Quick Facts
• Start your dance career earlier with
  Stephens’ three-year, two-summer B.F.A. program
• Participate in Stephens Summer Dance, an intensive six-week workshop that concludes with a fully produced public performance
• Learn from expert faculty and internationally known guest artists

Guest Artists

Each year, Stephens brings nationally and internationally recognized guest artists to campus to broaden your experience of dance through studio classes and choreography. Visiting artists have included:

• Helen Starr, former soloist with the Royal Ballet
• Marty Dowds, lead dancer of Riverdance
• Sachiyo Ito, director of Sachiyo Ito and Company
• Judith Jameson of the Alvin Ailey Company
• Raphaël Boumaïla of the Limón Company
• Seán Curran, of the Sean Curran Company (formerly with Bill T. Jones and Stomp)
• Ballet artist Tom Titone, formerly with ABT
• Catherine Kingsley, who performed with the Royal Ballet and Stuttgart Ballet
• Internationally known ballet master Michael Simms
• Jennifer Conley, formerly of the Martha Graham Company
• Choreographer Daniel Pelzig
• Broadway performers and choreographers such as Tony Parise, Karin Baker, Bonnie Walker and Bick Goss
• Michael Uthoff, executive and artistic director of Dance St. Louis and former member of Joffrey Ballet
• Master Hip-hop teacher and choreographer, Pat-y-o
• Francisco Graciano of the Paul Taylor Company
• MariJo Irbe from the River North Company