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Show SOLOIST Christine Murdoch, age 13 was a soloist with the Utah Youth Ballet in American Fork last week. Utah Youth Ballet Has Special Concert April 21 in American Fork Patrons and friends of the Utah Pageant of the Arts wittnessed the in-naugeration in-naugeration of the Utah Youth Ballet in a special invitational concert con-cert Friday, March 21. The event was hosted by the newly organized Utah Pageant of the Arts Guild. The Utah Youth Ballet is the first major performing arts group to become affiliated with the Pageant of the Arts, popular on the Utah cultural scene for its unique show portraying por-traying famous works of art with the use of living models. The Youth Ballet will perform under the auspices of the Pageant as a resident Ballet company. The company is comprised com-prised of a group of talented young dancers between the aes of 13 and 19, who are dedicated to the objective objec-tive of achieving professional profes-sional excellence in the art of classical ballet. Artistic Director for the company is Jacqueline Jac-queline Price Colledge, who has had extensive experience in the field both as a performer and a teacher. Mrs. Colledge Col-ledge began training at the age of 13, studying under such prominant teachers as William Christensen, Mattlyn Gavers, Dr. Gordon Paxman, and Bene Arnold. Ar-nold. She has danced pro-feosionally pro-feosionally with Ballet West in principal and soloist roles and toured with that company throughout the United States and Europe. She has served on the Ballet Faculty at BYU and presently teaches a private dance school, The Jacqueline School of Ballet in American Fork. It is the intention of the Utah Youth Ballet to provide opportunities oppor-tunities for talented young ballet dancers to perform before the public in as professional profes-sional a manner as possible. The company's schedule for the coming season includes concerts, con-certs, in-school demonstration and workshops, and a major full-length ballet, Cop-pelia, Cop-pelia, which will be produced pro-duced in the fall. Additionally Addi-tionally the company will perform special concerts during the 5 week run of the Utah Pageant of the Arts this summer. Major concerts and productions will be open to auditions from young dancers throughout the state. Members of the company com-pany are Kali Atwood and Cindy Chipman, Principals: Le Ann Bingham, Michelle LaComb, Christine Murdoch, Shawna Adamson, and Janalyn Wimmer, Soloists; Julie Miller, Denna Nelson, Cheryl Porter and Wendy Wen-dy Powell, Auxiliary Corps Members. Other key staff members are Sarah B. Price and David Oran Brockbank. Mrs. Price serves as Costume Mistress. She is an expert ex-pert in Ballet costume design, having worke for the New York City Ballet, ' San Francisco Ballet, and Ballet West, Mr. Brockbank is the Production Director. He is Co-founder and a director of the Utah Pageant of the Arts. One of the goals of the Utah Youth Ballet is not only to teach and develop the technical art of classical ballet in each of its dancers, but also to help them and others to obtain an appreciation ap-preciation and understanding of ballet, music, art, drama and design. This creative awareness will enrich not only them, but those around them. |
