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Press Release: Once Here, Still Moving
For General Release - May 18, 2026
Performances: May 28 - 31, 2026 (Chicago)
"Following the St. Louis premiere on April 24 , 2026 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center’s Lee Theater, Will Brighton (St. Louis Dance HQ) highlighted the “staggering inventiveness” and “breathtaking levels of physical and creative risk” in Benchmarks 9.0, complimenting the “signature athleticism” of Hot Crowd as buildup pushes towards something “more cerebral and dream-like. The Chicago series will conclude the split-bill collaboration, which in total features 19 dancers and 6 performances." Read more.
HQ Review: Speak Easy - Move Loud
Zoe DeYoung
St. Louis Dance HQ - February 23rd, 2026
"Falling in with individualized qualities, the company collected to a central point, arching and diving with increasing risk to the rising volume of the vocalists. Spreading—or more accurately exploding—into technically meticulous phrases, they showcased a faster-than-light transitional skill that kept the eye active and the space alive. As a whole, and as feels characteristic to much of Resilience’s creations, the progressions of these works throughout the show are rarely, if ever, expected. The makers and dancers don’t just ‘use’ the space, but consume it. Read more
HQ Review: Entry Points 2025
Melissa Miller
St. Louis Dance HQ - Oct. 30th, 2025
"The dancers moved through tableaux of conflict, repose, and tenderness – shifting furniture, clothing, and bodies around the stage in wide arcs or in sudden scattering movements. The dancers' movement quality was luxuriant and dynamic, falling and rising with breath, carried by repeated gestures, and punctuated by violent thrusts or sudden falls..." Read more
HQ Review: Instead of waiting, they weave
Calvin Windschitl
St. Louis Dance HQ - April 24th, 2025
"In stepping outside their comfort zone, Haussler and the company showcase precisely why Resilience remains such a vital part of our local dance ecosystem. Instead of waiting, they weave not only demonstrates their adaptability but symbolizes their active role in reshaping St. Louis's artistic landscape." Read more
HQ Review: Collective Realities
Will Brighton
St. Louis Dance HQ - Feburary 28th 2025
"As a company built on collaboration, this is neither the first nor last time audiences can expect to see the choreographic voices of [RESILIENCE Company Artists] presented on Resilience’s stages. Yet, seeing these artists’ ideas and aesthetics distilled from one another is incredibly eye opening to the artistic range Resilience Dance Company holds." Read more
HQ Review: Entry Points 2024
Will Brighton
St. Louis Dance HQ - November 12th, 2024
"In every way, Entry Points is an unrelenting scream. A scream of joy, a scream of thirst, and a scream of triumph. For its first mainstage production on an elevated proscenium stage, Resilience delivered an evening of visionary artistry and rigorous physicality that not only parades the immense growth of its own company, but continues the rocketing forward of Saint Louis’s dance scene as a whole. With an entry this roaring, it is thrilling to imagine what volumes these dancers will reach with the remainder of their 2024-2025 season." Read more
Three local dance companies are driving innovation through collaboration
Lauren Warnecke
St. Louis Magazine - August 1st, 2023
"The architects of Ballet 314, STL Rhythm Collaborative, and RESILIENCE Dance Company, formed in 2019, all have deep ties to the city and looked to fill the gaps they saw in its artistic landscape. Yet, for at least half of their histories, the four directors of these three companies had to throw out the rule book on running a small arts nonprofit as the COVID-19 pandemic thrust the arts into uncharted territory. But the rule book wasn’t quite working anyway, with a disappearing arts middle class and cutthroat competition. Those realities are part of the reason they formed their companies in the first place..." Read more
Voyage STL - Inspiring Stories
February 21, 2022
Today we’d like to introduce you to Emily Haussler.
Hi Emily, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
RESILIENCE Dance Company began as a quick scribbling of ideas in a notebook while I was dancing for a professional ballet company. I was frustrated with certain aspects of the dance world – that dancers were frequently overqualified and underpaid for their work, mistreated and undervalued, and that production needs always seemed to trump human needs. Not only had I experienced many of these frustrations personally, I knew countless friends with similar stories... Read more