WINNEMUCCA - The Utah Repertory Dance Theatre will visit Winnemucca and Elko this week as part of the "Sense of Place" touring initiative, coordinated by the Nevada Arts Council, and supported by Barrick Gold of North America.
The local partners, Great Basin College in Elko, and Great Basin Arts & Entertainment in Winnemucca, worked with members of the Salt Lake City dance company to schedule community-specific activities.
These include workshops for students and senior citizens, movement classes, school lecture-demonstrations, collaborations with local dancers, full-length performances and related visual arts exhibits.
The company will hold residency/outreach activities at the senior center and some schools on Thursday and will visit elementary schools on Friday morning.
On Friday night, the company will host a public performance at Lowry High School in the auditorium. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. and the performance will begin at 7 p.m.
Tickets are available at Nature's Corner, Global Coffee and the Martin in exchange for donations to the Hope Tree project (a grief support group for children, teens and families spearheaded by the Frontier Community Action Agency). Unless tickets are sold out in stores, they will also be available at the door.
"These initiatives provide access to quality arts experiences for citizens that reside in the state's rural counties, and offer students the opportunity to explore the creative process under the guidance of professional artists," said Susan Boskoff, executive director of the Nevada Arts Council. "It's all about creating a sense of place in communities across the state to enhance the quality of life for everyone."
The Arts Council will produce video vignettes of residency activities in Winnemucca that will be shared with the public on the agency's website this summer.
Utah's Repertory Dance Theatre was founded in 1966 as a professional modern dance company through a cooperative effort involving the Salt Lake City community, the University of Utah and a major grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
For more information regarding the company's visit to Winnemucca, please contact Bill Sims, Great Basin Arts & Entertainment, at contact@gbae.org.
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