Utah Tech University’s Dance Program is bringing active learning to the stage as it presents its annual Student Dance Concert.
More than 20 Utah Tech students majoring and minoring in dance will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 and 18 in Eccles Main Stage Theatre located in the Dolores Doré Eccles Fine Arts Center on Utah Tech’s campus. Admission is free and the public is encouraged to attend.
“The featured dance pieces in this concert include four senior dance majors’ choreography projects,” said Sara Gallo, associate professor of dance. “As the instructor for the Choreography Project course, I’ve enjoyed seeing these students step into leadership roles in rehearsals and also the various ways they’ve implemented peer and instructor feedback to make their works stronger.”
The concert will feature innovative works choreographed entirely by UT students in variety of genres including aerial, ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip hop and modern dance under the direction of Gallo and Jennifer Weber, assistant professor of dance.
“I would describe my piece ‘The Story Never Ends’ as a piece that is meant to cater to everyone in the audience,” said Taylor Taft, a UT senior dance major. “It’s a piece purely meant to entertain and give the audience a chance to enter a new imaginative world.”
The Utah Tech University Dance Program provides students an opportunity to experience, train and refine the art of dance. The program prepares members to succeed in dance careers through rigorous rehearsals and performances. To learn more about the UT Dance Program, visit dance.utahtech.edu.