Calling all students, alumni, and patrons: Join us in historic events across BYU Campus. More information on performances, events, job opportunities, and auditions below.
Theatre Ballet Studio Company Presents Emerging Works
March 26-28 at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. | RB Dance Performance Theatre | Purchase tickets here
Theatre Ballet Studio Company’s Emerging Works Series is a showcase of student excellence in choreography and performance. The show will feature original choreography by five student choreographers: Grace Covington, Hazel Torgerson, Abby Wardle, Maia McBride, and Gordy Felesina.
“The thing that has surprised me the most about this experience is just how much I have enjoyed it,” said Grace Covington. “It has been super cool to work with dancers I know really well and see them perform my choreography.” Covington is an exercise science major and dancer on Theatre Ballet Studio Company (TBSC). She said the choreographic experience has pushed her to be creative in a way that is both familiar and new to her. “I’ve learned how to make more deliberate artistic decisions and how to string those choices together in a way that portrays the message I am trying to put across,” she said.
The show will also feature adjunct faculty member Mira Larsen’s thesis piece. Larsen is getting her Master of Fine Arts from St. Mary’s College of California. Along with the student choreographed pieces, TBSC will perform an excerpt of Michel Fokine’s Les Sylphides. Theatre Ballet dancers will be guest performing George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco.
Dancers Share Their Light During BYU 150 Cultural Celebration
As part of the 150th anniversary celebration, BYU has held several “Nights of Light.” One such event, coined “The World of Campus,” consisted of international-themed experiences, exhibits, and performances. Living Legends and International Folk Dance ensemble were invited to perform alongside Rhythm N Soul Collective, Mariachi Band, and student choirs performing in a vast array of languages from Welsh to Tagalog.
In a video shared on the BYU Dance Instagram account, one student said, “Dancing helps me share my light by helping me celebrate the gifts God has blessed me with and share them with other people.”
“I feel so much joy when I’m moving, when I’m dancing, when I’m representing my culture,” another student added. “My family in from Jamaica. I feel a lot of light and connection with my ancestors when I dance.”
Check out the photos below and visit @byudance on Instagram to see a reel recapping the “Night of Light.”
Photo by Jenna Van De Graaff | CFAC External Relations 
Photo by Jenna Van De Graaff | CFAC External Relations 
Photo by Jenna Van De Graaff | CFAC External Relations 
Photo by Jenna Van De Graaff | CFAC External Relations 
Photo by Jenna Van De Graaff | CFAC External Relations 
Photo by Jenna Van De Graaff | CFAC External Relations 
Photo by Jenna Van De Graaff | CFAC External Relations 
Photo by Jenna Van De Graaff | CFAC External Relations 
Photo by Jenna Van De Graaff | CFAC External Relations 
Photo by Jenna Van De Graaff | CFAC External Relations 
Photo by Jenna Van De Graaff | CFAC External Relations
Calling All Living Legends and Lamanite Generation Alumni!
The current Living Legends invites all Lamanite Generation and Living Legends alumni and their families to come celebrate the group’s 55th anniversary on March 26-28. This three day reunion will provide the opportunity for alumni to reflect on the blessings that came into their lives because of their contribution to the group, renew friendships, reconnect, and reach out to lift each other up. The schedule of events includes a ticketed banquet, a free alumni showcase performance, a ticketed performance of the current Living Legends’ “Seasons” show, cultural dance lessons for youth and family members, and a morningside presented by Living Legends students.
For more information, to reserve your tickets, and to sign up to dance in the alumni showcase, visit @byulivinglegends on Instagram and onstage.byu.edu.
Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Events
- Theatre Ballet: Romeo & Juliet | March 20 at 6:00 p.m. at Vista School in Ivins, UT | Purchase tickets here.
- Living Legends Audition | Application due on March 15 at 10:00 p.m. | Solo auditions on March 20 at 3:00-6:00 p.m. | Call backs on March 21 at 9:00-2:00 p.m.
- TMA’s All the Beautiful Things Auditions | March 24-27 | For more info and to sig up, click here.
- TMA’s The Music Man in Concert Auditions | March 24-26, 28 | For more info and to sig up, click here.
- Young Ambassadors Auditions | March 25-27 with Advanced Dancer Audition on March 26 | For more information and to register, click here.
- Theatre Ballet Studio Company: Emerging Works Series | March 26-28 at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. in RB Dance Performance Theatre | Purchase tickets here.
- Living Legends 55th Anniversary Celebration | March 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott Center | Purchase tickets here.
- BFA Experiential Learning Application Due | March 29 at 11:59 p.m. | Apply here.
- “Technology: A Contemporary Form of Colonization and Its Influence on ‘Ori Tahiti” | MFA Thesis Presentation by Moni Tiatia | April 1 at 7:00 p.m. in the RB Dance Performance Theatre
- “American Modern Dance as Living Archive” | Dance movement demonstration and lecture with Jesse Obremski | April 2 at 5:00-6:00 p.m. in the RB Dance Performance Theatre
- DancEnsemble in Concert | April 9-11 at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. in the RB Dance Performance Theatre | Purchase tickets here.
- Ballroom Dance Company in Concert | April 9-11 at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott Center | Purchase tickets here.
- BYU Contemporary Alumni Event | April 11
- Contemporary Dance Theatre and DancEnsemble combined audition | April 13 4:00-7:00 p.m. in 2206 RB | Register here.
- BA Dance Capstone Proposals Due | April 15 | Apply here.
- BFA Dance Capstone Proposals Due | April 15 | Apply here.
Job Opportunities and Auditions
Dance in the News
Uplifting Thought of the Week by Jeanette Geslison, Associate Professor
The other day as I was walking across campus, I noticed the birds singing. It felt like a small blessed and peaceful moment and reminded me of the beauty that surrounds us every day when we take a moment to notice. It is easy to get caught up in all the business that our lives demand, but it feels rejuvenating to find small moments to appreciate nature and people. It doesn’t have to carve out tremendous amounts of time but can be done any time during our day and even during our work. It is these moments that can give us strength to carry on and help us remember what really matters. The human connection we can establish with people is essential and it is these relationships that will make an imprint on our heart and soul. The connections we take time to make with nature and people feel divine and will help us to see better with an eternal perspective, in turn focusing more on our Savior. This will in turn help us to prioritize what is more important as we navigate our way through this life.
I resonated with Associate Dean Shayla Bott’s devotional message this week when she shared: “Slowing helps us uncover who we really are under all the worldly influences that sometimes permeate our minds and hearts and focus on our Savior Jesus Christ, who is mighty to save.”
May we be more mindful about noticing the beauty of nature and people and may it remind us that these are some of the most essential and divine blessings we can enjoy.
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