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

Chair: Shannon Flanagan
Treasurer, Secretary: Katie AmRhein

Directors:

Kaitlin Dickinson

Charlie Oates

John DeBoer

Katy Brown

Jenny Walker

Lizze Archer, Kinetoscope Programming Assistant
Mac Black, Apprentice Program Assistant Director
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
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