Upcoming Events & Performances
April 11th, 2026
National Dance Week
RESILIENCE is thrilled to participate in National Dance Week as this year’s Honorary Dance Company. The company will restage Pulse by Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson from this year’s Entry Points, along with an excerpt from our upcoming Spring performance.
In addition, RESILIENCE will lead a masterclass on April 12. Click the link below for more information about National Dance Week and for updates on the masterclass.
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April 19th, 2026
Choreography and Cocktails
After being snowed out in January, we’re excited to welcome back Choreography & Cocktails! Join us for a behind-the-scenes experience featuring an open rehearsal with the company one week before the premiere of Once Here, Still Moving. Enjoy complimentary snacks and desserts, a cash bar with a signature drink, and an informal Q&A with the artists. Learn more about the new work while helping us raise $2,500 to support our Chicago tour at the end of May.
Sunday, April 19th | 4:30-6:30pm
St. Louis Academy of Dance
RSVP at the link below. The event is free to attend, but space is limited.
April 24th - 25th, 2026
May 29th - 31st, 2026
Spring Concert
RDC is thrilled to present an original, double-bill performance featuring new work by Emily Haussler in collaboration with RESILIENCE Dance Company and Hot Crowd, a Chicago-based modern company. Both works will premiere in St. Louis, then go on tour for a second performance series in Chicago!
St. Louis: April 24th - 25th
The Lee Theater
7:30pm
Chicago: May 29th - 31st
Theater Wit
May 1st, 2026
Collective Motion
Join RESILIENCE as we participate in Collective Motion's 20th anniversary production of This Moment That Makes Us—an immersive, multi-media dance performance and interactive reception exploring what it means to be human. Through original choreography, evocative music, and intentional pacing, the work invites audiences into lived moments rather than a linear story.
RESILIENCE will be restaging Victoria Lynn-Awkward’s Encantados from Entry Points 2024 for the show.
6:30pm | COCA's Berges Theater
Click the link below for more info.
July 10th - 12th
St. Louis Contemporary Dance Festival
The St. Louis Contemporary Dance Festival returns for a third year! Presented by RESILIENCE Dance Company, the Festival features local, regional, and national choreographers who create bold, boundary-pushing contemporary dance.
Choreographer Submissions Open Now
Apply Jan 10th - Feb. 28th to be considered
Past Events & Performances
March 21st, 2025
Seen: STL
Seen: STL is a semi-annual event hosted by RDC that showcases works-in-progress by local, independent dance artists. The goal of Seen is to create space for artistic vulnerability - there are no rules, no budgets, no time requirements, and no genre restrictions. Artists are simply encouraged to share and be seen. Submissions open six - eight weeks prior to the performance.
Intersect Arts Center - 7:30pm
Donation Based Tickets
March 15th, 2026
Company Audition Workshop
RDC does not have any open company positions available for the 2026/27 season. Instead of holding formal auditions, we will be hosting two pay-what-you-can audition workshops on March 15th, 2026, in St. Louis, MO.
Click the link for more info and to pre-register for one or both workshops.
February 14th, 2026
Modern Night at the Gem in Kansas City
RESILIENCE is headed back to Kansas City!
We are thrilled to revive Will Brighton’s Horse Girl as part of City In Motion Dance Theater’s Modern Night at the Gem Theater.
Tickets will be available soon. Click the link below to learn more about Modern Night and stay tuned for ticket updates!
Saturday, February 14th | 7:00pm
The Gem Theater in Kansas City
February 10th, 2026
Dovetail at Intersect
Catch RDC at Dovetail at Intersect! We’ll be performing the restaged version of As she works, the nurturer dreams. Originally choreographed in 2022 by Emily Duggins Ehling. We had a wonderful time in the studio working with Emily to bring the piece back to life, and we can’t wait to share it with you again at Dovetail!
Tuesday, February 10th | 6-8
Intersect Arts Center
February 6th - 7th, 2026
Speak Easy - Move Loud
New! Join the dancers of RESILIENCE Dance Company and the incredible singers of Continuum Vocal Ensemble for an unforgettable collaborative concert!
Exploring ideas of resistance, cultural upheaval, identity and belonging through music and movement, Speak Easy - Move Loud will transport audiences to the 1920s with themes that still resonate in today's world.
Friday, Feb. 6th: 7pm
Saturday, Feb. 7th: 2:30pm, 7pm
VIRTUAL TICKETS: Feb. 18 - 28
The Mahler Ballroom
December 6th, 2025
Seen: STL
Seen: STL is a semi-annual event hosted by RDC that showcases works-in-progress by local, independent dance artists. The goal of Seen is to create space for artistic vulnerability - there are no rules, no budgets, no time requirements, and no genre restrictions. Artists are simply encouraged to share and be seen. Submissions open six - eight weeks prior to the performance.
Intersect Arts Center - 7:30pm
Donation Based Tickets
Oct. 30th and Nov. 1st, 2025
Entry Points
RESILIENCE Dance Company's signature Fall repertory concert, featuring world premieres by Hélène Simoneau and Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson, an expanded commission of Just (2024) by Annie Rigney, and returning repertoire, CANNIBAL (2023) by Mike Esperanza.
Oct. 30th & Nov. 1st
7:30pm
Catherine B. Berges Theatre at COCA
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September 27th, 2025
Master Class: Hélène Simoneau
Recommended for students 16+, intermediate, advanced and professional dancers. Space is limited, advance registration through Punchpass is required.
When: Saturday, September 27th | 3:30PM - 5:00PM
Where: Webster Loretto-Hilton Studios | 130 Edgar Rd, Webster Groves, MO 63119
Cost: $15 Drop-In
August 23rd, 2025
Master Class: Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson
Recommended for students 16+, intermediate, advanced and professional dancers. Space is limited, advance registration through Punchpass is required.
When: Saturday, August 23rd | 3:30PM - 5:00PM
Where: Webster Loretto-Hilton Studios | 130 Edgar Rd, Webster Groves, MO 63119
Cost: $15 Drop-In
