About Selah

Selah Dance Collective, Inc (or Selah) creates and performs worldwide original work by artistic director and founder Meredith Ventura. Founded in 2014, Selah has captured the attention of fellow artists, presenters, and audiences with its innovative work and challenging physicality grounded by a focus on making dance more accessible and relatable to all people. Known for our personality, dynamic style, and technical versatility, Selah explores the nature of human existence through the art of movement.

As a company, we are fueled by interdisciplinary research and collaboration, especially in working with other small dance companies to produce work that draws from a wide range of influences and inspirations that speak directly to the human condition. In addition to our artistic work, Selah also advocates for expanding arts exposure and dance education, working within different organizations to bring art, specifically dance, to underserved communities through adapting our evening-length performances to add educational or adaptive components. 

In the past ten years, we have performed throughout the United States, including multiple productions in New York City and Los Angeles, and have been invited to perform internationally in South America, Asia, and Europe. Together, we have created more than 18 individual works – including seven evening-length pieces – with 10 works choreographed by our collective members. Our work has been performed in five countries on concert stages and as invited residencies for art galleries and universities.

As we enter our 11th season, we are so grateful to continue to do what we love at home on the Central Coast and look forward to what the next decade of Selah has in store.