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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

(Outro promo via School of Dance website www.dance.utah.edu)

An Outro from the Modern Dance Seniors

By Haley Freeman, Arts Writer March 31, 2024

  We have reached the final stretch of the school year, and for seniors it’s the last weeks of college until the next adventure begins.  A Colorful Farewell The University of Utah School of...

School of Dance Costume Shop student worker Feb. 2, 2024. (Photo by Haley Freeman | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Step Inside the U’s School of Dance Costume Shop

By Haley Freeman, Arts Writer March 1, 2024

  There are four distinct sounds to be heard in the Marriott Center for Dance: The music travels from studios and the stage; dancers leap and shuffle across the marley floors; voices carrying corrections...

The School of Dance Utah Ballet rehearses Serenade on Jan. 27, 2024. (Photo by Haley Freeman | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Utah Ballet Brings Balanchine’s ‘Serenade’ to Stage

By Haley Freeman, Arts Writer February 22, 2024

  You will always remember the first time you saw “Serenade” performed live.  When I watched the School of Dance ballet program rehearse “Serenade” in the expansive basement studios...

George Balanchines Serenade, which the University of Utah School of Dance will present in spring 2024. (Courtesy of Luke Isley)

The School of Dance Presents Balanchine’s ‘Serenade’

By Haley Freeman, Arts Writer November 9, 2023

  In spring 2024, the University of Utah School of Dance will present George Balanchine’s "Serenade." 'Serenade' Created at the School of American Ballet in 1934, "Serenade" was the first...

(Photo courtesy of Chufan Huang and Jack Mitchell via Getty Images)

Peck, Ratmansky and the Future of American Ballet

By Haley Freeman, Arts Writer June 16, 2023

  The legacy of American ballet begins not in America, but in Russia. The year is 1904 and Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze, better known as George Balanchine, is born. The son of a composer,...

greenland by University of Utah School of Dance (Photo via @uofudance instagram)

Welcome to ‘greenland’: A School of Dance Collaboration

By Haley Freeman, Arts Writer February 9, 2023

  Welcome to “greenland,” a new collaborative work from the University of Utah School of Dance. “greenland” is co-choreographed and co-directed by five School of Dance faculty artists,...

The Royal Ballet in Peter Wrights interpretation of The Nutcracker (2018) (Photo via Why The Royal Ballet love preforming The Nutcracker on YouTube)

‘The Nutcracker’ History and What We Can Learn From It

By Haley Freeman, Arts Writer December 25, 2022

  'Tis the season for our favorite holiday traditions. Starting Dec. 1, radios are tuned to holiday channels, homes are decorated with lights and nutcrackers, and Tchaikovsky is played in shopping...

Dancers in Bringing Down the Light choreographed by Samuel Johnson. (Photo by Todd Collins Photography | @toddcollinsphotos)

‘Next Phase’ Presented by Ballet Showcase

By Haley Freeman, Arts Writer December 6, 2022

  All around campus you can tell that the end of the Fall semester is finally here. The sun is setting at 5 p.m., temperatures are dropping below freezing and more and more students skip class...

The pulp inside the mold and deckle that is used to create the paper at the U Book Arts Workshop on Friday, April 15, 2016. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Getting Creative With Minors and Certificates

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor July 14, 2022

  When we talk about how to pursue the arts on campus, it’s easy to have a specific perspective, one with a fine arts bias that focuses on the five major departments — art and art history,...

Final Bow (Courtesy University of Utah School of Dance)

Curtains Close for Utah Ballet Graduates with ‘Final Bow’

By Nicoline West, Arts Writer May 8, 2022

  The University of Utah ballet senior class took their "Final Bow" on Wednesday, May 4, in their parting performance. The School of Dance presented the show at the Marriott Center’s Hayes Christensen...