In the Fall of 2020, I became an Artistic Director of our Fall Dance Concert Series at SIUE

Selection From Garden Flow Directors’ Note

“Garden flow began in a series of Theater and Dance faculty brainstorming sessions held over the summer to recreate our season adapting to new safety precautions. Surrounded by a present of theaters closing around the world, I looked back to a time when theaters were closed before. Hundreds of years ago in Europe, the theaters were also closed and the common people developed a tradition of Medieval Mystery Plays.”

Utilizing this promenade style inspiration, we developed an immersive dance performance combining dance, music, and poetry with the natural world in The Gardens at SIUE.

Co-Artistic Director: Kristen Best-Kinsherf

Original Choreography: Kristen Best-Kinsherf, Omar Olivas, Wittni Cotton

Lighting Design: Theresa Comstock