About Southwest Dance Company

About Southwest Dance Company

Southwest Dance Company is the exclusive children’s creative, modern dance studio in St. George, UT since 1982. Our faculty members have many years of experience teaching modern dance. The focus of our dance studio is to instruct your dancer in children’s creative, modern dance. Our dance curriculum is created for age-appropriate dance instruction for each individual age group. It is a progressive technical experience for each individual. By the end of the year, you will see tremendous growth in your dancer and their technical abilities. Our annual dance concert in June is a wonderful setting for you to observe this development in your child’s movement.

Our creative dance classes focus on the development of the whole child. Through movement exploration, dancers reach progressive levels of physical skill development and are taught the vocabulary of dance, as well as the pioneers of modern dance.

Exploring the creativity and imagination of childhood, dancers have the opportunity to improve, engage in creative problem solving and grow in cognitive, social and emotional ways as they interact in class. Throughout the class, dancers will have the opportunity to incorporate art and art forms into their learning.

Our dance concerts have been a long held Southern Utah tradition at Southwest Dance for the past 40 years. Our dance concerts are always a wonderful experience and our dancers love to share their talents and hard work with you.

Southwest Dance Studio
Southwest Dance Studio

List of Past Performances

Denise Crosier, Director  & Katie Fowler Smith, Artistic Director

  • 2023 True Colors: 4 Gemstone Legends
  • 2022 The Blossom Gift, A 40th Anniversary Celebration
  • 2021 Memories:  A Tale of Legacy, Learning & Love
  • 2020 Inspired: A Myth of the Muses
  • 2019 The Star Who Was Afraid of the Dark
  • 2018 True To You
  • 2017 The Paper Dragon
  • 2016 Water Sings Blue
  • 2015 Rose Red and Snow White
  • 2014 Kokopelli’s Gift

Natalie Wilson, Director & Katie Fowler Smith, Artistic Contributor

  • 2013 Sisters of the Silver Moon
  • 2012 Roots, Dreams, and Fairy Wings
  • 2011 Joyful Discoveries
  • 2010 The Quiltmaker’s Gift
  • 2009 The Star Who Was Afraid of the Dark
  • 2008 Color Snatchers
  • 2007 The Paper Dragon
  • 2006 Three Kingdoms
  • 2005 The Tower

 

      Candy Fowler, Founder & Director

      • 2004 Kaleidoscope
      • 2003 Three Tales (20th Anniversary Celebration)
      • 2002 Dream Makers
      • 2001 Kaleidoscope
      • 2000 Jubilation-Ceremony of Carols
      • 1999 Blessed By Light
      • 1998 The Legend of Wings
      • 1997 Dream Makers
      • 1996 The Magic of Grandma’s Quilt
      • 1995 Christmas:  The Polar Express
      • 1995 Reminiscence, Revival, and Some New Dance Too
      • 1994 The Legend of Wings
      • 1993 Blessed By Light
      • 1991 Jubilation-Ceremony of Carols
      • 1989 Dream Spinners
      • 1988 I’m In Charge of Celebrations
      • 1987 Celebrating the Light
      • 1986 The Children of Wonder-“The Fall of Freddy the Leaf”
      • 1984 Images:  Children in Dance-“This Is A Child”
      • 1983 Images:  Children in Dance
      • 1982 Images:  Children in Dance
      Southwest Dance Company is a wonderful dance studio. I love watching my daughter learn this beautiful, expressive, creative dance. It touches my heart. I am grateful to finally have found a studio that is careful to choose modest costumes and moves. Thank you.
      April P.