Tag: Christopher Ruud
Four commissioned world premieres – chamber music, jazz and two in dance – are part of this year’s Utah Arts Festival. The Utah Review highlights each of the new works.
KATLYN ADDISON, JOSHUA WHITEHEAD...
In 1931, as the Great Depression’s grip tightened, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the obituary for the flimsy age of roaring confidence and youth-driven abandon that had been “jolted” out of existence when the stock market crashed in...
One of dance’s most powerful functions is its capacity to express something so profoundly that the audience watching it connects to it immediately. As we have listened to the voices of the #MeToo movement that always have been there...
Friday’s headliners for the Utah Arts Festival comprise a blockbuster lineup on the main stages with world premieres in two programs (click on previews for each program): the jazz commission concert with the Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra featuring...
Since being established in 2011, the Utah Arts Festival’s dance commission program has brought forward a tremendous partnership with Ballet West performers and adventurous original choreographed compositions. The legacy expands this year with Laden, a work created by Emily...
Two musical works inspired by autobiographical transitions – one the news of an impending birth of a child and the other relocating from the Midwest to Salt Lake City – and a new dance composition about conformity and the...
A blizzard and musical inspirations from two great composers and the unique therapeutic sounds of the handpan inspire this year's newest Utah Arts Festival commissions for music and dance. The chamber music commission is sponsored by The Mandel Foundation.
Robert...
Salt Lake City's professional dance scene is extensive and nationally respected, a significant accomplishment in a city of this size. In additional to Christopher Ruud's works premiere commission which will be performed by members of Ballet West, four dance...
