M O V I N G A R T S
Moving Arts is recognized as a captivating summer dance company employing performing artists and presenting their work in residence.
OUR MISSION
To enrich the dance culture by providing cutting edge performances and educational resources during the summer.
OUR VISION
To awaken the spirit of dance while igniting a passion for creativity, connection, and cultural growth within Kansas City.
I N T H E E N D
World Premieres by
Emily Mistretta
Logan Pachciarz
Gabriel Lorena
"A Farwell to Kings"
JULY 11-12, 2025
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The Folly Theater
300 W 12th St. Kansas City, MO 64105
World Premieres by
Emily Mistretta
Logan Pachciarz
Gabriel Lorena
I N T H E E N D
"A Farwell to Kings"
JULY 11-12
JULY 11-12, 2025
LOGAN PACHCIARZ
OUR VISION
Moving Arts is recognized as a captivating summer dance company employing performing artists and presenting their work in residence.
OUR MISSION
To awaken the spirit of dance while igniting a passion for creativity, connection, and cultural growth within Kansas City.
MEET THE 2025
ARTISTS
2025 CHOREOGRAPHERS
INSPIRATION
VISION
CONCEPT
PROCESS
GABRIEL LORENA
Inspired by the biblical idea that God is the potter and we are the clay,
my newest creation, The Shape of Life, reflects on personal events of life
that have shaped us into who we are today.
Questioning our nurture, our past, our present, and what lies ahead,
the piece dives into early recollections, evolving values, traumas and beliefs, emotions, love and loss, scars, successes and failures, life and death.
It is a search for self-discovery, freedom for expression, a path to healing, and communication, and a reminder of the inner strength art helps us uncover.
EMILY MISTRETTA
Throughout her 20 year dance career Emily Mistretta has worked on multiple choreographic collaborations and movement theories, leading her to find her own signature style and produce her own work. She has since established herself as a unique voice choreographing for Kansas City ballet, Moving Arts project, Kansas City Ballet School, Creative Intersections festival and Cirio Collective. Emily created her first piece Beyond Blood for the KCB company in 2018, followed by Prism Break in 2019 and Wu Li’ Livin’ for KCBS. She then created In Wounded Woods for the Moving Arts Project in the summer of 2019. In 2021, Emily created Velvet Vacancy for KCB’s digital series and premiered Looking for Perilune at the Starlight Theatre. For 2022, She made a pas de deux “Flickering Quietude” for Creative Intersections. She then created Ladies Lunch, an all female ensemble for Kansas City Ballet, and finished with “Woven In”, a collaboration for the Cirio Collective. Most recently she has created “This Version of You Looking at you, You looking back” her first piece after the birth of her son.
Throughout her 20 year dance career Emily Mistretta has worked on multiple choreographic collaborations and movement theories, leading her to find her own signature style and produce her own work. She has since established herself as a unique voice choreographing for Kansas City ballet, Moving Arts project, Kansas City Ballet School, Creative Intersections festival and Cirio Collective. Emily created her first piece Beyond Blood for the KCB company in 2018, followed by Prism Break in 2019 and Wu Li’ Livin’ for KCBS. She then created In Wounded Woods for the Moving Arts Project in the summer of 2019. In 2021, Emily created Velvet Vacancy for KCB’s digital series and premiered Looking for Perilune at the Starlight Theatre. For 2022, She made a pas de deux “Flickering Quietude” for Creative Intersections. She then created Ladies Lunch, an all female ensemble for Kansas City Ballet, and finished with “Woven In”, a collaboration for the Cirio Collective. Most recently she has created “This Version of You Looking at you, You looking back” her first piece after the birth of her son.
LOGAN PACHCIARZ
For Moving Arts 2025, Logan is excited to choreograph and present the music of Emma Ruth Rundle. The piece is titled, “Darkhorse” after the song of the same name. The inspiration of the work is built within the lyrics and the atmosphere of Rundle. The overall feeling is of resilience, passion, and a sense of strength in insurmountable obstacles. This work is dedicated in memoriam to the beautiful Dr. David Donovan.