Tanner Dance @ RDT's Ring Around the Rose (Salt Lake City, November 10)

RDT's Ring Around the Rose presents Tanner Dance November 10, 2012 | 11:00 am

Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (138 W Broadway) Jeanne Wagner Theatre Tickets: $5, through ArtTix, 801-355-ARTS

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Repertory Dance Theatre's "Ring Around the Rose" program presents Tanner Dance on November 10, 2012 at 11:00 am. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Tanner Dance, this Utah dance staple will be performing "75 Wishes." “Our Ring Around the Rose performance celebrates the seventy-five year legacy of the Tanner Dance Program," says Joni Wilson, dance specialist of the Tanner Creative Dance Program. "For all children, we wish to share this Tanner Dance legacy of 'creating worthwhile human beings, one dancer at a time.' Come share wishes, sing along and watch children dance and rejoice in dreaming dreams and making wishes.” Virginia Tanner (1915 - 1979), founder of the Virgina Tanner Creative Dancer Program, was guided by the premise that : "The motivating force behind my work is not only developing excellent dancers, but more importantly, developing young people who are useful, imaginative, worthwhile human beings." Come to celebrate this impressive milestone with some of Utah's most talented young dancers. Who: Tanner Dance What: Ring Around the Rose - "75 Wishes" When: Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 11:00 am Where: Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84101) How: $5 tickets available through ArtTix (www.arttix.org, 801-534-1000, or at the box office)

VALYA, FEATURED ARTIST, & THE FUNCTION OF SILK IN NATURE: DR. JACQUALINE GRANT @ Southern Utah University (Cedar City, October 27)

WHAT:              A fiber artist whose work has been exhibited internationally and nationally, VALYA uses her unique personal journey from the Ukraine to the United States to create her art. This remarkable artist will present a workshop about her creative process. Dr. Jacqualine Grant, Director of SUU´s Frehner Museum of Natural History, examines the fascinating correlation between the fiber in the quilts and how silk functions in nature.

WHO:               Southern Utah University, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Cedar City, UT

WHEN:             October 27, 2012

TIME:               Silken Roads and Wicked Webs: The Function of Silk in Nature 10-11am

                        VALYA, Art Quilter: 1-3pm

WHERE:           Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Braithwaite Building, Lower Level,

                        Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

TICKETS:         Free Admission

INFO:               For more information call (435) 586-5432 or visit the gallery website at www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery

SUU´S BRAITHWAITE FINE ARTS GALLERY

VALYA, ART QUILTER, PRESENTS WORKSHOP

AS PART OF "EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN" SERIES

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: A fiber artist whose work has been exhibited internationally and nationally, VALYA uses her unique personal journey from the Ukraine to the United States to create her art. This remarkable artist will present a workshop about her creative process on Saturday October 27, 2012 from 1:00-3:00pm in SUU´s Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery. The workshop, which is free, is part of the Saturday program series for the Everything In Between: Art Quilts, Fabric Collage, and Embroidery exhibition at the Gallery. In addition, starting at 10am, there will a family friendly presentation on Silken Roads and Wicked Webs: The Function of Silk in Nature at the Gallery by Dr. Jacqualine Grant.

VALYA is a fiber artist whose artwork has been exhibited extensively at venues such as National Art Museum, Lithuania, Oceanside Museum of Art, USA, Center of Contemporary Art, Ukraine, Vision Art Museum, USA, Betriebsraum Gallery, Austria, Mingei International Museum, USA, and Manezh Exhibition Hall, Moscow, USSR. Her work has been presented in an anthology Ukrainian At of the Twentieth Century, Decorative Art of the Ukraine at the End of the Twentieth Century, 500 Art Quilts, Lark Books; 500 Felt Objects, Lark Books, among others. VALYA received several awards and diplomas, including Brakensiek Caught Eye Award at Oceanside Museum of Art and Honorable Mention at Kaunas Biennial TEXTILE´ 11, Lithuania. Born in Ukraine, VALYA now lives and works in the United States and in 2006 she opened her studio in Oceanside, California.

According to the artist, her remarkable life in the Ukraine deeply affects her art, "My life has been full of strong emotion, which has been imprinted on my soul and reflected in my art. I have experienced the universal feelings of love and pain, sorrow and exultation. I was thrown down into the depths of darkness and despair from which I almost did not recover. However, in time, this experience became a catalyst for my artistic work, forever altering my sense of color."

