Melody Kester

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Dance for the Ages

Ballet West showcases the original Nutcracker. It's been 75 years since William F. Christensen mounted his iconic full-length production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, which delighted and amazed audiences at the...

ODT’s Redux Nutcracker is a Dance on the Wild Side

You all know the story of this ballet: It starts when Clara (Bailey Evans) is given a Nutcracker by Drosselmeyer (Diego Ballesteros). Or you thought you did: Clara throws the nutcracker away and Drosselmeyer replaces...

Ballet West’s The Nutcracker Celebrates its 75th Anniversary Live

Ballet West and BYUtv Team Up for A History Making Performance - On February 21, 2019 Ballet West announced the national broadcast of the The Nutcracker’s 75th anniversary. This is due to a...

Odyssey Dance Theatre Presents Redux Nutcracker

Odyssey Dance Theatre, for the seventh year in a row, will present Redux Nutcracker December 17 - 23 starting at 7:30 p.m. at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus. This...

INSIDE OUTSIDE Review

Repertory Dance Theatre the nation’s oldest and most successful modern dance repertory began their 54th season earlier this month. I attended opening night of the INSIDE OUTSIDE performance at the Rose Wagner...

Choreographic Festival goes International

Ballet West held its Choreographic Festival this past week starting on May 8, 2019 with the Salt Lake Premiere of Danseur, a film from Scott Gormley that explores the gender inequality in...

Ballet West Choreographic Festival Goes International

On May 9-11, 2019 Ballet West presents its third annual Choreographic Festival at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. They welcome the Scottish Ballet who is celebrating their 50th anniversary this year....

Ballet West’s ‘Onegin’ Soars

April 5, 2019, was opening night for the Utah Premiere of Ballet West's Onegin choreographed by John Cranko, based on the verse-novel by Alexander Pushkin. This story of story unrequited young love...

Melody Kester