REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE
PO BOX 510427, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 841510427 www.rdtutah.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE IS DEDICATED TO THE CREATION, PERFORMANCE, PERPETUATION, AND APPRECIATION OF MODERN DANCE. THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO NUTURE ARTISTS, INSPIRE ARTISTIC COLLABORATION, IMPACT COMMUNITY, AND ENGAGE AUDIENCES TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS ABOUT LIFE, ART, AND HUMANITY.

RDT'S HERE & NOW SEASON CONTINUED TO RAISE CONSCIOUSNESS ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITIES BY EMBRACING OUR DANCE LEGACY AND BY NURTURING CONTEMPORARY WORK CREATED BY BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CHOREOGRAPHERS. OUR ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES WERE INSPIRED BY OUR STATE'S HERITAGE, GEOGRAPHY, AND ITS PEOPLE. THIS SEASON, WE CELEBRATED OUR DIVERSITY AND OUR CREATIVITY AS WE REFLECTED THE SPIRIT AND OPTIMISM OF UTAH....HERE AND NOW. RDT'S REPERTORY INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC WORKS COMMISSIONED / ACQUIRED FROM REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHERS TO DOCUMENT CURRENT ISSUES AND DANCE STYLES. IN NOVEMBER 2019, RDT PRESENTED SOUNDS FAMILIAR...SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST BELOVED MUSIC SEEN THROUGH THE PRISM OF TWELVE 21ST CENTURY CHOREOGRAPHERS. RDT IS DEDICATED TO NURTURING ARTISTS AND COMMISSIONING NEW WORK. A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND COMPOSER, SCOTT KILLIAN GAVE BIRTH TO AN IDEA WE CALLED SOUNDS FAMILIAR WHICH USES "RECOGNIZABLE" CLASSICAL MUSIC AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR CHOREOGRAPHY. A DOZEN LOCAL CHOREOGRAPHERS FROM THE MODERN, CONTEMPORARY, BALLET, AERIAL, JAZZ AND THEATRICAL WORLD OF DANCE WERE INVITED TO SELECT MUSIC BY BACH, BEETHOVEN, PUCCINI, HAYDN, GREG, PROKOFIEV, AND KHACHATURIAN TO CREATE SHORT WORKS. SOUNDS FAMILIAR WAS FAST-PACED AND ENERGETIC. A BRIEF VIDEO TUTORIAL BEFORE EACH PIECE PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPOSER. THE CONCERT WAS APPRECIATED BY AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES, AND IT INSPIRED A SPECIAL "YOUNG AUDIENCE" VERSION THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE COMPANY'S ARTS-IN-EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. RDT'S 54TH SEASON SAW THE ACQUISITION OF THREE NEW WORKS AND RE-STAGING OF ONE: -INVENTION BY DORIS HUMPHREY (1949) -SOMETHING ABOUT NIGHT BY LAR LUBOVITCH (2018) -FILAMENT BY ANDY NOBLE (RDT COMMISSION FROM 2016) -OUTDOORS (FROM SHUTDOWN) BY NOA ZUK & OHAD FISHOFF (2018) IN MARCH OF 2020, JUST DAYS AFTER RDT'S SUCCESSFUL REGALIA FUNDRAISER, THE GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS BROUGHT ON BY COVID-19 ALTERED THE REMAINDER OF RDT 54TH SEASON AS WELL AS THE LIVES OF MILLIONS. THE FINAL MONTHS OF THE SEASON WERE REVISED AS A TOUR TO RICHFIELD, UTAH, A PERFORMANCE AT UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY, AND THE SPRING HOME SEASON CONCERT, EARTH TONE WERE POSTPONED. THE DANCE WEST WORKSHOP IN JUNE 2020 WAS CANCELLED, AND RDT'S DANCE CENTER ON BROADWAY CLOSED DOWN AS STAFF AND DANCERS WERE ASKED TO QUARANTINE. THE STAFF CONTINUED WORKING PRODUCTIVELY FROM HOME. THEY ESTABLISHED A TELEWORKING SYSTEM AND CREATED A PORTFOLIO OF DIGITIZED PROGRAM/CLASSES, ENHANCED SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, DEVELOPED A COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY FOR PUBLIC, PATRONS AND FUNDERS, AND APPLIED TO MULTIPLE EMERGENCY FUNDING SOURCES TO "KEEP THE DOORS OPEN." THE COMPANY RESPONDED TO THE HEALTH CRISIS WITH DETERMINATION AND A SURGE OF CREATIVITY. DANCERS AND STAFF POSTED MORE THAN 100 CREATIVE MOVEMENT LESSON PLANS AND OFFERED SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEO MATERIAL ON-LINE TO ASSIST K-12 TEACHERS AND SERVE STUDENTS WHO WERE BEING SCHOOLED AT HOME. RDT'S 2019-2020 SEASON INCLUDED: - 4 HOME SEASON CONCERTS (10 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES) AT THE ROSE WAGNER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (OCTOBER 2019: INSIDE OUTSIDE; NOVEMBER 2019: SOUNDS FAMILIAR; JANUARY 2020: EMERGE; FEBRUARY 2020: REGALIA) SERVED 1,901 PEOPLE. - 15 FREE MATINEES FOR UTAH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS K-12TH GRADE, HELD AT THE ROSE AND AT SCHOOLS ACROSS UTAH SERVED 7,166 STUDENTS & TEACHERS. "SEASON 23 OF RING AROUND THE ROSE, A MONTHLY FAMILY-ORIENTED ARTS APPRECIATION SERIES, FEATURING 11 UNIQUE ARTISTS AND GROUPS FROM SEPTEMBER 2019 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2020 SERVED 1,187 PEOPLE. - RDT'S LINK SERIES PRESENTED 9 PERFORMANCES BY 4 ARTISTS/GROUPS SERVED 1,397 PEOPLE. - JUST OVER 4 WEEKS ON TOUR IN 4 STATES: MONTANA, NEVADA, IDAHO, AND UTAH SERVED 5,978 PEOPLE WITH 92.35 SERVICE CONTACT HOURS. - 951 HOURS OF ARTS-IN-EDUCATION INSTRUCTION (MOVEMENT CLASSES, LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS, TEACHER WORKSHOPS, CHOREOGRAPHIC SERVICES, ONLINE LESSON PLANS) TO UTAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, JUNIOR HIGHS, AND HIGH SCHOOLS AT NO CHARGE SERVED 30,923 STUDENTS AND 1,675 TEACHERS. - RDT'S DANCE CENTER ON BROADWAY OFFERED 11 CLASSES FOR 48 WEEKS, REACHING 3,751 PEOPLE, A 9% INCREASE OVER LAST SEASON, DESPITE MOVING CLASSES ONLINE IN MARCH. DESPITE A GLOBAL PANDEMIC THAT CAUSED THE CANCELLATION OF FOUR PERFORMANCES, A TOUR TO RURAL UTAH, 8 WEEKS OF ARTS-IN-EDUCATION OUTREACH, AND A PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOP, RDT WAS STILL ABLE TO SERVE 43,855 PEOPLE SERVED WITH ITS PROGRAMS DURING THE 2019-2020 SEASON - IN AND OUT OF STATE.

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