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(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...

Students from the Utah Ballet Department perform in a dress rehearsal in the Marriott Center for Dance on campus on Nov. 4, 2015. (Photo via the Daily Utah Chronicle Archive)

A Natural Pairing: Sexuality and the Arts

By Grier Abercrombie, Arts Writer December 27, 2023

  The University of Utah has a strong arts presence on campus with several performing arts centers and widely-known arts departments. One such department is the School of Dance, with its renowned...

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Letting Women Be Women in Entertainment

By Haley Freeman, Arts Writer December 22, 2023

  The arts haven’t always been equal. Gender roles that began with familial standards of men working and women raising children kept women from performing onstage until the 18th century. The...

(Courtesy of University of Utah School of Dance)

The Past and Present Come Together in U Dance’s ‘Era’

By Grier Abercrombie, Arts Writer October 6, 2023

  Presented by the University of Utah School of Dance, "Era" features students performing pieces that exhibit an intersection of the past and present. Two pieces are choreographed by Melissa...

(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...

SALT Dance Company (Courtesy SALT Contemporary Dance Company)

SALT Contemporary Dance Company Explodes into Its 10th Season

By Zach Anderson, Arts Writer November 10, 2022

  On Nov. 3, 2022, the SALT Contemporary Dance Company opened its doors for a 10-year anniversary gala. As someone who’s been in and out of the dance sphere for most of my life, I was eager to...

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...