CELEBRATING ST. LOUIS’ VIBRANT DANCE COMMUNITY
St. Louis Dance HQ’s Blog is a compilation of writings and performance reviews from a variety of St. Louis based dance writers. If you’re interested in sharing your writing on our blog, please email stlouisdancehq@gmail.com.
Spotlight On: Maria Majors
Maria Majors is the founder and executive director of STL Rhythm Collaborative (STLRC), an arts nonprofit, aimed at connecting, educating, and inspiring all artists through rhythm. She has been a dance educator for over 25 years. In addition to overseeing STLRC operations, she choreographs and performs with professional ensemble, moSTLy TAP, and teaches jazz and tap dance at Missouri Baptist University, Washington University St. Louis, and Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.
HQ Review: RESILIENCE Dance Company’s “Come With Me”
It was a cold, grey Sunday morning and was well on my way towards spending it sprawled out on my living room couch. My weekend had been filled with eating, drinking, and balancing the realities of a visit from my in-laws. It was fun, but it had worn me out, leaving me craving an afternoon spent watching movies as big as Star Wars but as polished as something by Christopher Nolan. As I scrolled through Netflix, my Outlook calendar reminded me of the RESILIENCE Dance Company’s concert “Come With Me” at Intersect Arts Center in South St. Louis City. Their research-based movement approach and embrace of improvisation have captured my attention every time I’ve been fortunate enough to see them perform. Their dedication to fairly compensating their artists and providing them with access to mental and physical health resources should be an inspiration to other young dance companies.
HQ Review: An Introduction
The goal of this series is to provide a forum for discussion of the work being made in St. Louis. We hope for it to be a place where audience members and artists can find relevant information on the types of work being made, while also supplementing their experiences with the ideas of others. St. Louis Dance HQ Reviews will be a digital platform for dance to be documented and discussed in a manner that isn’t merely for the sake of archival, but also for the betterment of our small but mighty St. Louis dance community. With that, I’d like to quickly discuss the role of criticism, promotion, and perspective in our HQ Review series.