Pamela Robinson-Harris

Ballet West’s world premiere production The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a delightfully spooky gallop: two City Academy students review the company’s newest entry in its Family Classics Series

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Editor’s Note: In extending its tradition, The Utah Review, with  the assistance of Christal Jackson, an English teacher and ELL coordinator at City Academy, asked two students to review Ballet West’s world premiere production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Pamela Robinson-Harris, Ballet West’s rehearsal director, who has been  the creative force behind Family … Read more

A ghostly ride set for Ballet West’s world premiere production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow for its Family Classics Series

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Published in 1820, Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow stands out as America’s first ghost story. The town’s residents enjoy telling stories of the supernatural and The Headless Horseman is among the most fascinating. The ghost of a Hessian mercenary hired by the British during the Revolutionary War who was decapitated by a cannonball, … Read more

Two City Academy students take the reins to review Ballet West’s sparkling magical Aladdin production

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Stories such as Aladdin are timeless and great for all ages but the best opportunities to judge how interpretations of these classic tales in the performing arts resonate with young audiences is to ask them to take the reviewer’s seat. Recently, The Utah Review, with the assistance of Christal Jackson, an English teacher and ELL … Read more

Ballet West’s Family Classic Series revives Aladdin this weekend in three performances

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For this weekend’s Ballet West revival of Aladdin as part of the company’s Family Classics Series, audiences will have an excellent opportunity to see some of the rising stars of ballet’s newest generation. For example, in 2018, when Aladdin was last presented, it featured many current Ballet West artists in early roles, including Principal Artist … Read more