RESILIENCE Dance Company
presents
ENTRY POINTS
November 6 - 8, 2026
Center of Creative Arts
Catherine B. Berges Theater, St. Louis, MO
Artistic and Executive Director
​Emily Haussler
Stage Manager
​Nick Cochran
Costume Design
​Chrissy Clair
Choreographers
Faith Balderrama, Alice Klock & Florian Lochner (FLOCK), Hannah Garner (2nd Best Dance Company), VIM VIGOR, and Cassie Wang
The Company
Chrissy Clair Greer, Soraya Cohen, Josiah Gundersen, Lexie Hoen, Nathan Krueger, Abbi LeBaube, Michelle Parkhurst, Ana Velazquez, Ashlynn Woelbling
Technical Director & Lighting Designer
Alice Anders
Meet the Director
Welcome to the 6th annual Entry Points concert! The company is thrilled to a mixed bill performance of powerful movement and cutting-edge artistry with you.
Since its inception, Entry Points has been curated to reflect the breadth of RDC's artistic interests. We dive into each Fall embodying a range of techniques and styles - floorwork, partnering, release-based contemporary, modern, and more. The creative processes are even more varied, drawing on multi-disciplinary skills, improvisation, and collaboration. My curatorial approach deeply fuels us as artists; in turn, I hope you find something that feeds your creative soul in this performance.
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This program includes three world premieres by both regional and renowned choreographers: Chicago-based choreographer and 2025 STL CDF Festival Presenter Faith Balderrama, Princess Grace Awardee and Director of the acclaimed NYC group 2nd Best Dance Company, Hannah Garner, and internationally renowned German American duo, Alice Klock and Florian Lochner, together known as FLOCK.
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In addition, RDC will share an abridged version of The Head is Not the Star of the Body by returning 2022 RDC Choreographer, Cassie Wang, and the 2024 audience favorite, KAIROS by VIM VIGOR.
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For the first time, all nine of RDC's Company Dancers from 2025/26 returned for our 2026/27 Prismatic Season. These dancers share an unprecedented history of trust, collaboration, research, and work-ethic that enabled us to reach that next level of excellence - I'm excited for you to witness the energy I've seen these past few months.
Lastly, this performance reflects one of RDC's key goals in STL - to present dance that is both experimental and virtuosic, thought-provoking and entertaining, creatively expansive and accessible. Each audience member will have a unique experience of each work - and we love that. Whether you find yourself swept up in a storyline, intrigued by an image, excited by music, or mesmerized by movements - I invite you to go along for the ride. Immerse yourself in each dance, allow them to blend with your own truths, and savor the richness of this shared human experience.
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Emily Haussler
Artistic & Executive Director
PROGRAM ORDER
I. Leise Strömung
Choreography: Alice Klock and Florian Lochner of FLOCK
Performance:
Lexie Hoehn, Abbi LeBaube, Ana Velazquez (11/6)
Josiah Gundersen, Nathan Krueger, Michelle Parkhurst (11/7)
Chrissy Clair Greer, Soraya Cohen, Ashlynn Woelbling (11/8)
Music: Reload - Remix by Michael Wall
Lighting Design: Alice Anders
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Run Time: 11min
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Welcome Speech with Executive and Artistic Director Emily Haussler
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II. The Conditions of Which
Choreography: Faith Balderrama
Performance: Full Company
Music: Original sound by Amedeo Feingold
Lighting Design: Alice Anders
Program Note: The Conditions of Which is a form-based work applying architectural design principles to movement generation and abstraction.
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Run Time: 13min
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III. KAIROS (2024)
Choreography: VIM VIGOR
Director and Co-choreographer: Shannon Gillen
Co-choreographer: Jason Cianciulli
Restaged: Katherine Kiessling
Performance: Chrissy Clair Greer, Soraya Cohen (11/6, 11/7), Josiah Gundersen, Lexie Hoehn, Nathan Krueger, Michelle Parkhurst (11/8), Abbi LeBaube, Ana Velazquez, Ashlynn Woelbling
Music: Original Score by Marshall Chadbourne
Lighting Design: Alice Anders
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Run Time: 14min
Intermission - 15min
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IV. The Head is Not the Star of the Body
Choreography: Cassie Wang
Performance:
Chrissy Clair Greer, Josiah Gundersen, Lexie Hoehn, Michelle Parkhurst, Ana Velazquez & Ashlynn Woelbling (11/6)
Soraya Cohen, Josiah Gundersen, Lexie Hoehn, Nathan Krueger, Abbi LeBaube & Ana Velazquez (11/7, 11/8)
Music: Mary, Shark Smile, Objects, Wolf, Breathe, Velvet Ring, Simulation Swarm by Big Thief. Editing by Gabriel Vianello
Lighting Design: Alice Anders
Video: Cassie Wang with materials from performers
Original Development:
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A study on longing, set to and inspired by the music of Big Thief. RESILIENCE is presenting an adapted excerpt of the full, 90min work.
