Dance

La Sociedad Cultural Flamenca de St. Louis ha estado enseñando esta forma de arte Española a personas de toda la región durante décadas. La academia de baile se presentará el sábado en Bayless High School para celebrar su 40 aniversario.

St. Louis Cultural Flamenco Society has been teaching the Spanish art form to people all over the region for decades. The dance academy is performing Saturday at Bayless High School to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

Amanzi Umoya has lived in many places, but never felt at home in any of them. That changed when they accepted a contra dance invitation.

Breaking through traditional standards and styles of dance and body image, Auralie Wilde finds home wherever her body is.

On Monday, students danced across the stage at the magnet high school to remember the people they lost in the October mass shooting and to celebrate the ways they continue to heal.

As the last of the 2022 performances and exhibitions wrap up, a handful of trends and takeaways have crystallized over the past year and lay a path forward for where the St. Louis arts scene is headed.

Dances of India is one of the oldest classical Indian dance groups in the country. It celebrates its 45th annual performance this weekend.

Dancers in the St. Louis region have been stuck at home over the past two years as they try to keep safe during the coronavirus pandemic. But health officials lifted restrictions in recent weeks, and many dancers are returning to classes and clubs.

As St. Louis artists and arts organizations worked through 2021, they improvised their way past roadblocks created by the coronavirus pandemic. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy Goodwin and Chad Davis spoke with artists and arts leaders about how the pandemic continued to affect their work this year, and how they’re finding a way forward.

With its call for extended, close contact among performers, dance is particularly tricky in a time of social distancing. St. Louis Ballet leader Gen Horiuchi composed a production aimed at keeping dancers safe from the coronavirus.