2025.2026 SEASON

Love languages

Presented by Paul and Kathleen Matecki

WINTER SERIES

DIGITAL PROGRAM

Dear friends,

When we consider the rhythm of life, as it relates to world-class dance, love languages serve as multi-faceted connectors of artistry and spirit. Love languages inspire and speak profound truths: human connection has the unique ability to transcend words.

Dance is the physical manifestation of emotions – the key attribute of refined storytelling. Our love languages – be it acts of service, words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, or physical touch – allow us to express our affection in distinct beautiful ways, and add that special something to our lives. When we embrace these languages, we learn to move with one another, creating an interplay of understanding and appreciation. Just as dancers synchronize their movements to create breathtaking performances, we can harmonize our expressions of love to build deeper connections and foster empathy.

This season, our six diverse productions—from series concerts to collaborative performances to our immersive Tour de Dance—invite you to experience the full spectrum of dance as a universal language. Let us learn to read the rhythms of each other’s hearts. In this dance of life, may we celebrate our differences, find joy in our shared movements, and create a masterpiece of love that inspires all.

See you at the theatre.

DANCERS

  • Gillian Alexander

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  • Miles Ashe

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  • Will Brighton

    Will Brighton

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  • Sergio Camacho

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  • Spencer Everett

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  • Keenan Fletcher

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  • AJ Joehl

    AJ Joehl

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  • Angel Khaytyan

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  • Demetrius Lee

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  • Arpège Lundyn

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  • SenSaSheri Maasera

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  • Dave Mccall

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  • Nyna Moore

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  • Megan Rancour

    Megan Rancour

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  • Molly Rapp

    Molly Rapp

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  • Jada Vaughan

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  • Julia Dawson

    Second-Year Trainee
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  • Julia Lucarelli

    Second-Year Trainee
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PROGRAM B

Saturday, February 28 at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 1 at 2:00pm

  • “Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.” ― Jamie Anderson

    Premiere Date: October 2024
    Music: Oded Tzur, Petros Klampanis, Nitai Hershkovits, Johnathan Blake, Shai Maestro, Ziv Ravitz
    Costumes: Shevaré Perry
    Lighting: Zak Metalsky

    Saturday 2/28 Dancers: Gillian Alexander, Will Brighton, Julia Dawson, Spencer Everett, Keenan Fletcher, AJ Joehl, Angel Khaytyan, Demetrius Lee, Megan Rancour, Jada Vaughan

    Sunday 3/1 Dancers: Miles Ashe, Will Brighton, Sergio Camacho, Spencer Everett, Julia Lucarelli, Arpege Lundyn, SenSaSheri Maasera, Dave McCall, Nyna Moore, Molly Rapp

  • Music: Pavel Haas
    Costume Design: Shevaré Perry
    Lighting: Zak Metalsky

    Saturday 2/28 Dancers: Miles Ashe, Sergio Camacho, SenSaSheri Maasera, Dave McCall

    Sunday 3/1 Dancers: Gillian Alexander, Angel Khaytyan, Demetrius Lee, Jada Vaughan

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  • Company Premiere

    World Premiere May 17, 2001 Lucent Danstheater Den Haag

    Music: Maurice Ravel: Boléro for orchestra (1928); Arvo Pärt: Für Alina for piano (1976)
    Light Design: Peter Lundin
    Original Light Design: Erik Berglund
    Decor and Costume Design: Johan Inger

    Saturday 2/28 Dancers: Gillian Alexander, Molly Rapp, Jada Vaughan, Miles Ashe, Will Brighton, Sergio Camacho, Spencer Everett, Keenan Fletcher, Angel Khaytyan

    Sunday 3/1 Dancers: AJ Joehl, Arpege Lundyn, SenSaSheri Maasera, Will Brighton, Sergio Camacho, Spencer Everett, Keenan Fletcher, Demetrius Lee, Dave McCall

    “Our greatest blessings comes to us by way of madness” - Socrates

    The famous Bolero from Ravel with its sexual, almost kitschy history was the trigger point to make my own
    version. I quickly decided that it was going to be about relationships in different forms and circumstances. I came up with the idea of a wall that could transform the space during this minimalistic music and create small pockets of space and situations. Walking Mad is a journey in which we encounter our fears, our longings and the lightness of being.

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  • First Performed on October 24, 1986, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, Nederlands Dans Theater I

    Company premiere: March 2025
    Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sechs Deutsche Tänze, KV 571
    Scenery and Costumes: Jiří Kylián
    Lighting Design: Jiří Kylián (concept), Joost Biegelaar (realization)

    Dancers: Arpege Lundyn, Nyna Moore, Molly Rapp, Jada Vaughan, Sergio Camacho, Keenan Fletcher, Angel Khaytyan, Demetrius Lee, Miles Ashe, Will Brighton, Spencer Everett, SenSaSheri Maasera, AJ Joehl

CHOREOGRAPHERS

MEET OUR TEAM

Erin Prange, Executive Director
Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Artistic Director
Leonides D. Arpon, Rehearsal Director
Brandon Fink, Director of Education
Stephanie Lynch, Marketing Consultant
Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson, Development Coordinator
Molly Rapp, Director of Operations
Megan Rancour, Studio Manager
Sadie Reimer, Trainee Program Assistant
Kyla Kikkawa, Content Creation
Jada Vaughan Social Media Assistant
Lily Rich, Social Media Intern
Shevaré Perry, Costume Design & Production
Lisa Reimer, Costume Production
Zak Metalsky, Lighting Designer
Carly Vanderheyden, Digital Design
Tina Adams, Graphic Design
Kelly Pratt & Ian Kreidich, Photography
Henry Palkes, Company Pianist

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Demetrius Lee, Dave McCall, Keenan Fletcher | Photo by Pratt + Kreidich at 21c Museum Hotel St. Louis | Artwork: Fallen Fruit, The Way Out West

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