Repertory Dance Theatre

Backstage at the Utah Arts Festival 2022: Two of Salt Lake City’s legendary dance institutions — Repertory Dance Theatre and Tanner’s Children Dance Theatre — set to perform.

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Two of Utah’s most prominent historical dance institutions will be among seven dance companies being featured this year at the Utah Arts Festival this year, signifying the enormous place that dance occupies in the area’s performing arts culture: The University of Dance Tanner Dance Program’s Children’s Dance Theatre and Repertory Dance Theatre. Tanner Children’s Dance … Read more

Three live performances set to be available for streaming video on demand options: Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company’s Lo and Behold, Repertory Dance Theatre’s Six Songs from Ellis, Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation’s The Ivory Menagerie

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World premieres of works by two of Salt Lake City’s preeminent dance institutions (Repertory Dance Theatre and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company), along with a splendid, innovative solo piano concert by Hsiang Tu, as presented by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, continue an impressive spring of performances in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. Incidentally, all … Read more

Repertory Dance Theatre set to present new production of Six Songs from Ellis, highlighting stories of immigration

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Oral histories are among the most prized resources in historical research. They capture stories that otherwise might not have been written or lost. Chronicling the history of immigration in the U.S. is enriched by the stories of those who decided to leave their homelands, travel great distances often in difficult circumstances and arrive in a … Read more

Once again, the audience has the voting power: Repertory Dance Theatre’s Regalia available this week in streaming video on demand format, as 4 choreographers set their sights on commission prize 

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While Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) is holding Regalia, its largest annual fundraiser, online for the second year ago, the event is no less audacious than its usual in-person format.  Four choreographers are assigned a group of dancers to create a short work (usually five but less than 10 minutes in length) in just four hours. … Read more

Two excellent dance concerts: Ririe-Woodbury’s Fill in the Blank; Repertory Dance Theatre’s Emerge: Sounds Delightful

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The Utah Review offers reviews of two dance concerts: the live performance of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company’s Fill in the Blank and Repertory Dance Theatre’s Emerge concert film.  RIRIE-WOODBURY DANCE COMPANY: FILL IN THE BLANK In a word. Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company’s Fill in the Blank concert was superb. Tremendous emotional intensity propelled the enthralling pace of … Read more

Featuring music from the 1930s, 1940s, Repertory Dance Theatre set to open 2022 portion of season with Emerge: Sounds Delightful

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Some of the most familiar music of the 1930s and 1940s comprises a delightful panoply of styles and genres, with names such as Artie Shaw, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Billie Holliday and composers including Carl Orff and Samuel Barber. To highlight such memorable Music, Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) will celebrate the start of … Read more

Lots of new energy: The top 10 moments of The Utah Enlightenment in 2021

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INTRODUCTION It has been an enormous project to regain the spirited momentum that many arts and cultural organizations in Utah’s creative industries had amassed before the pandemic brought everything to a ground stop in the early spring of 2020. With resilience and durability exercised to their intrinsic advantages for respective organizations, many creative producers also … Read more

Memorable solo moments dominate Repertory Dance Theatre’s Compass concert

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There were many unforgettable solo moments in Repertory Dance Theatre’s (RDT) Compass concerts. There were many astounding moments featuring the RDT ensemble and guest dancers from Utah Valley University who demonstrated the authentic virtues of a tight-knit community who communicate through movement with mutual clarity of purpose and emotion. Ursula Perry’s solo in Martha Graham’s … Read more

Repertory Dance Theatre’s upcoming Compass concert to feature world premiere of Ihsan Rustem’s Hallelujah Junction; works by Martha Graham, Bebe Miller

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In Compass, the upcoming Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) concert, four pieces — two Martha Graham works from the 1930s,  a 2019 work by Bebe Miller and a world premiere commission by Ihsan Rustem — emphasize modern dance’s potential as a vehicle for appreciating the historical significance of timeliness and timelessness. The program proves that the … Read more

Second November weekend concert highlights to include RDT Link Series’ Sandbox, Bachauer recital with Sergey Belyavsky, NOVA Chamber Music Series’ Songs of Life

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Among the events blossoming on the Salt Lake City performing arts calendar for the second weekend of November are a dance concert of new works by local artists, a recital by the 2018 Bachauer international artist competition’s bronze medalist and a chamber music concert of six pieces featuring 18 musicians from Utah and New Mexico. … Read more