Bare Bait Dance is a Missoula-based dance organization focused on live performance, choreography, and artist development. Its programming supports both emerging and established artists through collaborative, process-driven performance opportunities, workshops, and training. Offerings include a recurring Dance Showcase within the westFEST New Works Festival, movement workshops that emphasize physical investigation and creative rigor, and youth programs that introduce technique, improvisation, and choreography. Across performances, mentorship, and education, Bare Bait Dance centers dance as an evolving, communal art form.