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Jan 19 2023

22 Wrap + 23 Thoughts

SL City Weekly recognizes Curbside Theater in its Best of Utah 2022 awards
Quote of young guest who attended Curbside Theater performance at Encircle St. George, a center for LGBTQ+: "I've just never seen queer people as part of a show like this. I didn't know it was possible."
Eat Drink SLC raises $21K for Women of the World
NEA informs SB Dance about being awarded a grant for 2023

2022 was the year SB Dance went all in on Curbside Theater, which was seen by 2,000 people from around State (see the action on the IG feed) in a pretty fun outdoor season.

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Nov 21 2022

When the market doesn’t get to decide: Part II

In the last post, I wrote about how universities have come to be the dominant player in American contemporary dance. This post describes my theory about how universities have caused a decline in attendance.

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Sep 28 2022

When the market doesn’t get to decide: Part I

Curbside Theater in downtown SLC, September 2022

A pandemic took place between the last blog and this one. Lots happened, including our creation and development of Curbside Theater. This entry is a geeky look at the US modern dance world, and how its most important institution has become university dance programs.

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Jul 20 2020

Curbside Theater

Photo by Paul Christean

Originally, June 2020’s New Creation– tentatively titled The Broken Bridesmaid– was going to be a collaboration with Satu Hummasti and Daniel Clifton, both excellent artists and faculty members at the U of U. I remember the last planning meeting in early March. The three of us were in a coffee shop. Just getting over a cold, Daniel had a lingering cough that sounded like a foghorn. (Oh the days when people coughed in a crowded room and didn’t cause a panic. Now I cross the street to avoid someone on the sidewalk and they thank me.)

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Mar 06 2020

Kinky Living

1/24/20. Photo by Paul Christean.

A sold out show that opened Fest Salt Lake Stages 2020, the second year of the Kinky Beast Cabaret was even more mind-blowing than the first. Let me count the ways.

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