Media,Performance Art and Dance Collide in Ririe-Woodbury’s FOUR
This first show of the Ririe-Woodbury’s 49th seasonmasterfully combines audience favorites and restaging of groundbreaking workscreating a performance with something that everyone can enjoy.
“50 Years,” (1996) by nationally renowned performance artist andchoreographer, Ann Carlson, is an innovative take on the passage of timeaccording to the perceptual calculations on the tribe. Carlson, currently anartist in residence at Stanford University, has gained notoriety and receivedmultiple awards for her work, including a 2010 American Masters Award.
CharlotteBoye-Christensen, Ririe-Woodbury’s Artistic Director, will also premiere “The Finish Line,” her exciting new work inspired by theultimate run – the journey through a relationship.
“Lines toRead Between,” (2005)is Australian John Utans’ investigation of the ideas of images and landscapes.The work uniquely uses images on TV screens throughout the stage as a strikingset for the work.
Charlotte Boye-Christensen’s award-winning dance, Turf,” (2009) surrounds the idea ofterritorialism and how men and women approach the idea of space differently, ispresented on the heels of its successful showcase at The Rose Exposed.
“GRID” (2011) by NewYork choreographer Brook Notary, has quickly become an audience favorite atRirie-Woodbury, brilliantly juxtaposing complexdance structures and a strikingly simple stage setting culminating in asensational work that leaves the audience astounded.
FOUR also marks the first season performance of dancerMary Lyn Graves, who joins the company from Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she dancedwith Tulsa Ballet.
Season ticketsare still available at ririewoodbury.com for just $75 for first timesubscribers, $85 for renewal tickets, and just $52 for students with ID andseniors.
Individualtickets are on sale now for $30 for general public and $15 for students & seniorsat ArtTix.org or by calling 801-355-ARTS.
If reportersare interested in seeing the works in rehearsal, attending a dress rehearsal,arranging a photo shoot or setting up an interview with CharlotteBoye-Christensen, or one of the dancers, please contact Dennis Busch.
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company is a local contemporary dance company that hasbeen shaking up the national and international dance scene since 1964. Foundedby Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury, and under the current direction of ArtisticDirector Charlotte Boye-Christensen, Ririe-Woodbury commissions works by bothemerging and seasoned choreographers from around the world. Also recognized asa one of the leading companies in dance education Ririe-Woodbury Dance Companywill move you to fall in love with dance; Dance is for everybody.
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