Red Rock Dance Festival

Red Rock Dance Festival The Red Rock Dance Festival (St. George, Utah) includes a three-day intensive workshop, choreography The Red Rock Dance Festival has several exciting components!

Three days of master classes taught by the visiting professional company, and other elite professionals. A Screendance film festival! Opportunity for emerging choreographers to submit and present their work with professional lighting on the DSU Eccles Mainstage. Choreographers are given feedback by Adjudicators, with an opportunity to win a cash prize of $500! A performance by the visiting Profess

ional company! The Festival culminates with the Choreography Showcase Finals and a reception afterward.

We’re so excited to kick this festival off! We can’t wait to meet everyone coming to the festival and for you to meet th...
05/27/2025

We’re so excited to kick this festival off! We can’t wait to meet everyone coming to the festival and for you to meet this incredible company! Everyone is welcome!

It’s finally here! RED ROCK DANCE FESTIVAL is happening this week! Check out this amazing lineup of choreography! These ...
05/27/2025

It’s finally here! RED ROCK DANCE FESTIVAL is happening this week! Check out this amazing lineup of choreography! These showings are FREE and open to the public so please come and get inspired by the creativity of so many talented people!

TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE MAY 16TH! Be sure to save the date and set a reminder to save your tickets on May 16th. May 30th...
05/02/2025

TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE MAY 16TH! Be sure to save the date and set a reminder to save your tickets on May 16th.

May 30th: South Chicago Dance Theatre will be bringing select works from their 8th season! FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY - this is a show you won’t want to miss!

May 31st: Choreography Finals Showcase is the culminating event of the festival where the top 8 pieces from the choreographic adjudication will be presented alongside a brand new collaborative work with and

Originally from Millis, Massachusetts, Carly Topazio has served as Artistic Director and Chief Executive Director of The...
03/06/2025

Originally from Millis, Massachusetts, Carly Topazio has served as Artistic Director and Chief Executive Director of The Rosin Box Project for the past five years since founding the organization in 2018. Under her leadership, Topazio has guided the organization from a $5000 operation to over a $500K organization, having officially incorporated to a 501(c)(3) in 2020. Throughout her tenure, Topazio has commissioned over 38 premiere ballets from local emerging to renowned choreographers from around the world, and gained the company recognition working with La Jolla Playhouse, and being featured at prestigious festivals such as Dance St. Louis’ Spring to Dance, and a presenting finalist at the Palm Desert Choreography Festival.

Committed to expanding dance’s vocabulary for all audiences, Topazio continuously promotes initiatives that make contemporary ballet accessible and welcoming to new audiences by activating untraditional spaces and emphasizing the genuine connection between artists and audiences. Topazio created and helped to further develop TRBP’s flagship arts-integrated outreach program, partnering with K-8 schools throughout the San Diego Unified School District and reaching over 3000 students. Additionally, Topazio has worked with the

Conrad Prebys Foundation, California Arts Council, San Diego Foundation, and The Parker Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts on the procurement and stewarding of grants and awards. In 2019 Topazio was recognized as an Emerging Arts Professional in San Diego by Rising Arts Leaders.

Topazio trained in classical ballet at Boston Ballet, and later at the Central Pennsylvania YouthBallet under Marcia Dale Weary, spending summer sessions at Houston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Ballet Austin, and Milwaukee Ballet. She has trained and performed internationally including residencies with Iratxe Ansa in Mexico City, International Ballet Stage in Barcelona,
ART of Forsythe in Madrid, as well as Austria and Prague.

READ THE REST OF CARLY'S BIO ON OUR WEBSITE!

Kia S. Smith is a Chicago native and her early training included Hyde Park School of Dance, The Joel Hall Dance Center, ...
02/21/2025

Kia S. Smith is a Chicago native and her early training included Hyde Park School of Dance, The Joel Hall Dance Center, ETA Creative Arts Foundation, StoryCatchers Theatre, and the American Dance Festival. She holds a BFA in Dance from Western Michigan University and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she was an Advanced Opportunity Program Fellow.

She is the Founder and Director of Vision and Strategy for South Chicago Dance Theatre, the company’s Resident Choreographer and the founder of its signature programs the Emerging Artist Program, South Chicago Dance Festival, Choreographic Diplomacy™ Program, Education and Community Programs and Teen Workforce Development Initiatives. As a freelance choreographer, Kia’s recent and upcoming commissions include Madison Ballet (2021), Chicago Repertory Ballet (2022), Houston Contemporary Dance Company (2023), Chicago Opera Theater (2023), Ruth Page Civic Ballet Training Company (2022), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2023), Giordano Dance Chicago (2023), Western Michigan University (2023), Southeast Missouri State University (2024), Opera Laguna (2024), New Dance Partners (2024), Resilience Dance (2024), Columbia College Chicago (2024) and Scottish Ballet School (2025). Kia’s first evening length work Memoirs of Jazz in the Alley for South Chicago Dance Theatre premiered at the Auditorium Theater of Chicago in 2023 and See Chicago Dance affirmed “Smith’s first evening length piece ‘Memoirs’ is a tour de force and a sensory immersion into this artists creative well springs”.

