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Breathe Between the Lines – RMCF WINNER

A moment from Christina’s winning piece, Breathe Between the Lines

The Winner of the Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival win a performance hosted by sponsors of the RMCF. Christina Stockdale won with her piece Breathe Between the Lines, which she named her winning show after. She is putting together works from previous festivals, as well as new choreographic works for this show. Here is what she has to say about the performance.

This show has been a long time coming! During this show you will see a variety of pieces, and styles that showcase my journey as a choreographer. What started out as just a fun experiment has become a great passion. I love to push the dancers to try new things and to see how each dancer approaches their steps differently and finding the style of movement that looks the most natural on each one, no matter their age or experience. There was also a lot of experimenting with finding new and interesting ways to make dancers work together and feel the presence of their fellow dancers while onstage and moving as one body. As I said these pieces come from different times in my life and showcase different emotions and I invite you to find whatever meaning behind each piece you feel. This performance is named after the piece of mine that won the Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival and I feel that this piece showcases a lot of what I have been trying to achieve as a choreographer which is the connection between each dancer and between the dancers and the audience. I hope you enjoy this evening, the beauty, the fun, the energy of each piece. – Christina Stockdale

Playing for Christina’s winning piece “Breathe Between the Lines” is cellist Viktor Uzur

“…unbelievable pyrotechnics that bring to mind the virtuosity of David Oistrakh’s recordings…effortlessly à la Rostropovich in his prime…synergistic combination of Casals and du Pré-like fire and Fournier’s elegance.” (Fanfare Magazine)

Viktor Uzur has appeared as a soloist, chamber musician and artist in residence in many countries in Europe, Asia, North America and South America.

His performances, interviews and compositions have been broadcast on television and radio stations in the former Yugoslavia, Russia, and United States. Uzur is regularly featured on NPR’s “Performance Today” with the Richter Uzur Duo. His most recent recordings include “Solo Cello”, “String Theory”, “Viktor Uzur in Recital” and “Entertainers”. Uzur is the cello professor at Weber State University where he is also founder and director of the Bonneville Chamber Music Festival.

Uzur received Bachelor and Masters in Cello Performance with soloist diploma from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and Doctorate from Michigan State University. He is a prize winner and diploma recipient at competitions such as Yugoslavian National Solo Competition, Sarajevo, Jeuness Musicales International Competition, Belgrade and XI International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

2021 Imagine Ballet Theatre Company Auditions January 30.

Imagine Ballet Theatre will be holding auditions for the company dancers Jan. 30, 2021 at our studios 2432 Washington Blvd. Ogden, Utah.  Registration will be at 9:30 am and costs $25.00,  the audition will begin at 10:00 am to 12:00.  Ages for the audition are 9 years of age and older.

Our Spring show will consist of smaller works created for the company by Christina Stockdale, Jessica Gabler, Matthew Rees, Isabella Willie and Raymond Van Mason.  Of course it will

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include Nutcracker and various other performing opportunities throughout the year.

Dancers must provide a resume and photo in first arabesque.  They must come ready to dance with a face covering at this time.  If they are in pointe shoes they should bring them as well.

Announcing the 2018 Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival Participants

Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival 2018

Deja Mitchell: Adjunct Weber State Dance, AUM Eden, Utah

Kelly Alifano: Adjunct Weber State Dance Soaring, Imagine Ballet Theatre Layton, Utah

Jessica Haslip: Imagine Ballet Faculty Gate Control Theory, South Jordon, Utah

Fiona Nelson: Myriad Dance Company Atargatis, Riverton, Utah

Andrea Sward: Orchesis Dance Theatre Glimpse of God, Bountiful, Utah

Zac Bliss: Bliss Dancers Conforming, West Haven, Utah

Lance Tripp: Syracuse Dance Academy Lance Battle!, Ogden, Utah

Jamie A. Johnson: Utah Valley University: Repertory Ballet Ensemble Looking Back, Pleasant Grove, Utah

Aubry Dalley: Independant Seed Orem, Utah

Christina Stockdale: Dance Captain Tournament of Kings, TBD Imagine Ballet Theatre Las Vegas, Nevada

Lance Tripp: Syracuse Dance Academy Artemis and Apollo, Ogden, Utah

Fiona Katrine: Studio Artists, the Dance Illusion Artistic Company, Flock, Logan Utah

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Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival Choreographers 2017

Announcing the Choreographers for the Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival 2017.  I would like to congratulate all of the choreographers on their work.  I look forward to seeing all the pieces live.  This evening is sponsored in part by Imagine Ballet Theatre, Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Weber State Dance Department, and Utah Dance Education Organization. rmcf-photoThis order is in no particular order.

