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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 PARK CITY ACCEPTING ART PROPOSALS, C-2 VENTURES STILL RIDING THE MUSICAL WAVE, C-3 www.parkrecord.com C-1 WED/THURS/FRI, MARCH 7-9, 2018 Trinity Irish Dance Company leaps into action RESPONDING TO THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE Progressive Defense Tactics will host a free seminar titled “Be Aware: Identifying and Responding to the Threat of Violence” from 7-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, at Mountain Life Church, 7375 N. Silver Creek Road. This seminar will focus on educating and empowering individuals to protect themselves through the development of awareness, technique and tactics of self-defense. The public is invited. The dress code is casual. There will be no childcare. RSVP to panarellipdt@gmail.com or 435-6409066. For information, visit www. progressivedefensetactics.com. ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP ON MARCH 8 Paul Ricketts, director of the University of Utah’s Observatory, will present Shooting Stars: an Astrophotography Workshop, from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, at the Swaner EcoCenter, 1258 Center Drive at Kimball Junction. Ricketts will guide the group in photographing the Orion constellation. Participants should bring their own DSLR camera, tripod, red flashlight and wide lenses. To register, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/shooting-stars-astrophotography-workshop-tickets-42437761487?aff=erelpanelorg. For informatin, contact Drew Potter by emailing andrew. potter@usu.edu or Ricketts at radioman99@hotmail.com. ‘NOTES ON BLINDNESS’ DOCUMENTARY SCREENING The Moran Eye Center and People’s Health Clinic will partner with the Park City Film Series for a special free screening of Peter Middleton and James Spinney’s documentary “Notes On Blindness,” not rated, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, at the Park City Library’s community room and Jim Santy Auditorium, 1255 Park Ave. The evening, which will feature a post-film panel discussion, will start with free vision screenings at 5 p.m. For information, visit www.parkcityfilmseries.com. PARALYMPIC WATCH PARTY The National Ability Center will present a Paralympic watch party from 7-10 p.m. on Friday, March 9, at Red Rock Junction, 1640 W. Redstone Center Drive at Kimball Junction. For information, visit www.discovernac. org/paralympic-watch-party. DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION FILM: ‘COCO’ The Park City Film Series will present a free screening of Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina’s Academy Award-winning animated film “Coco,” rated PG, at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, at the Park City Library’s Jim Santy Auditorium, 1255 Park Ave. The film, which will be presented in Spanish with English subtitles, is about a young boy named Miguel who dreams of becoming a musician in spite of his family’s ban on music. Through a series of events, Miguel finds himself in the Land of the Dead to unlock his family’s history. “Coco” is the winner of the Best Animated Feature Oscar. For information, visit www.parkcityfilmseries.com. Concert will mix tradition with contemporary flavors SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Trinity Irish Dance Company is on a mission to show there is more to Irish dance than “Riverdance.” “Our tagline is ‘everything you expect, but nothing you would imagine,’” said Associate Artistic Director Chelsea Hoy during a joint interview with Founding Artistic Director Mark Howard. “The Trinity Irish Dance Company focuses on the balance of both work that is traditional Irish step dancing and work that pushes its boundaries and goes into more contemporary dance fields.” Park City will get the opportunity to see this when the Park City Institute presents Trinity Irish Dance Company on Saturday, March 10, at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts. The Chicago-based dancers will perform 10 works that include the traditional-flavored show opener “Johnny,” choreographed by Howard, as well as a contemporary work called “Curran Events,” which was a collaboration by choreographer Sean Curran and the Trinity dancers. “’Johnny’ is something more aligned to something an audience would expect to see at an Irish dance concert,” Hoy explained. “It features light soft-shoe and hard-shoe dancing in lines that is the [focus] on many commercial Irish dance shows such as ‘Riverdance.’” Howard named the piece after Johnny Carson. “I did this when I was on [“The To- PHOTO BY PAUL MARSHALL Colin Dunne’s “Listen” will be among the 10 works Trinity Irish Dance Company will perform Saturday at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts. night Show”] even before I formed the Trinity Irish Dance Company and was coaching a group of competitive Irish dancers,” he said. The set will also feature works such as Sandy Silva and Howard’s “Communion,” “Listen” and “Soles,” Hoy said. “These works bring Irish dance to new heights through a contemporary lens, much like ‘Curran Events,’” she said. “While everything we do is rooted in traditional Irish step dancing, we fuse that with modern movement to elevate the form in a way that explores what is possible.” It’s challenging to find choreographers that can work with Trinity Irish Dance Company because of the dance style, Howard said. “Irish step dancing is incredibly specific, and we always want to keep that through-line of integrity in everything we do,” he explained. “We also have to find unique company members to pull off the dancing in these collaborations. But when we do, I think you see a Trinity stamp on the pieces.” Hoy is the featured dancer in many of these works, Howard said. “First and foremost I try to pull education from other choreographers for dancers like Chelsea,” he said. “She is the front and center of ‘Communion’ and was very involved in the choreography of that piece.” Working with Silva was enlightening for Hoy. “When we work with guest choreographers a large part of the collaboration is to expand our [movement] vocabulary,” Hoy said. “It’s about transporting Please see Dancers, C-4 PHOTO BY LOIS GREENFIELD The Trinity Irish Dance Company’s founding members, from left, Natalie Sliwinski, Patti Mahon and Katie Wright, were part of the Trinity Academy of Irish Dance. |