16th Annual SPRING TO DANCE® Festival 2024 | May 24 & 25, 2024 | Fri & Sat | Touhill Performing Arts Center
Presented by Whitaker Foundation
5:30PM | Doors open
6 PM | Performances in the Terrace Lobby
7:30PM | Mainstage performances in the A-B Performance Hall
You love world-class dance, and we have more of it just for you!
The Midwest region’s most celebrated dance festival returns for the 16th year.
Nationally touring professional companies from coast to coast flock to St. Louis to bestow their artistry.
It’s an unmatched buffet of dance, featuring two days of nonstop dance from a wide array companies, including powerhouse companies, breakout stars and up-and-coming companies.
Noted as one of the region’s must-see festivals – “arguably the best dance buffet in the Midwest” (Chicago Tribune) and “a celebration of dance and… an invitation to bask in its artistry” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) – the vibrant dance extravaganza brings together more than 75 dancers from across the country.
From contemporary and ballet to modern and flamenco, SPRING TO DANCE® offers something for everyone with a distinct, dynamic program each night!
Check out this year's festival line-up and purchase your tickets!
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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
5:30 p.m. – Doors open
6:15 p.m. – “Speaking of Dance” Q&A with representatives from mainstage companies (Terrace Lobby)
6:45 p.m. – Performances by St. Louis-area dance troupes & companies (Terrace Lobby)
7:30 p.m. – Mainstage performances (Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall)
Friday, MAY 24
Terrace Lobby • 6:45 PM
Local dance companies and troupes in lobby performances
COCA's Ballet Eclectica
The Big Muddy Trainee Program
Members of Ballet 314
GCAA Dance Department's Hip Hop Group
Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall • 7:30 PM
Featured mainstage performances
South Chicago Dance Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Limón Dance Company (New York, NY)
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana (New York, NY)
Principal ballet artists Megan Fairchild & Joseph Gordon (New York, NY)
Bruce Wood Dance (Dallas, TX)
Saturday, MAY 25
Terrace Lobby • 6:45 PM
Local dance companies and troupes in lobby performances
COCA's Ballet Eclectica
Members of Ballet 314
GCAA Dance Department's Hip Hop Group
Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall • 7:30 PM
Featured mainstage performances
The Dancing Wheels Company (Cleveland, OH)
ODC/Dance (San Francisco, CA)
Pilobolus (Washington, CT)
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (Dayton, OH)
Kansas City Ballet — Amanda DeVenuta & Cameron Thomas (Kansas City, MO)
Collage Dance Collective (Memphis, TN)
TICKETS
Single tickets are $10, $20, $25 & $35 and available for purchase through MetroTix.
4-PACKS
Save up to $35 with 4-packs the festival!
4-packs are $60 (Zone 3), $75 (Zone 2) and $105 (Zone 1) and available for purchase through MetroTix.
“Successful both as a celebration of dance and as an invitation to bask in its artistry.”
“Arguably the best dance buffet in the Midwest”
“Of all the local Memorial Day weekend events, perhaps the most consistently exciting is… Spring to Dance Festival presented by Dance St. Louis.”
“Audiences flock to the performances—the price is right and the offerings are generous.”
Touhill Performing Arts Center
Map
Top Banner Photo: DCDC (Dayton Contemporary Dance Company) in Indestructible. Photo by Scott Robbins.
23 / 24 Season Shows
TRINITY IRISH DANCE COMPANY. photo BY LOIS GREENFIELD.
Trinity Irish Dance Company
"Sophisticated and commanding" – Los Angeles Times
Ailey II in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Nir Arieli.
Ailey II
“Highbrow/Brilliant.” – New York Magazine
BODYTRAFFIC. PHOTO BY Guzman Rosado.
BODYTRAFFIC
"one of the most talked-about young companies, not just in L.A. but nationwide" — Los Angeles Times
