Dance

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.

Christian Frommelt started swing dancing in 2007, and his hobby turned into a full-time job in 2014. With the coronavirus outbreak, he’s had to find a new…

Modern American Dance Company’s new show “Resilience” is not what you might picture when you consider a dance performance. The MADCO show features four…

Nov. 9 will mark 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall that divided Germany from 1961 to 1989.A dance production being staged this week by St. Louis’…

Ballerina Vanessa Woods came up with the idea for Vitality Ballet when she was looking for a side hustle that involved making a meaningful impact through…

People living in the disparate municipalities of St. Louis often struggle to relate to each other. But members of a local dance troupe believe the first…

About three months ago, Emily Webb and her six children were traveling along Route 3 in Columbia, Illinois, when a large truck struck their SUV, killing…

St. Louis artist Sarah Bernhardt had no idea she’d be teaching children when she first moved into her Gravois Park studio. But that changed after a rock…