Dance St. Louis’ 60th anniversary season is a celebration of the beauty, creativity and bold vision that have defined our organization and enriched the region’s cultural legacy.

As Dance St. Louis launches into an historic season as the region’s GATEWAY TO WORLD DANCE™, we invite you to celebrate our history and the legacy of those artists who have graced our stage and those who will follow beginning with the 2025/26 season.

GATEWAY TO WORLD DANCE™, recognized by artists and patrons from around the world, continues to be synonymous with Dance St. Louis’ future aimed at elevating our city as a dance destination and strengthening the region’s vibrancy.

Our season subscribers, single ticket buyers and donors have fueled 60 years of artistic innovation at Dance St. Louis and the cultural transformation of our city.

We truly appreciate your passion for the arts and look forward to sharing the 60th anniversary season and many more years of artistic excellence together as the region’s GATEWAY TO WORLD DANCE™.

THE EVOLUTION OF BECOMING THE REGION’S GATEWAY TO WORLD DANCE™

Known first as the Dance Concert Society from 1966 until the early 1980’s, it was a time when many iconic dance companies were just beginning. Sixty dance concerts were presented in the first 15 seasons that included Alvin Ailey, Merce Cunningham, The Joffrey Ballet, José Limón, Paul Taylor, among many other stars in the dance world.

The evolution of the organization brought a new name, Dance St. Louis, with the same clear focus to grow the appreciation of dance by presenting the world of dance to the St. Louis region. Legendary artists like Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev flocked to our city.

Dance St. Louis continues to transform our region into a dance mecca and destination by way of presenting seasons and the creation of SPRING TO DANCE® in 2008, as the region’s leading cultural ambassador for world-class dance. The festival is now famous in the dance world and is a cultural gem for our city.

Today, the newly designed Dance St. Louis Gateway to World Dance™ logo embodies and celebrates our leading role in the region as presenter, producer and educator of world-renowned dance from across the globe.

The iconic Gateway Arch at the center symbolizes the entryway into our city and region while the lines that travel through represent the 30,000+ dancers and artists and 500+ world-class dance companies presented during the last 60 seasons while also launching Dance St. Louis into the future.