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Show Utah Repertory Dancers Will Perform at CSU The University of Utah Repertory Re-pertory Dance Theatre will perform at the College of Southern Utah auditorium on Monday, Feb. 19, at 1:00 p. m. sponronnored by the CSU Cultural Cul-tural Affairs Committee. I The general public is invited, invit-ed, to attend this outstanding performance, for a charge of 50c per person. In keeping with Utah's traditionally tra-ditionally accent ,on the Arts, the University of Utah has developed de-veloped one of the country's outstanding Ballet and Modern Mo-dern Dance departments. The standards of this department resulted in highly developed dancers skilled both as performing per-forming artists and choreographers. choreo-graphers. It was not surprising, therefore, there-fore, when the Rockerfeller Foundation announced to the dance world in 1966 that Utah had been chosen to be the home of the Repertory Danor Theatre the only compan; of its kind in the country. Repertory Dance Theatre i a professional company. All of its members are full-tim artists. The company is baer" at the University and workr closely with its Department of Bal'et and Modern Dance. Th pole purpose of each danced ir to perform, to choreograph, and to give master workshops. Their growing repertoire is further augmented by ne'" and old works of the world's lead'ng choreographers and composers who are brought to Utah by commissions madr possible through grant fund-In fund-In its firt year of evisenc the University of Utah Repertory Reper-tory Dance Theatre has per frvmpd ii concert and lectur'" demonstrations and has con ducted master classes fo thouands of peonle in the in termountain west This is the most exciting, refreshing group of young performers on ' the scene today. |