Dance Productions

The Principia College Performing Arts Department is proud to present its annual spring dance concert at McVay Centre for the Performing Arts. We welcome three alumni performers and choreographers as well as six student choreographers. Dance faculty Erin Lane premieres a thrilling contemporary ballet work set to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons recomposed by Max Richter. Join our cast for an riveting and diverse evening of dance!

Genres included: traditional and contemporary African and Afro-fusion, contemporary Indonesian, screendance, and contemporary ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, and tap. This year’s show also features a dance piece with musical composition by a student composer and choreographer. Choreographers explore themes of the seasons of life with friendships and dreams and through turmoil, transformation, and tradition.

The Principia College Theatre and Dance Department is proud to present its annual spring dance concert at McVay Center for the Performing Arts. We welcome alumni performers as well as guest choreographers from Houston and St. Louis, with two faculty and eight student choreographers.

Dance Production 2025 is eclectic and electrifying! Summer 2024 Olympic breaking coach and artistic director of Mezclada Dance Company, Joel Aguilera, presents an exhilarating world premiere hip-hop piece for six students and Principia dance faculty, Erin Lane, presents a stimulating world premiere contemporary modern duet with original musical composition and live performance by composer/violinist Evan Ghislin (C’20). Former St. Louis Ballet dancer and teacher Joy Baker, shares her near 60-year journey with dance in an autobiographical piece that highlights the many milestones of a dancer’s life. Student choreographers bring continuous excitement to the program with three dance-for-camera pieces, Mexican Folklore fusion, 1920s Big Band style pieces as well as comments on femininity, found family, hardships of friendship, and the joys of childhood. 

Dance Production 2024 was thrilling and diverse. The cast performed dances from genres such as Latin fusion, Southeast African, contemporary modern, jazz and hip-hop, tap and musical theatre. Guest, student, and faculty choreographers explore themes of friendship, humanity, community, sisterhood, loss, rebellion, community apathy, musical theatre hits, and traditional cultural dance.

Dance Program’s Annual Spring Mainstage: Dance Production

Join our cast for a diverse evening of dance; including a wide variety of dance genres—Mexican Folklore, West African, ballet, modern, hip-hop, contemporary. Thirteen choreographers explore themes of motherhood, community, the passage of time, sports, the overturning of Roe V Wade, traditional cultural dance, memory, examining one’s thoughts, honeysuckle, and celebrating the good times.

Duvall Theatre: McVay Center for the Performing Arts

Senior Capstone by Eloise Esseks

Independent Dance Major, Eloise Esseks, presents her perspective and research on the overturning of Roe V Wade via an emotionally deep and thought provoking dance performance.

Duvall Theatre: McVay Center for the Performing Arts

April 1