UTAH OPERA CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF OPERATIC TRADITIONS From a distinguished past to a bright future by Downtown The Magazine Rewind 40 years to 1977, and Utah’s performing arts landscape was young but full of promise. Ballet West was beginning its 15th season and Utah Shakespeare Festival had just marked 15 years of operation. Utah […]
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by Tyler Bloomquist Kaleena Chung from the Body Roc Crew invites us into the B-Boy circle. – What is Body Roc? What is your mission and vision? Our crew strives to represent the four elements of Hip-Hop culture with the mindset of brotherhood, foundation, funk, dignity and integrity. We are a group of dancers mostly, […]
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Ranging from entire building faces in plain view of busy intersections to hidden installations in off-the-beaten-path alleyways, the street art scene is thriving in Salt Lake. Champions such as the Utah Arts Alliance, business owners and entrepreneurs work with internationally renowned artists or unknown, and sometimes anonymous, local artists to celebrate diversity, history and more […]
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You’ll never again have to ask the question, ‘What should we do tonight?’ By Melissa Fields With streets designed by Brigham Young to be “wide enough to turn a team of oxen,” downtown Salt Lake City would seem primed for large-scale outdoor events throughout the summer months. And indeed it is. Close your eyes and […]
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by Beth Lopez *** In Fashion at Library Square Many downtown regulars might scratch their heads if they saddled up next to a student at Bar X who said they were enrolled in fashion school a couple blocks away. But it’s true: amid the buzz of 400 South and the City Library, the Salt Lake […]
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By Melissa Fields “I don’t have any numbers to back this up, but I would bet that Salt Lake City has one of the highest numbers of museums per capita in the country,” speculated Clark Planetarium Education and Exhibits Manager Durand “Duke” Johnson as toddlers and tweens bobbed and weaved around him on a typically […]
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By: Dana Hernandez, Salt Lake City Public Art Program Manager Downtown is made more whimsical, interesting and unique through arts and culture. Our one-of-a-kind murals, installations and sculptures all add to downtown’s colorful presence. We’re privileged to have a plethora of public art downtown—art free and accessible to everyone— supported by both private and public […]
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Miriam Gileadi, director of Gileadi Dance Co., connects the dots between her dance and music explorations. Tell us about yourself and Gileadi Dance. What should our readers know about you? My name is Miriam Gileadi. I am the owner/director of Gileadi Dance Co. I’ve been singing and dancing professionally for 10 years in a […]
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Ashley Anderson, founder of loveDANCEmore, shares insight into her process and her vision for SLC. – loveDANCEmore is a unique name – tell us what it means? My nonprofit is incorporated as Ashley Anderson Dances so that regardless of what community programs I organize, I can still share my own choreography. However, the organization […]
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Charlotte Boye-Christensen and Nathan Webster of NOW-ID share their passion for the present. How long have you been performing? NOW-ID’s inaugural performance, The Wedding, took place at Salt Lake City’s Masonic Temple in 2013, so it is getting close to five years. How many in your company? I am the Artistic Director and choreographer; Nathan […]
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