Run Time: 24min​​
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IV. Coulda, Shoulda
Choreography: Hannah Garner (2nd Best Dance Company) in collaboration with the performers
Performance: Full Company. Soloist: Michelle Parkhurst (11/6, 11/7); Abbi LeBaube (11/8)
Text: Hannah Garner (2nd Best Dance Company) in collaboration with the performers
Music: I lie: Composed by David Lang, recorded and performed by Ars Nova Copenhagen under conductor Paul Hillier.
Oceanic Feeling: Composed and performed by Molly Lewis
Guantanamo: Composed and performed by Juan Llossas und sein Tango-Orchester
Pastoral II: Composed by Moondog; Performed by Josiah Gundersen on keyboard
Lighting Design: Alice Anders
Run Time: 21min​​
Meet the Creative Team
FAITH BALDERRAMA
CHOREOGRAPHER
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ALICE KLOCK FLORIAN LOCHNER
FLOCK
CHOREOGRAPHERS
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HANNAH GARNER
2ND BEST DANCE COMPANY
CHOREOGRAPHER
SHANNON GILLEN
VIM VIGOR
CO-CHOREOGRAPHER
CASSIE WANG
CHOREOGRAPHER
ALICE ANDERS
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR & LIGHTING DESIGNER
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Volunteers
Victor Thomas
Nathan Whitsett
Tucker Greer
Nina Serigos
Lucy King
Lauren King
Abi Smith
Yzi Schultze
Clare Clever
Stephanie Mantooth
Julia van Kalker
Meghan Bryan
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Studio Spaces
Dimensions Dance Center
St. Louis Academy of Dance
Webster University
Board of Directors
Gray Wilde (President & Secretary)
Christina Cacciatore (Treasurer)
Leah Cordiano-Siemens (Vice President)
Ayana Scott-Elliston
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Resource Partners
Elizabeth Westland
Athletico Physical Therapy
Lauren Hendrix
Brittni Johnson
Melissa Fasholdt
Kip Taylor Massage Therapy
Clayton Chiropractic Center
Thank You to our 2026/27 Season Donors
Kimberly Anderson
Metta Baker
Kelli Becks
Shannon Behan
Celia Bell
Nicole Bettlach
Susan Blanchette
Sara Burke
Sue Byrne
Britt Cohen
Leah Cordiano-Siemens
Eric Cortright
Crissy Crites
Lynn Dalfonso
Jon Deuchler
Kevin Dodson
Danielle D'Onfro
Circe Dopp
Ruby M Dopp
Shana Eubanks
Nancy Farmer
Claire Fisher
Teressa Fleming
Patricia Frank
Donna Friedhoff
Gary Friedman
Elyzah Gasmen
Grace Gensler
Jennifer Goocher
Carolyn Greer
Tucker Greer
Rose Gundersen
Elyse Guttmann
Margaret Jeude Haupt
Diana Helvie
Jacob Henss
Jordan Henss
Patricia Hoehn
Debbie Hutchings
Denise Jurgens
Christine Kardell
Judy Kihslinger
Mary Kihslinger
Rebecca Kihslinger
Christine Knoblauch-O'Neal
Barbara J Koziel
Claire Kuchler
Jane Larsen
Sandy Lawson
Jacquelyn LeBaube
Natalie LeBaube
Amy Lovewell
Kelly McBride
Taylor Obermeier
Macy Overton
Kathy Parkhurst
Robert Parkhurst
Candice Pierce
Hanna Pierce
Linda Rhodes
Sam Romano
Rachel Rost
Jayme Russo
Carrie Sayers
Donna Scott
Linda Shockley
Mpanji Simfukwe
Juliet Simon
Joanne Sousan
Susan Stegman
Linda Tackes
Darwin Tanguilig
Marissa Thayer
Victor Thomas
Margaret Thompson
Tom Turner
Leo Velazquez
Julia Walker
Deborah Wallen
Nathan Whitsett
Gray Wilde
Mackenzie Winstead
Donald Woelbling
Donna Woelbling
Jessica Woelbling
Maiya Woelbling
Jeff Wortham
Diane Zweifel
Sandra Zweifel
With public support from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency
