{"id":23268,"date":"2013-10-04T17:12:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T23:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=23268"},"modified":"2018-10-08T14:45:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T20:45:27","slug":"rdts-legacy-at-the-rose-wagner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/rdts-legacy-at-the-rose-wagner\/","title":{"rendered":"RDT’s Legacy at the Rose Wagner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"legacy_image\"<\/a>On Thursday a receptive audience joined Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) for Legacy<\/em>, the opener of their fall season which will run through the weekend at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center.\u00a0 RDT has recently gone through some big changes, and this weekend dance goers not only get to see the company performing\u00a0Jose Lim\u00f3n’s iconic \u201cMissa Brevis\u201d for the\u00a0 first time, they also get to see four new company members: Justin Bass, Efren Corado Garcia, Ursula Perry, and Alyssa Thompson.<\/div>\n
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The show opened with \u201cFor Betty,\u201d an energetic romp choreographed by Bill Evans in 1970. This work, characteristic of \u2018classical modern dance,\u2019 is heavily structured and musical, the dancers entering and exiting with varied linear and curved shapes, frontal jumping sequences, and energy qualities that build and then morph into something new.\u00a0 While not as flawlessly executed as the other pieces in the program, \u201cFor Betty\u201d was a pleasant way to open the evening, and the dancers\u2019 performed it with sincere enthusiasm and vigor.<\/div>\n
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Next came a series of solos in which each company member proved that when movement is fully embodied and deeply understood, it is irrelevant when in history it was choreographed.\u00a0 Staging, movement motifs, musicality, and thematic material that can feel dated and un-relatable are suddenly infused with a second life and seem new again in these performances.\u00a0 History and Modernity merge, and the audience can feel connected to what has gone before them.\u00a0 In the solo \u201cI Call Upon Thee, My Lord\u201d (1940), choreographed by Ted Shawn, Efren Corado Garcia manages to shed the held tension that sometimes accompanies historic modern dances when performed by dancers with contemporary training.\u00a0 He finds softness and a surrender that gives this solo an honest vulnerability.\u00a0 Consistently breath-taking in all the work that she does, Rosy Goodman Tennant shines with clarity and precision in \u201cAriadne\u201d (1985) choreographed by Ze\u2019eva Cohen.<\/div>\n
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The evening culminated with \u201cMissa Brevis\u201d (1970), which called on dancers from UVU and BYU, all of whom merged seamlessly with the company.\u00a0 This is a masterful work, choreographed by\u00a0Lim\u00f3n after witnessing the devastation, as well as the hope and resilience that resided in the people of Poland after World War II.\u00a0 Aaron Wood dances the part of the outsider, a man who is perhaps unable to shake the sadness, anger and loss of faith that can accompany the aftermath of war.\u00a0 The rest of the company portrays individuals that are able to unite as a community with renewed faith and humanity.\u00a0 All perform the work with maturity, and this is perhaps the must-see dance piece of the year.<\/div>\n
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Overall, RDT seems to be teeming with potential and growth and Legacy<\/em> is a show worth braving these first chilly days of the season.<\/div>\n
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RDT performs Legacy at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center through October 5. Go to http:\/\/www.rdtutah.org\/upcoming_legacy.html<\/a> for more information and tickets.<\/em><\/div>\n
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This review is published in collaboration with loveDANCEmore.org<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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