Utah Dance Festival Info. - ADPS

Saturday, May 4

Check in at Creative Arts Academy by 8:30 with classes from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. We will then travel to Viewmont High School for adjudication in the afternoon. 

The following routines will be adjudicated at Utah Dance Festival:

How it Ends

Keys to Happiness

In the House

Sound of Silence

Each studio will have 10 minutes to familiarize itself with the stage prior to adjudication according to the following schedule:

12:20 – South Valley Creative Dance

12:30 – Creative Arts Academy

12:40 – Provo Civic Ballet

12:50 – Infinity Dance Studio

1:00 – Artistic Dance Studio

1:10 – Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts

1:20 – Wasatch Arts Center

1:35 – Adjudication begins for Group 2

4:30 – Adjudication ends for Group 2

The public is not permitted to watch adjudication. The adjudication schedule will be posted at Viewmont High School. Dancers should be backstage 15 minutes prior to their adjudication time. 

Gala Concert

Participants for the Gala Concert will be announced/posted at 5:00 p.m. in the lobby of Viewmont High School. Each studio will have at least one dance selected. Approximately 20-25 dances will be selected for the Gala Concert. The Gala Concert will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will end approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes later.  One of the core missions of UDF is to provide a venue for dancers and teachers to share their work with others in the Utah dance community in a non-competitive environment. For that reason, we would like the students to see as many dances from the other studios as possible. We will announce when a dance is “on deck” and when that announcement is made, the dancers in that dance should line up backstage.  Before that announcement is made, please have your dancers remain in the auditorium.  Also, please have your dancers return to the auditorium after their dance is completed.   

Facility Locations

All master classes will take place at Creative Arts Academy.  The address is 165 South Main Street in Bountiful.  Please park in back and enter through the back entrance. There will be no food or drink allowed in the dance studios.  Also, only ballet slippers, foot-undies, or bare feet will be allowed.  NO street shoes should be worn in the dance studios.   

The adjudication and gala will be held at Viewmont High School. The address is 120 West 1000 North in Bountiful. Because of our tight schedule, dances that are late will not be adjudicated. Also, please make sure that dancers pick up after themselves in the high school common areas.

Teachers and Adjudicators

We are excited about our outstanding faculty of teachers and panel of adjudicators.  They include:

Brad Beakes (Ririe Woodbury)

Michael Bearden (Soloist, Ballet West)

Victoria Bearden (Ballet West)

Mady Beighley (Best Choreographer, Dance Awards 2012)

Jo Blake (Ririe Woodbury)

Alex Bradshaw (Ririe Woodbury)

Stacy Clark (Odyssey Dance Theater)

Kathie Debenham (Utah Valley University)

Abby Fiat (University of Utah)

Mary Lyn Graves (Ririe Woodbury)

Alexis Pearson (So You Think You Can Dance)

Nathan Shaw (Repertory Dance Theater)

Melissa Staheli (Utah Regional Ballet)

Bashaun Williams (Ririe Woodbury)

This will be an AWESOME event!