POSTED // Dec 2,2009 - I know, I know. It’s so easy to despise The Nutcracker...

POSTED // Oct 21,2009 - Many performance-art aficionados will eagerly tell you that aerial-dance companies such as San Francisco-based Bow and Sparrow are the wave of the future.

POSTED // Apr 8,2009 - Are you looking to journey down an enchanted rabbit hole in Ogden this weekend? If you answered yes, you don't have to endanger your health and sanity by eating mystery mushrooms.

POSTED // Apr 8,2009 - If Ballet West's recent exhilarating revival of some the most engaging and daring works of the Ballets Russes ignited your passion for ballet, you're in luck.

POSTED // Mar 25,2009 - Local performance-art wizards Jimmy and Beth Miklavcic pioneered a new species of performance art when they invented InterPlays. An InterPlay performance employs a technique called "live real-time distributed surrealistic cinema"

POSTED // Mar 25,2009 - Every dancer and appreciator of performance art owes a great debt to the Ballet Russe. Without this flamboyant, wandering performing arts company that flourished in the early days of the 20th century, so many legends of the dance world would never have taken the stage.

POSTED // Mar 18,2009 - Most dancers harbor two secret dreams: dancing without touching the ground and joining the circus. Utah native Kate Law Holfich and her creative partner Alayna Stroud fused these two whimsical impulses and created Bow Sparrow, a San Francisco-based...

POSTED // Dec 17,2008 - When Eliza Wren was a little girl, she always had a taste for spooky things. n“I always really loved scary movies,” Wren says, “But it’s not like my mom was going to let me rent The Exorcist. I had to take what I could get.” nThe local musician wasn’t a morbid little girl. She was simply drawn to things that pushed the outer limits of the imagination. nWren indu...

POSTED // Oct 22,2008 - Bands like Abe Vigoda suggest that all-ages venues—like Los Angeles’ The Smell—have the power to transform music as we know it. nLos Angeles-based pals No Age, Mika, Miko and a whole slew of other Smell regulars have taken the nation—and the world—by storm. And it wasn’t until this month that all of Abe Vigoda could legally drink. n“We love playing all-age...

POSTED // Sep 17,2008 - Like so many good things in life, Blue Sunshine Soul is the product of a happy accident. The Salt Lake City band started as a prolonged jam session: A few friends hanging around, covering each other’s spontaneously composed songs. It was a sweet,...