SHIFT

APRIL 9-11, 2026

Staenberg Performance Lab, COCA
6880 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO

With support from the National Endowment of the Arts, Missouri Arts Council, and Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis 

ECHOES IN THE DRIFT

"Nostalgia is the arriving waveform of a dynamic past, newly remembered and about to be re-imagined by a mind and a body at last ready to come to terms" - David Whyte

Choreography by Carly Vanderheyden
In collaboration with the dancers

Music: "Reflections" by Alex Baranowski and Jess Gillam, "The Walk - Suuij Rework" by Sylvain Texier, Ô Lake, an Suuij, "On Being Wrong" by Christopher Cerrone, "Sand Whirling" by Niklas Paschburg, "Beach Calmness" by Streaming Waves

Dancers: Olivia Cesarano, Sidney Cowles, Katherine Kennedy, Gabriella Ray, Chloe Ryherd, Ryah Truss

IT'S UNCANNY

Choreography by Lily Sheppard

Music: Meredith Monk, Chad Lawson, Murcof

Costumes: Cassie Callahan

Dancers: Delainey Bailey, Cassie Callahan, Annesley Haring, Gail Honeywell, Annie Mitchell

5-MINUTE PAUSE

ODDITIES

Choreography by Gianna Burright
In collaboration with the performers

Music: Sonic Sound Score by Natalie "Fingy" Finfer, "O Emigrant" by Maria Albertina - Portugal Ao Vivo, Vol. 4, "Singularity" by Rusanda Panfili, Johannes Winkler, Teodara Miteva, "Everything I Wanted For You" by NYX 

Sound Editing and Arrangement by Natalie "Fingy" Finfer

Dancers: Delainey Bailey, Olivia Cesarano, Sidney Cowles, Katherine Kennedy, Gabriella Ray, Chloe Ryherd

SO I FIT

Choreography by Arianna Russ

Music: "4 String Bass Test" by HavocHarpa

Dancers: Logan Guerra, Daryon Kent

Special thanks to Cassie Callahan and Gail Honeywell

5-MINUTE PAUSE

¡OYÉ!

From me to you: an evolution of community, sadness, and joy

Movement Direction by Brian Josiah Martinez

Choreography in collaboration with the dancers of MADCO

Music: RIVKA, Tito Puente, Nicholas Jaar, Nils Frahm, Suso Saiz, Carlos Campos

Sound Mixing by Brian Josiah Martinez

Dancers: Delainey Bailey, Cassie Callahan, Olivia Cesarano, Sidney Cowles, Logan Guerra, Annesley Haring, Gail Honeywell, Katherine Kennedy, Daryon Kent, Annie Mitchell, Gabriella Ray, Chloe Ryherd, Ryah Truss