Kia is a member of the International Association of Blacks in Dance where she received the Joan Myers Brown Artist Development Fund scholarship in 2018. In 2021, she was a 3Arts Make A Wave awardee and an Ann & Weston Hicks Choreographic Fellow at the renowned Jacobs Pillow. She was a 2022 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist and a participant in the Artist in Residence ``AIR`` Program at the Cliff Dwellers Chicago. Kia was named a Rising Star in 2023 by Chicago Magazine, Player of the Moment in the category of Dance for New City Magazine’s annual 50 Players List in 2023 and one of Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch for 2024.

For up and coming choreographers to receive constructive feedback on their work from industry experts and get their name...
02/12/2025

For up and coming choreographers to receive constructive feedback on their work from industry experts and get their names out there! This year's adjudicators are Kia Smith, South Chicago Dance Theatre; Leandro Damasco, Diavolo & Santa Clara University; and Carly Topazio, The Rosin Box Project. We can't wait to hear all their wisdom and see what choreography you bring to the festival!
Submit your works now: https://www.stgeorgedance.com/redrock-adjudication

May 28th - 31st will offer a dozen master classes from ballet to Horton to Broadway jazz to improv and composition. Red ...
02/11/2025

May 28th - 31st will offer a dozen master classes from ballet to Horton to Broadway jazz to improv and composition. Red Rock Dance Festival is Southern Utah's #1 dance networking event for professionals and pre-professional dancers to grow their technique and artistry and meet established professionals from all over the country. Register now through the link in our bio!

The choreographic adjudication and showcase at Red Rock Dance Festival is a networking event for up-and-coming choreogra...
01/28/2025

The choreographic adjudication and showcase at Red Rock Dance Festival is a networking event for up-and-coming choreographers to present their work and receive feedback from industry experts! The top 8 pieces will move on to the Showcase Finals where there will be cash prizes for judges choice, runner up and audience choice.
Festival dates are May 28th-31st, located in beautiful St. George, Utah - hosted by the Utah Tech University Dance Department
We'd love to see your work! Submissions are open. More info and submission instructions in the link in our bio!

Coming to perform, collaborate and teach masterclasses at Red Rock Dance Festival this year, SOUTH CHICAGO DANCE THEATRE...
01/05/2025

Coming to perform, collaborate and teach masterclasses at Red Rock Dance Festival this year, SOUTH CHICAGO DANCE THEATRE!
South Chicago Dance Theatre (SCDT) is a multicultural organization seamlessly fusing classical and contemporary dance styles as well as preserving historic dance work. With Choreographic Diplomacy™ at the heart of the organization, SCDT creates, performs, and teaches dance on a local, national, and international platform. Since the 2017 launch, the Main Company has toured regionally, nationally and internationally to the Netherlands, South America, South Korea and Vietnam and commissioned the choreographic work of renowned artists. Its collaborative initiatives have included music ensembles, television, opera, art museums and public schools through a range of performances and educational programs. Recent recognition includes support from the Princess Grace USA foundation, and the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Foster Innovation Award. Kia S. Smith has been honored with a 3Arts Make A Wave Award, a Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist Award, she participated in the Choreography Fellowship at the School at Jacob’s Pillow and was named one of Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch for 2024.

01/03/2025

Coming this May to Red Rock Dance Festival, our Artist in Residence is....SOUTH CHICAGO DANCE THEATER!
SCDT will be in St. George this May to perform, adjudicate choreography, teach master classes and network with YOU! You won't want to miss this amazing company!
Mark your calendars to see them perform on May 30th! Registration for the workshops is open as well as submissions for choreography! Visit redrockdancefestival.com to register or learn more!

TICKETS ARE OFFICIALLY ON SALE! The culminating event of the Red Rock Dance Festival is the Choreography Showcase Finals...
05/14/2024

TICKETS ARE OFFICIALLY ON SALE! The culminating event of the Red Rock Dance Festival is the Choreography Showcase Finals where we will see the top 8 choreographic performances, a brand new collaborative work by Bruce Wood Dance and St George Dance Company, as well as repertoire performances by the workshop participants. Its going to be such a diverse and engaging show!
SATURDAY JUNE 1ST, 7:30pm at the Utah Tech Eccles Mainstage! Get your tickets NOW: https://utahtech.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS:MULTI:COM024:EM0601:&linkID=utu-multi&dataAccId=608&locale=en_US&siteId=ev_utu-multi

What's in store for the Advanced-Intermediate division at Red Rock this year?- Daily ballet- Jazz- Modern- Hip Hop- Repe...
05/04/2024

What's in store for the Advanced-Intermediate division at Red Rock this year?
- Daily ballet
- Jazz
- Modern
- Hip Hop
- Repertoire with SGDC
- Broadway Jazz
- Contemporary
The Advanced-Intermediate level is for dancers in training 12yo+ who have had at least 4 years of formal studio training. We have a limited amount of spots available so sign up while you can! https://www.stgeorgedance.com/redrock-workshop-schedule

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