Dance the Vote!

Name: Dance the Vote!
Start: 2024-09-14T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-14T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Missouri History Museum

Schedule

Sat Sep 14 2024 at 10:00 am to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Missouri History Museum | Clayton, MO

On Saturday, Sept 14 from 10 am to 3 pm, Dance the Vote STL will present Dance the Vote, a FREE nonpartisan, family-friendly, all-inclusive event at the Missouri History Museum to promote voter awareness in advance of the general election on Tuesday, November 5. When DTV first performed for midterms at the museum in 2018, they attracted over 1000 attendees before pivoting to virtual performances during the pandemic, returning to the museum for the 2022 midterms.
10:00 am: Indoor Children's Programming Begins (coloring book
giveaway, crafts, sign making, etc.
12:00 pm: Outdoor Programming begins with music from DJ Whiz
12:30 pm: Electric Slide Warmup and Community Dance with Yes Honey and Giant Photo Shoot
1:00-3:00 pm: Full afternoon of dance performances, speakers, singers, poets, and community tabling
And the St Louis Public Library Photo Booth will remain open until we wrap at 3 pm.
Whether you are into hip hop, tap, modern or more, we have something for you!
Confirmed Dance Companies/Dancers:
*Ashleyliane Dance Company
*Beyond Measure Dance Theater & The AfroKuumba Dancers
*Kimaiya Hall Dance Company
*Marcus Johnson
*Resilience Dance Company
*STL Rhythm Collaborative
*Tiala Taylor
*Without Limits Dance Company
In addition to great dancing, other performances and speakers include:
Allegro (choral group)
Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond (poet)
Denise Lieberman (Missouri Voter Protection Coalition founder)
Saint Louis Story Stitchers (youth artist collective)
Summer Osborne (singer)
and more!
And let's not forget...there will be food trucks!
“At Dance the Vote, we will energize attendees to participate in the elections and exercise their precious right, up and down the ballot. Our event also honors National Voter Registration Day, Constitution Week, and National Disability Voter Rights Week and will feature an all-inclusive short community dance to be taught for people of all ages and abilities, including people with disabilities. Everyone is welcome,” said Joan Lipkin, producing artistic director of Dance the Vote.
Presented by Dance the Vote St. Louis, a program of That Uppity Theatre Company, and co-sponsored by the Missouri History Museum. Other co-sponsoring organizations are in progress.
Founded in 2016, Dance the Vote (DTV) is a nonpartisan arts organization that uses the arts to promote voter registration, education and advocacy. Performances have been featured on CBS and the Black Entertainment Network as part of the national special “Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy”, and by the Higher Education Channel, American Theatre Magazine, St. Louis Magazine, the St Louis Post-Dispatch and Dance Magazine and seen by several million people.
DTV has received the IDEA Award from MindsEye, What’s Right with the Region from Focus St. Louis and the Moving Democracy Award from St. Louis Magazine as part of the 2021 A-List.
Dance the Vote is funded in part by the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, the Scarlet Feather Fund, and Rev Up!, a program of the American Association of People with Disabilities.