About Storydance

Storydance Theatre’s mission is to entertain, educate, and inspire through enacted story and dance. Founded by Cia Sautter in 2012, presentations creatively combine acting, storytelling, and dance to produce works that retell old tales in new and relevant ways. Cia re-writes old, mainly Jewish tales for a modern audience, to help them think through the “moral” and meaning of the story. Productions are also creation-to-creation based, recognizing all art come from nature. Storydance also strives to present productions by and for the community, engaging audiences in performance through instruction for dance, movement, singing, and vocal refrain as part of performances, Gathering events, and classes.

Cia is a dancer, actor, storyteller, playwright, and teacher. her work is inspired by her work is Religious Studies and Judaism, and she often re-writes  traditional Jewish tales from around the world, and biblical stories to deal with current social justice issues. Her dance  centers on flamenco, but she has studied dance and theatre from world-wide traditions. Her monographs include The Performance of Religion and The Environment of Compassion., both published by Routledge.