Posted On: March 14th 2025, 09:05 pm
Ballet + Contemporary Intensive Guest Faculty
⭐️MEET GAVIN STEWART⭐️
Gavin Stewart is the Co-Artistic Director of Stewart/Owen Dance in Asheville, NC, and this is his fourth year contributing to UNCSA Summer Dance. He earned a BFA in Dance Performance from UMKC Conservatory and performed with Richmond Ballet, Company E, Terpsicorps, Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and others. With Company E, Gavin served as a cultural ambassador on fifteen US State Department tours. He has choreographed for Richmond Ballet I & II, Company E, and Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company. Gavin co-leads Stewart/Owen Dance with his wife, Vanessa Owen.
Stewart and Owen are driven by curiosity and craft and have choreographed and performed nationally and internationally since 2014. As a team, they earned commissions from American Dance Festival - Made In NC, Wortham Presents, and collaborated with artists like Moses Sumney, Sylvan Esso, among others.