technique. Previously featured as a TED Talk and on "So You Think You Can Dance," it's a spellbinding masterpiece you do not want to miss. Get your tickets today: $10, $20, $25 & $35. Nightly 4-packs (buy 3 tix, get 1 free) start at $60. Buy MetroTix: https://tinyurl.com/5883c2tp (📷Pilobolus)

Spring to Dance® Festival 2024 | MetroTix Nationally touring professional companies from coast to coast flock to St. Louis to bestow their artistry. From powerhouse companies and breakout stars to up-and-coming companies, it’s an unmatched buffet of dance, featuring two days of nonstop dance from a wide array of companies from New York Ci...

7 days until... SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024, May 24 & 25 at the Touhill. All tickets $35 & under. Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana was founded more than 40 years ago, but it's our first time presenting what is is one of America’s premier flamenco companies. Hailed as “The Keeper of Flamenco” by Dance Magazine and honored by the King and Government of Spain with La Cruz de la Orden al Mérito Civil for “all the years of passion, excellence and dedication to the flamenco art,” the company believes that the universal spirit of flamenco – with diverse influences from Roma, Arabic, Jewish, Spanish, African and Latin American cultures – gives this art form a unique power to build bridges between people. The company sizzles Friday night of the festival as it performs "Mi Alegria," with dancer Rebeca Tomas in a long-train dress (Bata de Cola) and shawl (Manton), and "Tangos Flamencos," arranged and performed by company musicians Yiyi and Guillermo Guillen. A must-see! Get your tickets today: $10, $20, $25 & $35. Nightly 4-packs (buy 3 tix, get 1 free) start at $60. Buy MetroTix: https://tinyurl.com/5883c2tp (📷Steve Johnson)

Spring to Dance® Festival 2024 | MetroTix Nationally touring professional companies from coast to coast flock to St. Louis to bestow their artistry. From powerhouse companies and breakout stars to up-and-coming companies, it’s an unmatched buffet of dance, featuring two days of nonstop dance from a wide array of companies from New York Ci...

10 days until... SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024, May 24 & 25 at the Touhill. All tickets $35 & under. We are thrilled to welcome back Dancing Wheels Company, who will perform Catherine Meredith's "Six by Nina"(Excerpts) - a work set to music by Nina Simone and inspired by Nina Simone's “legacy of liberation, empowerment, passion and love." Considered one of the premier arts and disabilities organizations in the U.S., Dancing Wheels is a professional, physically integrated dance company uniting the talents of dancers both with and without disabilities. "If dance is an expression of the human spirit, then it is best expressed by people of all abilities." That is the fundamental belief behind the company. Check out Dancing Wheels Saturday night of the festival. Get your tickets today: $10, $20, $25 & $35. Nightly 4-packs (buy 3 tix, get 1 free) start at $60. Buy : https://tinyurl.com/5883c2tp (📷Mark Horning)

Spring to Dance® Festival 2024 | MetroTix Nationally touring professional companies from coast to coast flock to St. Louis to bestow their artistry. From powerhouse companies and breakout stars to up-and-coming companies, it’s an unmatched buffet of dance, featuring two days of nonstop dance from a wide array of companies from New York Ci...

11 days until... SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024, May 24 & 25 at the Touhill. All tickets $35 & under. The Limon Dance Company has been at the vanguard of American Modern dance since its inception in 1946, and is considered one of the world’s greatest dance companies. On Friday night of the festival, you'll see "Chaconne," famously choreographed by José Limón, one of modern dance’s greatest male dancers & choreographers. Set to Bach's "Chaconne from Partita #2 in D Minor for Unaccompanied Violin," the work shines a light on how Limón created one of the world’s most important and enduring dance legacies—an art form responsible for the creation, growth and support of modern dance in this country. Don't miss Limon Dance Company! Tickets: $10, $20, $25 & $35. Nightly 4-packs (buy 3 tix, get 1 free) start at $60. Buy : https://tinyurl.com/5883c2tp (📷David Fried).

Spring to Dance® Festival 2024 | MetroTix Nationally touring professional companies from coast to coast flock to St. Louis to bestow their artistry. From powerhouse companies and breakout stars to up-and-coming companies, it’s an unmatched buffet of dance, featuring two days of nonstop dance from a wide array of companies from New York Ci...

12 days until... SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024... May 24 & 25 at the Touhill. All tickets $35 & under. We're thrilled to present, for the first time in our 16-year festival history, South Chicago Dance Theatre. Since its launch in 2017, SCDT has toured regionally, nationally and internationally and commissioned the choreographic work of renowned artists. The company continues to receive nonstop accolades and glowing attention. Artistic & Executive Director Kia S. Smith, "Contemporary dance 'Superwoman'" (WBEZ) was recently named one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" for 2024. Join us Friday night of SPRING TO DANCE® Festival to experience the thrill of SCDT! Tickets: $10, $20, $25 & $35. Nightly 4-packs (buy 3 tix, get 1 free) start at $60. Buy : https://tinyurl.com/5883c2tp
(📷Michelle Reid)

Dance St. Louis Leading dance presenter in St. Louis, Missouri since 1966.

You know what they say - age is just a number. Great story by Webster Journal's Zoe DeYoung on Dance St. Louis Artistic Director Michael Uthoff, who, as many of you may know, is also an adjunct professor at Webster University's Department of Dance. If you want to learn more about Michael, his passion and what led him to where he is now, it's a great read. Enjoy!

