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'Of Meat & Marrow'
This afternoon's performance of SB Dance's "Of Meat and Marrow" will conclude the run. The dance is billed as a "juicy, nose-to-tail look at these little corpses we carry around" and features performers Liberty Valentine, Juan Carlos Claudio, Nathan Shaw, Jenny Larsen, Christine Hasegawa, Ursula Perry and Toni Lugo, with guest actor Brenda Sue Cowley. For mature audiences; program includes some nudity.
When • Today at 4 p.m.
Where • Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center's Black Box Theater, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $17.50; http://www.arttix.org
'Daughters of Mudson'
Curated by New York improviser Ishmael Houston-Jones, the "Daughters of Mudson" performance will feature dances by female choreographers Leah Nelson, Kitty Sailer, Rachael Shaw, Emily Haygeman and Ashley Anderson from Movement Forum.
When • Today at 3 p.m.
Where • Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $10; http://www.arttix.org
American dance
"Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance," a documentary about the revolutionary Joffrey Ballet. Adam Sklute, artistic director of Ballet West and former associate artistic director at Joffrey, will talk in person after the screening. Presented by Utah Film Center and Ballet West.
When • Tuesday, June 19, at 7 p.m.
Where • City Library auditorium, 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Repertory Dance Theatre Summerdance
Repertory Dance Theatre's offers an in-depth dance workshop with teacher and choreographer Susan Hadley, a former principal dancer with Mark Morris and Meredith Monk and former rehearsal director of White Oak Project, and currently a dance professor at Ohio State University. Participants will learn modern dance technique, improvisation and composition from Hadley, as well as learning one of her works, "Commonplace," alongside RDT dancers as they prepare for the 2012-13 season.
When • Monday-Friday, June 18-22, 8 a.m.; and Monday, June 25, at 8 a.m.
Where • Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Full workshop $600; morning-only workshop $300; with a discounted rate for educators
Register • bit.ly/zv0wR1
RDT offers you 8 seconds of fame
Each day at the Utah Arts Festival, Repertory Dance Theatre will film willing participants performing 8-second movement phrases, anything from a walk across the stage to eight consecutive pirouettes. This film will be developed into a new piece of choreography that will premiere as part of "Embark," a dance concert that will be part of RDT's 47th season on Oct. 4-6.
When • Thursday through Sunday, June 21-24, from 1-2 p.m.
Where • Festival Stage, Utah Arts Festival at Washington Square, 450 S. 200 East, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Also • Repertory Dance Theatre will also perform favorites works from this past season, including "Karyo" by Susan McLain and "Gamut" choreographed by the RDT dancers using the principles of Merce Cunningham composition techniques.
When • Sunday, June 24, at 6:30 p.m.
Where • Festival Stage, Utah Arts Festival, 450 S. 200 East, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Screening dance
loveDANCEmore, which sponsors dance community events, presents a screening of new dance films.
When • Friday, June 22, at 6 and 7:30 p.m.
Where • Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Intro to Aerial Dance
Aerial Arts of Utah presents introductory classes that are promised to help participants "experience gravity in a new way," while developing greater strength and flexibility as they learn the basics of aerial silks and trapeze. No prior experience is necessary.
When • Monday, June 18, 6 p.m.; Saturday, June 23, 10 a.m.; and Monday, June 25, 6 p.m.
Where • Aerial Arts of Utah, 1301 Miller Ave., #10, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $80; 801-587-5433 or bit.ly/Kio3i4
Choreography Festival
Imagine Ballet Theatre will hold its second annual Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival, open to amateur and professional choreographers. The winning choreographer's grand prize will include theater rental and crew for a performance night in October 2013.
When • Application deadlines are Aug. 1 and Sept. 1.
Where • Peery's Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd., Ogden
Info • http://imagineballet.org
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