Ririe-Woodbury: Momentum

Alumni dance performance returns

POSTED // Aug 22,2011 - With the arrival of the arts season each fall comes yet another opportunity to be inspired anew, to reinvigorate that drive ...

Green Dancing: Repertory Dance Theatre

Repertory Dance Theatre’s Green Maps create intuitive layouts of the community.

POSTED // May 5,2010 - When looking at maps, some simply see static icons. Linda Smith, Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) executive director, sees a springboard for dance...

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company: Propel

Accidentally on Purpose: Propel disrupts the expected with choreographed improvisation.

POSTED // Apr 21,2010 - There is an oft-quoted John Lennon lyric from his song “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy),” which was penned as a lullaby for his son Sean ...

Footwork: An Evening of Tap Dance

Click Up Your Heels: SLC Tap’s Deborah Robertson brings a classic dance style out of the shadows.

POSTED // Mar 3,2010 - It's early evening in the middle of the week in a Salt Lake City nightclub. Like many nightclubs, it's dark and deserted midweek. But once inside the door, you find complete chaos, a clamoring from above that thunders...

Dance | Babel On: Forty years after its creation, Tower still resonates with significance.

POSTED // Sep 24,2008 - Imagine a world in which a civilization celebrates its grand achievements by constructing a majestic tower. This tower is meant to represent the beauty of the world in total, a nod to the brilliance of global humanity. Now imagine that tower falling,...

Ballet | Company Time: Ballet West dancers create their own new works for Innovations

POSTED // May 21,2008 - Fourteen months ago, when Adam Sklute arrived in Salt Lake City to begin his tenure as Ballet West’s artistic director, he was greeted by an interesting seedling of an idea that had been patiently waiting to sprout. This seedling called for a program...

Dance | Memory Laps: Repertory Dance Theatre artists run with the collaborative vibe of The Weight of Memory

POSTED // Apr 9,2008 - What is the weight of memory? They say the soul weighs approximately 21 grams, but the weight of memory? That’s anyone’s guess. If taking measure of such a thing were even possible, most reminiscences and recollections would doubtlessly weigh...

Dance | Dance Dance Resolution: Studio D provides a sampler platter for the art of movement

POSTED // Feb 27,2008 - It’s a question for the ages: Can ballet dancers and modern dancers collaborate productively and peacefully? Pointe shoes vs. bare feet? Romantic tutus vs. understated costumes? Can such stylistic preferences be reconciled? According to Ballet...