Tag: linda c. smith
Just as essential as a choreographer’s skills in setting the most impactful movement upon a dance company in the studio is their capacity to trust the dancers as collaborators in rendering themes they envision, particularly when the...
Two of Salt Lake City’s internationally known dance institutions return to the Utah Arts Festival stage this year.
REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE (June 25, 5 p.m., Festival Stage)
Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) holds...
Unquestionably, dance companies in Salt Lake City have done a remarkably good job in keeping their presence active during the last year. Last year, less than two weeks before the pandemic brought live performances to a halt...
A modern dance artist’s solo is more than an opportunity to demonstrate technique. It offers a rare moment for the individual artist to command the stage: to present their inner persona in ways that transcend the kinetics...
Modern dance always has adapted to extraordinary circumstances. “We always have been willing to improvise, adjust and be flexible,” Linda C. Smith, co-founder and executive artistic director of Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT), explains. “If we couldn’t afford...
In explaining the unrelenting discipline of training, the
Stoic philosopher Epictetus wrote, “Then when the contest comes on, you have to
‘dig in’ beside your opponent, and sometimes dislocate your wrist, sprain your
ankle, swallow quantities of sand, sometimes take...
EDITOR’S NOTE: All photos are credited to Sharon Kain.
Before recounting the overflowing cornucopia of kinetic performances that embodied Repertory Dance Theatre’s (RDT) most recent concert Sounds Familiar, it is worth considering the aesthetic...
Anthony
Tommasini, a New York Times music
critic who has written some of the best-selling books about classical music,
says that no one really has to be knowledgeable about the art to appreciate it.
“Newcomers to other performing arts, like theater...
Three dance works – a trio from 1949 by one of the greatest American choreographers and two 2018 compositions by internationally known artists from New York City and Tel Aviv, respectively – will receive their Utah...
As a compelling testimony to the impact of three immensely successful artistic institutions coming together in the heart of Utah's dance culture, the inaugural Dance West Summer Fest – hosted by Repertory Dance Theatre, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company...