  

Dr. Jacqualine Grant, Director of SUU´s Garth and Jerri Frehner Museum of Natural History, examines how Quilters use silk to create fabulous pieces of art, but how does silk serve its creators? Silk moths and spiders are the most famous silk producers, but animals as diverse as mollusks and fleas also make silk. Is their silk different than moth silk? Moths produce silk to create a protective cocoon, but other silk-makers such as mayflies, dance flies, and silverfish do not create cocoons. For what purpose do they spin silk? In this seminar we will examine the biology and diversity of silk production in the animal world. The seminar will be followed by a question and answer session focused on the biology of silk-makers and users.

These workshops are part of the Saturday program series of SUU´s Everything in Between exhibition at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, which is made possible through the generous support of the Friends of the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery and a sponsorship provided by the Cedar Chest Quilters. For more information about these events, please visit the gallery website at www.edu/pva/artgallery beginning in mid-September.

The Friends of the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery is a non-profit group established in 1977, just one year after the Gallery was opened on the Southern Utah University campus. For nearly 35 years the Friends have helped enrich lives through their sponsorship of world-class exhibitions and outstanding arts education programs. Each year Friends'-supported exhibitions attract legions of art lovers from the intermountain west. In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits exhibition saw a record number of attendees from the region.  Other Friends' supported exhibitions seen in recent years at the Braithwaite include Francisco Goya: Los Caprichos, Chihuly Baskets, Soviet Era Art: 1917-1991 and Jim Jones: Recent Paintings. All of these exhibitions were free to the general public.

Experience the colorful art of VALYA and learn more about the connection between quilting fibers and silk in nature. For more information about these events, please visit the gallery website at www.edu/pva/artgallery.

NEWS: Executive Director of Kingsbury Hall to Retire

Oct. 10, 2012 - The Associate Vice President for the Arts and Dean of the College of Fine Arts Raymond Tymas-Jones announces that Greg Geilmann is retiring as executive director of Kingsbury Hall after 18 years of devoted service to the institution, effective October 13, 2012.

 

"We thank Greg for his service to Kingsbury Hall and the University.  He has worked hard to bring cultural and artistic diversity to our community that has enriched our understanding andappreciation of human existence through the arts," said Tymas-Jones.  

 

Mr. Geilmann leaves behind a legacy of growth at Kingsbury Hall that includes a $14 million renovation in 1996 that upgraded the theatre facilities to Broadway-qualitystandards, expanding both backstage and lobby areas. In 2001, Mr. Geilmann was instrumental in creating Kingsbury Hall Presents, a presenting series bringing the best of the performing arts to the Wasatch Front, including world-renowned artists such as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Bobby McFerrin, Martha Graham Dance Company and Donny Osmond.

"I am honored that the University of Utah entrusted me with the stewardship of Kingsbury Hall, a Utah landmark and National Historic Site, for nearly two decades," said Mr. Geilmann. "I am proud of what we have accomplished and look forward to seeing what new heights will be achieved in the future."

 

With Kingsbury Hall´s 2012-13 season underway, the time works well for Geilmann to move to a new chapter of his life.  The talented staff at Kingsbury Hall will continue their work to ensure the season continues uninterrupted through this transition. Tymas-Jones is currently working with the staff of Kingsbury Hall toappoint an interim director and will continue to plan for the exciting future of Kingsbury Hall.  A national search to recruit Geilmann´s replacement will be launched some time during this academic year.

 

"The advisory board of Kingsbury Hall expresses their sincere appreciation to Greg Geilmann for two decades of passionate commitment to bringing world-class performing arts to Salt Lake City," said Peter J. Morgan, Executive Vice President of Zions Bank and Chair of the Kingsbury Hall Advisory Board. "We look forward to working with the new leadership and staff at Kingsbury Hall to continue providing excellent performing arts experiences for our community."

 

In addition to presenting national and international acts, Kingsbury Hall also works closely with the University and the College of Fine Arts to provide opportunities for students to perform in the Nancy Peery Marriott Auditorium. Students from the Department of Modern Dance performed with the Martha Graham Dance Company in 2010, and in 2011 opera students from the School of Music sang on stage for Stephen Sondheim. Utah Ballet, Performing Dance Company, and students in the Actor Training Program have all played the 1900 seat theater and Kingsbury Hall has hosted 14 fully produced operas with the Lyric Opera Ensemble and members of the Utah Philharmonia.  The University looks forward to the continued opportunities Kingsbury Hall can provide the students of the U of U, as well as the community.

 

Kingsbury Hall has been an important and beloved fixture in the Salt Lake City performing artslandscape since it opened its doors on May 22, 1930. Since then, many namessuch as Maude Adams, Harry Belafonte, Vincent Price, Carol Channing, Keene Curtis, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Bill Cosby, among others, have appeared on the Kingsbury stage.  Many local performing arts companies, including Utah Opera, Ririe Woodbury, Ballet West and Repertory Dance Theatre, all got their start at Kingsbury Hall.

