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REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE TO PERFORM
AT THE ECCLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Company will Spend Two
Days in Sanpete County
EPHRAIM,
Utah—December 29, 2004—Snow College today
announced that the Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) will perform Thursday, January
13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $7
for the public and $5 for students and children under 12. Tickets may be
purchased at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts box office or by
contacting Diana Spencer, dean of humanities at Snow College, at 283-7410.
Earlier
in the day, members of RDT will conduct a lecture and demonstration for Snow
students and interested Sanpete County residents at convocation. Snow
Convocations are held every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in Jorgensen Hall of the
Eccles Center for the Performing Arts.
Elementary
education students will also benefit from RDT’s visit to Sanpete County. On
Friday, January 14, RDT will perform “D Is for Dance” at Ephraim
Elementary.
“This
is an opportunity for citizens of Central Utah to see some of the finest
dancers in the Western United States,” said Dr. Spencer. “This will be a
program all will enjoy but we particularly hope the many dancers – from
elementary to college age – and their instructors will attend this event.”
Repertory Dance Theatre
Utah’s Repertory Dance
Theatre is dedicated to the creation, performance, perpetuation and
appreciation of modern dance. RDT was founded in 1966 by Virginia Tanner – a
noted educator and children’s dance director at the time, and is the oldest and
most successful company of its kind. RDT’s home is the Rose Wagner Performing
Arts Center in Salt Lake City; but the company is committed to reaching
audiences outside of metropolitan centers as well. RDT’s touring company has
been seen in more than 300 cities throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.
A performance in New York
brought this remark from Clive Barnes of the New York Post: “A dance company
all America should see.”
Snow College
Snow
College, founded in 1888, serves approximately 3,000 students at its Ephraim
campus. The college provides general education and applied technology programs
leading to Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of Applied
Science and Associate of Pre-Engineering degrees, and certificates of
completion in a number of occupational areas.
Once owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Snow
College became a state college in 1932.
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