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SPRING TO DANCE® Festival Returns Memorial Day Weekend
Returning for its 11th year, the Emerson SPRING TO DANCE® Festival closes Dance St. Louis’ 2017-18 season over the Memorial Day Weekend, Friday & Saturday, May 25 & 26. The Touhill Performing Arts Center, a collaborative partner, hosts both nights of the Festival.
Noted for its many dance styles, renowned dance troupes, and the affordable ticket prices, the Emerson SPRING TO DANCE® Festival brings together more than 25 professional dance companies from across the country and beyond for two unique, exhilarating nights of nonstop dance.
This year’s vibrant dance extravaganza features companies come from as far as Havana, Cuba, Toronto, Canada, Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Memphis, and St. Louis. The dancers will perform a range of dances, including ballet, modern, contemporary, flamenco, and hip-hop.
The festival begins at 5:30 p.m. each night in the Touhill’s Terrace Lobby with St. Louis-area community dance groups leading interactive demonstrations and performing various dance styles.
At 6 p.m. performances by the festival’s featured professional companies begin in the Lee Theater, followed by the 7:30 p.m. mainstage performances in the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall. Premier companies include Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater, Wewolf, and Project 44. Ballet highlights include performances by principal dancers from Joffrey Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba, Houston Ballet, and The National Ballet of Canada.
Tickets are $10-20 per night and can be obtained by calling 314-516-4949 or visit touhill.org. For additional information, please contact Dance St. Louis at 314-534-6622 or dancestlouis.org.
Details of each night’s performances and the performers and about the sponsors can be found below.
FRIDAY, MAY 25
Touhill’s Terrace Lobby, 5:30-6 p.m.
This year’s local community groups include Kari James Dance Network, Convergence, Collective Motion and Wei Dance Arts on Friday.
Lee Theater, 6-7 p.m.
Clinard Dance (Chicago, IL)
MOMENTA (Oak Park, IL)
LaneCoArts (New York, NY)
DamageDance (Denver, CO)
Chicago Dance Crash (Chicago, IL)
A-B Performance Hall, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Owen/Cox Dance Group (Kansas City, MO)
MADCO (St. Louis, MO)
The Big Muddy Dance Company (St. Louis, MO)
Intermission
Wewolf (Los Angeles, CA)
Joffrey Ballet (Chicago, IL)
Chicago Human Rhythm Project (Chicago, IL)
Ballet Memphis (Memphis, TN)
SATURDAY, MAY 26
Touhill’s Terrace Lobby, 5:30-6 p.m.
This year’s local community groups include Alma de Mexico St. Louis, Hui Hula ‘O Punahele Hula Halau, and Ballroom Dance Academy of St. Louis on Saturday.
Lee Theater, 6-7 p.m.
Kristi Faulkner Dance (Detroit, MI)
DanceWorks Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Pas De Monkéy Dance (Akron, OH)
Flying Foot Forum (Minneapolis, MN)
Kambré Contemporary Dance Company (St. Louis)
A-B Performance Hall, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
DanceWorks Chicago (Chicago, IL)
The Seldoms (Chicago, IL)
Houston Ballet / The National Ballet of Canada (Houston, TX / Toronto, Ontario)
Project 44 (New York, NY)
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Intermission
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (Chicago, IL)
San Francisco Ballet / National Ballet of Cuba (San Francisco, CA / Havana, Cuba)
Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater (Chicago)
FESTIVAL & SEASON SPONSORS
Dance St. Louis is grateful for sponsor support to continue its mission to present world-class dance. Emerson is the title sponsor of the 11th Annual Emerson SPRING TO DANCE® Festival.
The Whitaker Foundation, Wells Fargo Advisors, and Centene Charitable Foundation are presenting sponsors. Edward Jones is the underwriting sponsor. The Touhill Performing Arts Center is the collaborative partner of SPRING TO DANCE®.
The 2017-2018 season sponsors include local and regional funders: Ameren, Arts and Education Council, Missouri Arts Council and the Regional Arts Commission. National funders include National Endowment for the Arts and The Shubert Foundation.
Founded in 1966, Dance St. Louis continues to bring the greatest dance of the world to St. Louis and is dedicated to the enrichment of the cultural landscape and artistic reputation of St. Louis.
Dance St. Louis provides educational opportunities that make dance accessible to everyone by conducting education programs for the St. Louis community. Each year, its Education Outreach Program introduces thousands of schoolchildren to the magic of dance through in-school residencies and main stage performances.
PHOTO CAPTIONS: Ballet Memphis, Chicago Dance Crash_2, and Houston Ballet, respectively, will Perform at the 11th Annual Emerson SPRING TO DANCE® Festival.