NEWS: LaDawn W. Stoddard appointed as Executive Director of the Utah Commission on Volunteers

[Salt Lake City] - Lt. Governor Greg Bell, Chair of the Commission on Volunteers and the Department of Heritage and Arts announced today the appointment of LaDawn W. Stoddard as Executive Director of the Utah Commission on Volunteers.

Time Capsule: A Century of Dance @ Repertory Dance Theatre (Salt Lake City, November 16-17)

Repertory Dance Theatre presents Time Capsule: A Century of Dance

November 16-17, 2012 | 7:30 pm

Jeanne Wagner Theater Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center 138 West Broadway, SLC 84101

SALT LAKE CITY --Repertory Dance Theatre presents Time Capsule: A Century of Dance on November 16-17, 2012 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. A guided tour through a 100 year legacy of dance, Time Capsule is a breath-taking multi-media retrospective, paying homage to the ingenuity, creativity and inventive spirit of legendary 20th century choreographers. Repertory Dance Theatre's prestigious historical repertory highlights the birth and evolution of an art form, and ties each piece to the social and political environment in which it was created. Covering everything from the early years of modern dance to today's finest choreographers, this one of a kind performance not only lives, but breathes, sweats, and leaps. Looking toward the future, RDT will give young dancers the opportunity to study and perform choreography inspired by Post Modern choreographers that have influenced the innovative work of artists working today. RDT's "Passport to Performance Workshop for Young Dancers" is giving a group of young dancers (ages 13-17) the opportunity to work with and perform on stage with RDT dancers. The young dancers will attend a workshop on two Saturdays in November (registration still open on www.rdtutah.org) where they will create a piece using technique from historical choreographers, including Merce Cunningham. The dancers will then perform the piece as part of Time Capsule: A Century of Dance on November 16 and 17. From Duncan and Denishawn, the founders of modern dance, through the post-modern and contemporary choreographers of today, this is sure to be the most exciting history lesson you've ever had. *** For more information visit www.rdtutah.org.

"Lucky Stiff" @ Weber State University (Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, Various dates in November)

Who:         Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What:         "Lucky Stiff"  Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music)
                directed by Jim Christian
When:         November 2 ,3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 7:30 p.m. o  2:00 pm matinee: November 10
                American Sign Language interpretation, November 3
Where:         Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts

Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents "Lucky Stiff, " by Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music); directed by Jim Christian;         in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, November 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 7:30 p.m. with a 2:00 pm matinee on November 10. American Sign Language interpretation will be provided on Saturday, November 3.

The play, director Christian says, "is a madcap musical farce that combines key elements of murder, gambling, dogs, mistaken identities, eyeglasses, diamonds . . . and a corpse being taken on a tour of Monte Carlo.  It follows the story of hapless British shoe salesman, Harry Witherspoon, as he strives to qualify for his surprise inheritance by taking his late Uncle Anthony on a final fling to the French Riviera.  Of course, Harry isn´t the only one after the money and a cast of over 25 characters (performed by only 11 actors) scrambles to get their hands on the prize. 

"This wildly inventive comedy was the first collaboration of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning writing team that created "Ragtime," "Seussical," "Once on This Island," and the animated motion picture "Anastasia." Fast-paced and quick-witted, the show premiered off-Broadway in 1988 and is based on the novel "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" by Michael Butterworth."

Although many production of "Lucky Stiff" are set in the 1970s, the designers are bringing in kitschy ideas from as far back as the 1950s. Student costumer designer, Shelby Page, plays with splashy casino dresses to demure and conventional garb to accentuate comic elements in the characters.

"Casino" is the most dramatic part of the set design by student Derek Walden. The magic of theatre will once again be captured by designer, construction, painting and lighting crews to put the audience right in the middle of riotous fun - enough magic to "wake the dead."

 Tickets are $12 and $9 for all shows and are available in advance at Dee Events Center Tickets, the Browning Center Box Office, 1-801-626-7000 or weberstatetickets.com or at the Browning Center Box Office beginning one hour before the performance. 

For more information about the play, contact director Jim Christian, jchristian@weber.edu.
Design contacts: Shelby Page: page711@gmail.com or Derek Walden: dwal3735@gmail.com

Lukas Geniusas @ Utah Symphony Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody (Salt Lake City, October 26-27))

Gold Medalist • 2010 Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition
Lukas Geniusas will perform with the Utah Symphony Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the famous 18th Variation!

October 26-27, 2012  |  8PM  |  Abravanel Hall / part of the Utah Symphony Russian Masters

Friends of Bachauer can receive 20% off tickets to these upcoming Utah Symphony performances

Call Shawn Fry at 801-869-9046 and mention Bachauer to receive the Bachauer Group discount!