New Dance Partners The Ultimate Collaboration

New Dance Partners returns strong in 2017! Four companies, four choreographers, four premieres.

We’re thrilled to stage this innovative festival of dance for the fourth time! New Dance Partners is a collaboration where JCCC Performing Arts Series commissions choreographers to create original works for local dance companies, which then premiere on the Yardley Hall stage.
Pre-show Talk
7 p.m. Friday, September 22, 2017

The pre-show talk is with featured choreographers:

Matthew Neenan, co-founder and choreographer, BalletX

Kameron Saunders, UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance and COCA-St. Louis

Jennifer Archibald, founder and artistic director of ARCH Dance Company

Heather Gray, associate director, Utah Regional Ballet II
In 2017, the collaborative partners are:

Kansas City Ballet, working with Matthew Neenan, co-founder and choreographer, BalletX
Owen/Cox Dance Group, working with Kameron Saunders, UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance and COCA-St. Louis
Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company, working with Jennifer Archibald, founder and artistic director of ARCH Dance Company
Störling Dance Company (Olathe, Kansas), working with Heather Gray, associate director, Utah Regional Ballet II
The artistic advisor for New Dance Partners is Michael Uthoff. Burke Brown is the lighting designer. New Dance Partners is sponsored in part by George H. Langworthy Sr.