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Dance St. Louis Presents ‘Arts Alive New Dance Horizons’ at Touhill
Dance St. Louis’ annual production of nationally renowned choreographers collaborating with local professional dance companies to create and perform a collection of world premieres – returns for its fifth year in March.
Dance St. Louis’ PNC Arts Alive New Dance Horizons V: Women Who Inspire will be held Friday, March 3 at 8 p.m. & Saturday, March 4 at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. at Touhill Performing Arts Center on campus at the University of Missouri-St.Louis.
Supported by funding from the PNC Foundation through the PNC Arts Alive initiative, this season’s presentation, New Dance Horizons V: Women Who Inspire, explores notable women in history, with choreographers selecting inspirational women of their choice for their work.
“We know what art can do, how it changes perspectives, even changes lives,” said Michael Scully, PNC regional president for St. Louis. “From classical music and fine art to dance and theatre, we’re committed to keeping the arts alive in our region.”
New Dance Horizons V: Women Who Inspire takes place during Women’s History Month on March 3-4 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. The world premiere weekend includes a variety of pre-show, intermission and post-show features, which are described in the pages to follow. All-inclusive tickets are $20, and are available by visiting dancestlouis.org.
New Dance Horizons V’s selected choreographers are San Francisco-based Amy Seiwert, Wendy Rein, Ryan T. Smith, and award-winning Chicago dance artist Stephanie Martinez. Saint Louis Ballet, MADCO and The Big Muddy Dance Company are the participating professional dance companies.
The choreographers’ inspirations for their world premieres include 12th-century abbess, mystic and composer Hildegard of Bingen; Susannah Cahalan, author of “Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness”; French-American visual artist Louise Bourgeois; and Chilean poet and Nobel Prize winner Gabriela Mistral.
All-inclusive tickets are $20, and are available at the Dance St. Louis box office at 3310 Samuel Shepard Drive (in Grand Center), St. Louis, MO 63103, or by calling 314-534-6622 or by visiting http://dancestlouis.org.
