Announcing the 2024-2025 School of Dance Performance Season
The School of Dance is pleased to announce the MainStage concerts for the 2024-2025 season, featuring an exciting line-up of national and international guest choreographers. “As artists we share a responsibility to remember and learn from our past in order to better imagine what is yet to come,” said Pablo Piantino, Associate Professor and Associate Director of Production and Season Planning. “This year’s concert series will offer a myriad of movement styles that will display the talent and professionalism of our wonderful students and the artistry and expertise of our esteemed faculty and invited guests. You, the audience, are an integral part of our artistic process, existence, and purpose.” Celebrate movement and dance by attending a concert! Tickets can be purchased at artstickets.utah.edu. And, as a reminder, students get deeply discounted or free tickets thanks to the ArtsPass program.
cross • roads
Sep 26 @ 5:30 pm
Sep 27 @ 7:30 pm
Sep 28 @ 2:00 pm
Sep 28 @ 7:30 pm
Oct 3 @ 5:30 pm
Oct 4 @ 7:30 pm
Oct 5 @ 2:00 pm
Oct 5 @ 7:30 pm
cross·roads /ˈkrôsˌrōdz/ n. an intersection of two or more roads; a point at which a crucial decision must be made that will have far-reaching consequences.
Join the University of Utah School of Dance for our inaugural concert of the 2024-25 academic season. cross·roads explores the intersection of dance disciplines including Contemporary Ballet, Modern/Contemporary, and Dance/Computer Science. Join School of Dance students as they take you on a journey through an eclectic selection of choreographic works. cross·roads will feature four varied dance pieces, including: (1) a new work by world renowned choreographer Trey McIntyre (Trey McInytre Project), (2) a new work by international guest artist Victor Rottier (Johannes Wieland at Staatstheater Kassel), (3) a new work en pointe by Associate Professor Melissa Bobick (University of Utah), and (4) a new work exploring creative aspects of human-drone interactivity between the University of Utah School of Dance and Kahlert School of Computing by Associate Professor Eric Handman (University of Utah) in collaboration with Scotty Hardwig (Virginia Tech) and Zachary Duer (Virginia Tech).
Grounding
Nov 14 @ 5:30 pm
Nov 15 @ 7:30 pm
Nov 16 @ 2:00 pm
Nov 16 @ 7:30 pm
Nov 21 @ 5:30 pm
Nov 22 @ 7:30 pm
Nov 23 @ 2:00 pm
Nov 23 @ 7:30 pm
A homecoming of local talent! Join the University of Utah School of Dance for Grounding. This production is aimed to keep you in the present and help reorient you to the here-and-now through dance. Grounding features work by current University of Utah faculty along with returning alumni. Let University of Utah School of Dance students immerse you in an array of dance styles of new choreographic creations by Assistant Professor Natalie Desch; Associate Professor Molly Heller (School of Dance alum); and Adjunct Assistant Professor Sayoko Knode Peterson (School of Dance alum). This production will also feature a musical theatre piece by Adjunct Assistant Professor Christine Moore (School of Dance alum). The entire production is grounded in local talent.
ANEW: A Black History Month Celebration
Feb 13 @ 5:30 pm
Feb 14 @ 7:30 pm
Feb 15 @ 2:00 pm
Feb 15 @ 7:30 pm
Feb 20 @ 5:30 pm
Feb 21 @ 7:30 pm
Feb 22 @ 2:00 pm
Feb 22 @ 7:30 pm
Join the University of Utah School of Dance for ANEW: A Black History Month Celebration as we honor black dance-makers. As an artistic educational institution, the School of Dance believes that students, faculty, and staff must feel seen, heard, and valued to be fully engaged in our artistic, pedagogical, theoretical research and endeavors. To honor the art created by black School of Dance alumni and community members, ANEW will feature a restaging of the critically acclaimed ballet Fever Dream created by Joshua Whitehead (former Ballet West demi-soloist) as well as a new work by University of Utah School of Dance Distinguished Alum Natosha Washington. Students will also perform a new contemporary ballet piece by guest artist Adesola Akinleye (Texas Woman’s University). ANEW will include the first ever Screendance film presented during a School of Dance mainstage production by School of Dance alum, Irishia Romaine.
Classique
Apr 10 @ 5:30 pm
Apr 11 @ 7:30 pm
Apr 12 @ 2:00 pm
Apr 12 @ 7:30 pm
Apr 17 @ 5:30 pm
Apr 18 @ 7:30 pm
Apr 19 @ 2:00 pm
Apr 19 @ 7:30 pm
To close out the 2024-25 academic season, the University of Utah School of Dance is proud to present Classique, a journey back in time to two traditional Classical Ballet Repertory treasures. Spend an evening with School of Dance students as they transport you through these 19th century ballet classics. First, Professor Maggie Wright-Tesch (University of Utah and former Ballet West principal) will stage The Kingdom of the Shades scene from Act II of La Bayadère, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa in 1877. artÉmotion Ballet School Artistic Directors, Allison DeBona (current Principal of the Ballet West Peggy Bergmann Park City Campus and former Ballet West first soloist) and Rex Tilton (University of Utah Adjunct Instructor and former Ballet West Principal dancer), will then bring to life the Grand Pas Classique from Paquita, originally choreographed in 1846 by Joseph Mazilier, with later revivals by Marius Petipa, Rudolf Nureyev, and Natalia Makarova. This concert will surely be the crowning jewel of the 2024-25 academic season.
