ABOUT

Founded and directed by Joy French, Bare Bait Dance is a professional, contemporary-modern dance company. BBD is a 501c3 nonprofit that owns and operates Westside Theater in Missoula, MT.

MISSION STATEMENT

Bare Bait Dance with Westside Theater commits to nurturing the development, education, and presentation of the performing arts in Western Montana, particularly celebrating dance and all movement arts.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Shannon Flanagan, Chair

Katie AmRhein, Treasurer/Secretary

Kaitlin Dickinson

Charlie Oates

John DeBoer

Katy Brown

Jenny Walker

Lizze Archer, Kinetoscope Programming Assistant

Kelly Bouma, Westside Theater Managing Director

Joy French, Executive Artistic Director

Abbey Mosely, Lighting Designer

Loni Neilson-Kattell, Executive Assistant & Stage Manager

Markus Paminger, Production Tech & Lighting Designer

Nicole McCauley, Rigging Specialist

Tiki Preston, Social Media Content Creator

Annica Sheerens, Front of House Manager

Travis Yost, Music Director and Accompanist

Ashley Zhinin, Box Office Manager & Costume Coordinator

STAFF

Bare Bait Dance programming is made possible by the generous support of:

The Susan Scott Heyneman Foundation
Montana Arts Council
The Becky Bailey Foundation & Jeannette French