Kacico Dance,

Kansas City's Contemporary

Dance Company is . . .

• Invested in Kansas City presenting 30 performances per year in and around the metro area.
• Gaining national notice by touring to L.A., Ft. Worth, and Springfield, MO.
• Becoming a pillar of the arts in Kansas City.

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     Kacico Dance, Kansas City Contemporary Dance, is the only full time

     professional contemporary dance company in Kansas City.  It's mission

     includes creating and performing excellence in contemporary dance and raising

     the level of contemporary dance in Kansas City and the mid-west region to

     national levels and national notice. Michelle Diane Brown guides the company

     as Artistic Director. Ms. Brown’s choreography expresses a strong, fluid,

     exquisite physicality and a compositional cleverness.  A recent review by Lisa

     Sagolla in the Kansas City Star (1/20/07) reads, "With her tickling trio, Moving

     Into Stillness [2007], like an actor directed to play 'boredom,' Michelle Diane

     Brown charged herself with a difficult task:  to make a dance about stillness. 

     But she succeeds admirably, finding vitality and visual interest within the

     making of the static body configurations."  Highlighting original work from other

     artists is a mainstay for Kacico Dance. Recent collaborators include Fontana,

     a string trio, choreographers Peter Kalivas and Rebecca Bryant, composer Don

     Nichols and singer/songwriter Dave Patmore.

     Extensions of Kacico Dance, the professional company, include:

     The Kacico School of Contemporary Dance - offering classes in

       contemporary dance to youth, adults and professionals year round including

       our Apprentice Company.  See school of dance.

     Kacico Studios West - The home of Kacico Dance and The School of

       Dance but also a space for the community.  Offering performances,

       performance space and studio space for rent, monthly community dance

       events such as the 3C Hour(more info to come), Friday dance night featuring a

       different style of dance each night, a visual artist gallery with artwork for sale,

       and more.

     Kacico Studios East - The former home of Kacico Dance.  The School of

       Dance will continue to offer classes for our friends on the east side of town. 

      Now that you have made a cyber connection with Kacico Dance, make a live,

      physical connection also.  It is this live, physical connection that is the

      essence of dance as an art form.   Performances, board meetings and other

      events are listed at event calendar.  Plan to come and get involved.  Ways

      to support Kacico Dance are highlighted in sponsorship/funding.  Auditions,

      job opportunities, booking information, and contact information are found at

      contact/booking/auditions/jobs.  How can you help?  Take a moment and

      consider how you can physically connect with Kacico Dance.  Don’t forget to

      join the Kacico Dance mailing list!  We hope to see you at a performance in

      the near future.

Kacico Dance offers, with each performance, something exquisitely different, something cleverly new, and something amazingly great.

What can Kacico Dance offer you?