NOVA’s 40th anniversary season to open with Fry Street String Quartet in unique UMFA art gallery setting

NOVA’s 40th anniversary season to open with Fry Street String Quartet in unique UMFA art gallery setting

ByLes RokaOct 4, 2017

NOVA Chamber Music Series’ 40th anniversary is filled with every distinctive element that has made its programming brand unique in the Intermountain West region. There will be numerous soloists from Utah’s deep bench of outstanding musicians, six commissions of new music and performances of music that should be heard more frequently than is the usual … Read more

Repertory Dance Theatre’s Sanctuary promises to be thrilling 52nd season opener

Repertory Dance Theatre’s Sanctuary promises to be thrilling 52nd season opener

ByLes RokaSep 28, 201713 min read

In many traditional perspectives – political, cultural, environmental, anthropological – sanctuary often is articulated in terms of its…

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company opens 54th season with Parallax, new family matinee series

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company opens 54th season with Parallax, new family matinee series

ByLes RokaSep 21, 201710 min read

The eyes stream data to the brain through something like two million fiber bundles of nerves. Consider the…

Utah Film Center’s screening of award-winning Mr. Gaga dance documentary to include special Repertory Dance Theatre performance

Utah Film Center’s screening of award-winning Mr. Gaga dance documentary to include special Repertory Dance Theatre performance

ByLes RokaSep 15, 201710 min read

For the astute viewer, understanding what the Gaga dance movement language involves is clarified by the opening and…

Authentic voices in the Utah Enlightenment: Plan-B Theatre, Torrey House Press, Repertory Dance Theatre

Authentic voices in the Utah Enlightenment: Plan-B Theatre, Torrey House Press, Repertory Dance Theatre

ByLes RokaSep 11, 201722 min read

While the bomb-throwers—both metaphorical and literal – invariably claim to speak for the locals, most of the locals…