Flight

April 20-22, 2023 | Virtual show April 29-May 31

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April

Executive/Artistic Director

Linda C. Smith

Artistic Associates

Dancers

Choreographers

Production Stage Manager/Technical Director

Pilar I.

April 20-22 | 7:30 pm Virtual show: April 29-May 31, 2023

A choreographic response to the landscape gives us a fresh perspective and ways to see, understand, and evaluate the world.

“If the earth does grow inhospitable toward human presence, it is primarily because we have lost our sense of courtesy toward the earth and its inhabitants, our sense of gratitude, our willingness to recognize the sacred character of habitat, our capacity for the awesome, for the numinous quality of every earthly reality." -Thomas Berry

Featuring:

The Winged (1966) - by José Limón

Through movement that resembles the intricate patterns and rhythms of birds in flight, The Winged is about our collective dream that we can fly… a distillation of what it means to float, to flutter, to soar.

I've Known Rivers (2005) - by Donald McKayle

Celebrated choreographer, Donald McKayle crafts a solo using the poetry of Langston Hughes …"I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of humanblood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.” (The Negro Speaks of Rivers)

Dancing the Bears Ears (2017) by Zvi Gotheiner

A work about sacred land animated with fragments of stories laced with the spirit of ancient inhabitants. A ritual to raise consciousness about the significance of an extraordinary area…The Bears Ears National Monument.

Birds, rivers, Bears Ears National Monument as creative anchors: Repertory Dance Theatre sets Flight April 20-22

The Utah Review

With birds, rivers and the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah as the creative anchors, Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) will close its regular portion of its 57th season with Flight...read more

Virtual Performance

The performance will be available to view on-demand starting April 29, 2023 at 12:00 pm.

By purchasing a virtual ticket, you will be able to watch the performance up to two times until May 31, 2023.

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FREE SYMPOSIUM: Preserving our Land, Water, and Culture

Friday, April 21 | 6:30 pm
Rose Room

Symposium: Preserving Land, Water, and Culture

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As the dancers took their bow, they gathered together in the center of the stage, arms around each other. There was a finality to the bow, a sense of complete giving and abandon to the energy of sharing their transformative experiences at Bears Ears with us.

Liz Ivkovich / LoveDanceMore

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Indeed, it was a masterful, heartfelt performance that truly was a ritual of healing. That sense of change is evident at every turn. In that half hour, one could forget the contentious, more often brutal, politics that have surrounded the designation of the Bears Ears National Monument. From the opening ritualistic dance to the serene closing moments of the work, there arose a new emotional connection to a land about which hundreds of thousands upon hundreds of thousands of words have been written and uttered.

Les Roka / The Utah Review

Final RDT Bow: Jonathan Kim

Repertory Dance Theatre honors Jonathan Kim, and outstanding company member who will end his tenure with the RDT at the end of season 2024. HIs final performance will be GAMUT (April 11-13). Jon has been a charismatic performer, choreographer and teacher with the company since 2019. He is a dynamic artist who has been featured in work by legendary [...]

Introducing Caitlyn Richter

RDT announces the hiring of a new company member. Caitlyn Richter will be joining RDT beginning season 2023-24. RDT announces the hiring of a new company member. Caitlyn Richter will be joining RDT beginning season 2023-24. Originally from Colorado, Caitlyn recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Hartford's Hartt School with a BFA Dance Performance with [...]