 

Only love is real and Peace flag

Choreographer: Deja Mitchell – Eden, Utah

 

Artemis & Apollo

Choreographer: Lance Tripp – Ogden, Utah

Syracuse Dance Academy

 

Painted

Choreographer: Fiona Katrine – Logan, Utah

Resonance Dance Project

Bond

Choreographer: Tawna Halbert and Dance company collaboration- Ogden, Utah

Ben Lomond High School Dance Department Dance Company

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Choreographer: Jessica Haslip- Ogden, Utah

Sophisticated

Choreographer: Sonya Kryzhanovsky- Eden, Utah

Technologic

Choreographer: Christina Stockdale-Las Vegas, Nevada

Imagine Ballet Theatre

Duet

Choreographer: Jennifer Porter – Seattle, Washington

City Opera Ballet

Fix You

Choreographer: Jamie Pecor -Roy, Utah

Weber State Dancers

Unearth

Choreographer: Bailey Johnson-Anahiem, California

Resonate Dance Theater

 

Announcing the Judges for the Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival 2016

RMCF Judges 2016

Brent Schneider: As a ten year member of Repertory Dance Theatre, Professor Schneider has served as dancer, rehearsal director, administrator and trustee. He has performed and choreographed in many dance styles including ethnic, ballroom, musical theatre, tap, jazz and ballet. He has been a faculty member for Weber State University, American College Dance Festivals, Regional Dance America Choreography Conferences and has taught and choreographed extensively for dance and theater companies. He recently taught a two-week intensive for the Central American and Caribbean Modern Dance Festival hosted by the Universidad Nacional in Heredia, Costa Rica, and choreographed a work for the university. Professor Schneider teaches technique, composition, pedagogy, liberal education courses, folk forms, and is co-director of the department’s acclaimed Performing Dance Company, for which he also choreographs.

Amanda Sowerby: Amanda received her MFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah and her BFA in Dance from the California Institute of the Arts. She worked for several years with the Gary Palmer Dance Company in California’s Bay Area and assisted in setting new and repertory pieces on the National Ballet of Peru and the National Ballet of Chile, as well as implementing outreach programs in dance for Bay Area community members. She has performed with the National Ballet’s of Chile and Peru, Enrico Labayen’s Lab Projekt USA, Yasmin Mehta’s California Contemporary Dancers and Todd Courage. Amanda’s own choreographic work has been presented at Dance Theatre Workshop (NYC), Theatre Artaud (SF,CA), Diesel Cathedral (SF,CA), Dance Mission (SF,CA),  and The Rose Wagner Theater (SLC,UT).

Amanda was a co-founder Paradigm Dance Project; a dance organization designed to foster arts education for underserved populations. In addition to her faculty position at WSU, Amanda serves on the board of the Utah Dance Education Organization as President and served as the Higher Education Representative from 2007-2013.

Gina Artese: Gina has been a professional ballet dancer since she was 17 years old.  She has danced professionally with KansasCity Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Christopher Wheeldon’s The Morphoses Company and Twyla Tharp. In 2014 she performed in Charleston, South Carolina’s Piccolo Spoleto Festival where she danced Kirk Sprinkles’ The Charleston as a featured dancer.  Gina also appeared as a dancer on the Kennedy Center Honors which aired on CBS and also danced Don Quixote with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Edinburgh Festival of Scotland in 2006.

