Reading Time: 2 minutes Alanna Cottam Copy Editor/Senior Staff Writer Each semester, Utah Valley University’s School of the Arts creates a schedule of events to entertain, educate, and delight students and this semester is no different. Highlights from the Theatre, Music, and Dance programs for Spring 2016 include: Jan. 14–30, Mother Hicks, Noorda Regional Theatre, presented by the Theatre […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Professor Todd Wakefield took a dance class his freshman year in college that led him to performing all over the world and later a career in teaching.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU students on top rated TV show So you think you can dance. Witney Carson
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dancers need a lot of things other students don’t while at school. What do dancers put in their bags? And how does it impact their dancing?
Reading Time: 2 minutes English, biology, dance education, improvisation, ballet, modern and jazz; this is a common schedule for a dance major. Four of the six classes listed above are physical and long classes. Dance majors are at school longer than other students, since their coursework is done entirely in class. Annabrielle Fager is a dance student who spends […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Coveted awards and scholarships were swept up by dancers and choreographers in the two ballet companies that consider UVU their home at the Regional Dance America National Festival in Montreal, Canada. “Art does not flourish in isolation,” claims Regional Dance America. “It grows in an atmosphere of candor and understanding.” Think about the number of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU Ballroom Dance Company finishes off the semester with their spring dance. Walking into Assistant Dance Professor Chris Witt’s office, students cannot help but notice one thing: The famous, highly coveted Mirror Ball Trophy that many celebrities have fought for on the television show “Dancing with the Stars.” While this mirror ball […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The art of dance is often described as an escape from reality, a tool for individual expression and even the window to one’s soul. But to this man, it’s more than just business and pleasure. Arieh Alexander Steinlauf is the current owner of the historic Southworth Hall in downtown Provo. He was born in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU is a melting pot of different cultures and events, and this fall promises some very exciting performances for the student body and surrounding community. The performing arts departments are pulling out all the stops this semester. As fall inches around the corner, departments such as theater, music, fine arts and music are working fervently […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes When Alfonso Nunez, a ballroom dance student, was told this last summer to either leave the McKay Events Center or have the campus police escort him off, his sensible response was, “But sir, we are practicing for class.” Nunez is one of several ballroom students who find it increasingly difficult to find places on campus […]