Ballet West

Hundreds of ballet dancers around Utah gathered to perform at the Youth America Grand Prix scholarship competition.

This fall, Ballet West announced changes intended to make it a more equitable place for its Black and brown dancers, from eliminating skin-paling makeup to having the company take on the work of dyeing ballet shoes and straps to match different skin tones. Jazz Bynum, a Black dancer in Ballet West’s second company, helped shape some of these new policies.

The latest news in Utah from Thursday evening, October 1, 2020.

The latest news in Utah from Thursday evening, October 1, 2020.

Thursday morning, August 6, 2020Affordable Prison CallsUtah state Rep. Cheryl Acton, R-West Jordan, plans to introduce a bill next year that would…

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Salt Lake City dance company Ballet West performing Willam Christensen’s The Nutcracker. In recent years, there’s…

The Nutcracker and the Mouse, an 18th century German fairy tale, is a storied holiday tradition on stage.For the eighth time, Ballet West dances at the…

Ballet west has been using the same designs in its “Nutcracker” production for nearly 30 years, according to the company’s artistic director Adam…

This month, Ballet West is hosting its first ever choreography festival. It’s bringing in renowned ballet companies from around the country to share and…

There are only a handful of performances left for Ballet West’s “The Nutcracker.” As the company begins to wind down this year’s run of the Christmas…

Ballet West will be traveling to Cuba this fall to perform at Havana’s International Ballet Festival. The Salt Lake City company will be one of the first…