Acclaimed professor, dancer and choreographer Michael Uthoff is slowing down, but not stopping - Webster Journal Seated at the front of the studio, legs crossed but leaning forward as if on the edge of something, Michael Uthoff shouts directions to the seven dancers in front of him. “Lean back, lean back, lean back,” Uthoff says, shifting in his chair as if responding to his own requests. “I can’t show...

Award-winning media personality & STL TV host Jade Harrell recently sat down with Dance St. Louis Artistic Director Michael Uthoff to talk about this year's SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024 as well as his thoughts on the landscape of professional dance in the region and beyond. Check it out and join us May 24 & 25 at the Touhill. Thank you, , for having us in studio to talk about our annual festival presented by Whitaker Foundation.

16th Annual SPRING TO DANCE Festival 2024 STL TV's Jade Harrell chats with the Artistic Director of Dance St. Louis, Michael Uthoff about the 16th Annual SPRING TO DANCE Festival 2024, presented by ...

⭐️"...an evening of captivating dance"⭐️"...dancers showcased impeccable technique and a fervent dedication to their craft with passion and precision" ⭐️ "Bodytraffic’s entire performance provided a deft exploration of preconceived notions of the body, leaving me with a lingering sense of wonderment and a newfound appreciation for the art of movement." A vivid and illuminating review by Chas Adams of our presentation of BODYTRAFFIC at the Touhill. Whether you were in the audience or unable to attend, it's a informative and colorful read about the true magic and caliber of BODYTRAFFIC. Thank you, Chas and Poplifestl!

Bodytraffic is a Road Trip Through the American Psyche and Beyond By CB Adams The American music journalist, essayist and critic Robert Christgau astutely noted that “When bodies move in relation to a designed space, be it stage or ballroom or living room or gymnasium or agora or Congo Square, they comment on that space.” I was reminded of Christgau’s words

Thank you, Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis! We are honored to be included as an awardee with along with these wonderful arts organizations in St. Louis. Thank you for all that you do!

$3 million in pandemic funding invested into St. Louis Arts sector The Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis awarded $3 million in pandemic funding to local artists and arts organizations hit hard during COVID.

This season, our 58th, has been a tremendous one so far, and we're so grateful to our subscribers, ticket buyers, patrons and larger community who have joined us at the Touhill. Award-winning writer & Poplifestl reviewer Chas Adams has also joined us, absorbing, reflecting and sharing his detailed, colorful and insightful reviews. Here's his review of our presentation of Ailey II last month. It's a great read that truly captures the experience and essence of the presentation, the company, and the community celebration that took place that weekend in March. For those who love and long for the days of thorough and vivid dance reviews, this is your fix! Thank you, Chas and PopLifeSTL!✨💕

Dance St. Louis' Ailey II Event Filled With Art, Rhythm and Passion By CB Adams When Dance St. Louis presented Ailey II on March 1-2 at The Touhill Performing Arts Center, it did more than provide a stage for the second company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. It created an Event. It is important to remember that Dance St. Louis is one of the count

What an outstanding evening! Smooth, polished perfection. Thank you, BODYTRAFFIC, for a truly exceptional, joyous and entertaining evening of dance. The dancers were phenomenal, and each work was absorbing! The freshness and sublimity... we couldn't have asked for a more perfect presentation to usher in and celebrate spring during our 58th season. Thank you to our incredible audience and subscribers for joining us to experience a night of not just LA's finest but also "one of the most talked-about companies nationwide." You now know firsthand what makes BODYTRAFFIC so stellar and praised. And thank you to the diligent team at the Touhill for always making our season presentations go successfully both behind and in front of the curtain. Thank you, . We'll see you back at the Touhill Memorial Day Weekend for SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024.

The St. Louis Jewish Light's Jordan Palmer interviewed BODYTRAFFIC Artistic Director & Co-Founder Tina Finkelman Berkett ahead of our presentation of the LA-based company this Saturday night at the Touhill. Check out this interesting and in-depth read that highlights the intersection of Tina’s faith, artistry and artistic leadership as well as the company's work internationally and what you can expect this weekend! Thank you, St. Louis Jewish Light! https://stljewishlight.org/news/news-local/from-l-a-to-israel-to-st-louis-bodytraffics-dance-of-jewish-connection-and-joy

Dance St. Louis Leading dance presenter in St. Louis, Missouri since 1966.

Cuban-born choreographer and company dancer Joan Rodriguez's "Bloquea’o," will be performed at this Saturday's presentation at the Touhill. The work calls on and admires the persistence of the human spirit to create a home when it is taken away. Rodriguez’s synthesis of Folklorico and contemporary influences epitomizes what it means to carry home with you wherever you go. Set to original music by composer, conductor, and music producer Pedro Osuna, best known for his score for the Oscar-nominated film "Argentina, 1985," you don't want to miss seeing this tremendous work performed live by the phenomenal dancers of BODYTRAFFIC. Tickets start at $25. 4-Packs start at $100. Purchase : https://www.metrotix.com/events/detail/dsl-bodytraffic (📷 courtesy of BODYTRAFFIC)

BodyTraffic | MetroTix Named “the company of the future” by The Joyce Theater Foundation, Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” and “Best of Culture” by the Los Angeles Times, BODYTRAFFIC has surged to the forefront of the contemporary dance world with compelling style that “suggests invention, attitude, and urb...