Ms. Artese was currently featured on NBC’s The Blacklist as a principal ballerina and on TruTV’s Impractical Jokers as the girl who got pranked with a hotdog.  She is the face of WE tv’s Bridezillas and competed on FOX’s celebrity reality dating show The Choice in 2012. Gina was featured as a principal ballerina in Darren Arnofsky’s award winning feature film Black Swan (2010), in Something Borrowed with Kate Hudson and as a ballerina in Our Idiot Brother. She was also the recurring “Wardrobe Girl” on NBC’s 30 Rock for its last two seasons.

In 2009 she aired a national Old Navy commericial and played “Tina” in the off-Broadway show Tony and Tina’s Wedding in 2008. She also starred in the Macy’s campaign commercial with renowned rap singer Dippy in 2007-2008.  She has been a featured dancer in such feature films as Summer of Sam by Spike Lee, Center Stage and now the upcoming feature The Boxer as a disco dancer.

Angie Banchero-Kelleher: Angela Banchero-Kelleher, MFA, is an Associate Professor of Modern Dance at Utah Valley University. She has had a professional career spanning over twenty years, including 15 years with Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT), during which time she was a featured dancer in both the classical and contemporary work spanning the modern repertory from Duncan to Zvi Gotheiner.   Her performance/teaching career has taken her to venues worldwide, including the La Bella Vita Arts dance workshop in Italy for the last 4 years and as a guest teacher at Repertory Dance Theatre’s summer workshop specializing in Humphrey/Limon technique. She maintains a deep commitment to RDT and continues to teach and reset roles for the company, most recently the solo from Pigs and Fishes by Elisa Monte.  She has presented her choreography internationally, notably Lacuna in Copenhagen and Blackbird in Austria.  Material Tokens of the Freedom of Thought, was selected for the gala concert at the regional ACDA concert in Missoula , Montana  and was performed by Repertory Dance Theatre this past spring.  she is currently pursuing scholarship that reflects her interest in dance as a vehicle for social and political activism, presenting her scholarly research internationally and co- publishing a paper in the International Journal of Arts in Society.

Sean Guymon is an independent dance educator, performer, and technology consultant. He is the Past President of the Utah Dance Education Organization, the state affiliate of the National Dance Education Organization, and currently works as the Executive Assistant and Webmaster for the organization. He earned a BFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah and was a founding member of Movement Forum, a dance improvisation performance group. Sean has performed and taught throughout the US and Great Britain. He competed nationally in Ballroom dance, directed the Ballroom dance team at Jordan High School, and his training also includes clogging, folk, and musical theatre. Sean is a self-taught technology enthusiast and is the webmaster and management/technology consultant for local and national dance organizations, companies and dancers.

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Announcing the 2016 Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival Choreographers!

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I would like to congratulate the following Choreographers for being selected to participate in the 2016 Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival!  To be held at the Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden Utah on February 19th and 20th , 2013.  Choreographers are not listed in any particular order.

 

“River Flows” Imagine Ballet Theatre, Choreographer: Christina Stockdale Bradley.  Ogden, UT

“Forestial Fays” C DuFault Dance Repertory, Choreographer: Cynthia DuFault, Las Vegas, NV

In Rest Independent, Choreographer: Kelly Archer. Broomfield, CO

“Shadow of the Moon” Deja Mitchell Choreographer: Deja Mitchell. Eden, UT

 “Bloodline Duets” Kelly Alvarez & Dancers, Choreographer: Kelly Alvarez. Los Angeles, CA

“Such Sweet Sorrow” Kelly Roth & Dancers, Choreographer: Kelly Roth. Las Vegas, NV

“Not Titled” Deja Mitchell Choreographer: Deja Mitchell. Eden, UT

Pesanteur Ben Lomond High School Dance Company Choreographer: Nataly Pineda. Ogden, Ut11043338_10155229315155117_2820245372749285781_o

Reminiscence Excel Dance Studios, Choreographer: Alicia Ambrose. North Ogden, UT

“Understanding Gne Cha,” Kelly Roth & Dancers, Choreographer: Kelly Roth. Las Vegas, NV

Ode to Opposites Syracuse Dance Academy, Choreographer: Aubrey Harames and Lance Tripp. Syracuse, UT

Disseminated Coagulation Imagine Ballet Theatre, Choreographer: Jessica Haslip. Ogden, UT