Tag: Joanna Kotze

Yebel Gallegos and Breeanne Saxton in Adam Barruch’s “prima materia.” Photo courtesy of Ririe-Woodbury.

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Beauty Through Change: Ririe-Woodbury Opens 55th Season with a Splice of Old and New

By Emma Wilson on September 28, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Since its genesis by visionary founders Joan Woodbury and Shirley Ririe 55 years ago, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company has cultivated a family, in Salt Lake City and beyond, that manages to thrive with each new addition and that can be seen and felt in the embraces and warm smiles […]

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Third Time’s the Charm: Ririe Woodbury’s “Spring Season”

By Ashley Anderson on April 8, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

In the intimate space of the LeonaWagner Black Box Theater, Ririe Woodbury opened Spring Season with two premieres and one reconstructed work, concluding the company’s annual season with a show that is as virtuosic as it is contemplative. Joanna Kotze’s commission, “Star Mark,” begins with increasingly rapid projections […]