The UCSB Dance Company
Delila Moseley, Artistic Director
In residence, Department of Theater and Dance
University of California, Santa Barbara
The Dancers:
Ryan Birch
Charlotte Breier
Drew Caswell
Kennadi Davis
Lucia Johansen
Janie Landgraff
Emily Levin
Kate Monney
Madeline Nicholson
Aristades Salmeron
Courtney Smith
Ava Taylor
Avery Trask
Lara Van Diggelen
Anne Marie Van Der Hoek
Amanda White
Understudies:
Amelia Fischer
Jillian Silva
The Choreographers:
Sidra Bell
Guillermo Castro
Monique Meunier
Dalya Modlin
Meredith Ventura
The UCSB Dance Company 2026-27 is a 16 member student dance company under the direction of Delila Moseley. Now in its 35th year, the company offers graduating senior dance majors the opportunity to perform and travel as a pre-professional dance company. The company performs at the University, in downtown Santa Barbara, on tour in California and other western states, and has toured internationally, twice to China, and toured Europe each year since 2011. The UCSB Dance Company presents lecture-demonstrations in elementary schools, high schools, and community colleges as well as repertory concerts in theatrical venues. Each year the company features works by guest choreographers, from reconstructions of classic works of modern dance to contemporary choreography.
UCSB DANCE COMPANY
IS GOING ON TOUR!
I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT
THE COMPANY WITH A GIFT
All photos by Stephen Sherrill
The Rate At Which I Am by Joshua Manculich | Dancer Sophie Berls
Cadvre Exquis by Meredith Ventura
UCSB Dance Company 2026-27
“The Outsider” by Meredith Ventura
"The Outsider” by Meredith Ventura. Dancer Avery Trask
"The Outsider” by Meredith Ventura
"The Outsider” by Meredith Ventura
"(Re) Episode" by Sidra Bell
"(Re) Episode by Sidra Bell"
“ClearEcho”. By Monique Meunier
“ClearEcho”. By Monique Meunier. Dancer Charlotte Breier
“ClearEcho”. By Monique Meunier
THE INTERNATIONAL TOUR
Touring dates: April 16 - April 30, 2027
The UCSB Dance Company will travel to Europe in the Spring of 2027 for its 15th annual performance tour. The company will travel to Turkey, Istanbul, Cyprus, Malta, Poland and Czech Republic. The experience of traveling to other countries and performing as a touring dance company is an incredible and eye-opening opportunity for the graduating students. The company is also available for workshops, master classes, and seminars in various forms of contemporary dance.
Europe 2011-2026:
Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Spain, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Prague, London, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Germany
Mexico - 3 tours
China, 2008 & 2009 with Santa Barbara Dance Theater
PAST INTERNATIONAL TOURS
Europe 2011-2025:
Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Spain, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Prague, London, Macedonia, Bulgaria
Mexico - 3 tours
China, 2008 & 2009 with Santa Barbara Dance Theater
THE PRESS
SB Independent Review of UCSB Dance Company Touring Concert by Debra Herrick, UCSB’s ‘The Current’ Monday, March 9, 2026
SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT REVIEW of UCSB Dance Company Touring Concert by Jatila van der Veen, March 17, 2025
“Their performance was charming and lovely, graceful, focused and flawless”
“What emerged was a varied and interesting program, and the passion and highly professional cooperation among the dancers shone through”
“This program was a stunning finish to what must have been a joyful, rigorous, sometimes difficult four years”
SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT REVIEW of UCSB Dance Company Touring Concert by Kira Logan, 2024
“The needed passion and emotion was felt behind every move, look, turn, and performance. The dancers had a unity on stage, exemplified in their cohesive moments, that was hard to miss.”
UCSB HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS UCSB Dance Company Plans a 30th Anniversary Tour, 2020
SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT REVIEW of Trajectory by Elizabeth Schwyzer, 2013
“fully professional”
“focused, assured, and fully immersed in the essence of the work’
“powerful evening of dance”
“ecstatic heights”
SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT REVIEW of the UCSB Dance Company at Center Stage Theater by Elizabeth Schwyzer, 2013
NOOZHAWK REVIEW of Trajectory by Justine Sutton, 2013
“talented”
“stamina is considerable and impressive”
“strong and varied program”
“excellent work”
NOOZHAWK REVIEW of Unbound Confessions by Gerald Carpenter, 2012
UCSB Dance Company is going on tour!
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