Serenade Archives – The Daily Utah Chronicle

Step Inside the U’s School of Dance Costume Shop

The U'a School of Dance Utah Ballet show presents a unique challenge: approximately 50 costumes for two casts, totaling 70 dancers in four ballets, all made by this small costume team.

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...

Utah Ballet Brings Balanchine’s ‘Serenade’ to Stage

The School of Dance is bringing “Serenade” along with three new contemporary ballet works to the stage from Feb. 22 through March 2 on the Utah Ballet program.

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...

The School of Dance Presents Balanchine’s ‘Serenade’

The upcoming 'Serenade' production will be the first Balanchine piece produced by the U in 7 years.

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...

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,...