THE PARK RECORD | BALLET WEST SUMMIT FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES HITS A HIGH POINTE
The culmination of the inaugural Ballet West Summit Festival: Art Meets Elevation is the live performances on July 17 at the Canyons Village Stage.
The evening’s general admission performances, which are appropriate for all ages, will feature four Ballet West principal dancers — Katlyn Addison, Jenna Rae Herrera, Adrian Fry and David Huffmire — who will perform “Quattro a Verdi” by Michael Smuin, “L’air d’Esprit” by Gerald Arpino and “After the Rain Pas de Deux” by Christopher Wheeldon.
It will also spotlight world premieres by renowned choreographers Phil Chan, Ingrid Silva, Garett Smith and Rex Tilton, performed by Ballet West trainees who are enrolled in the artÉmotion, a summer intensive workshop program that partners with Ballet West and was founded by former Ballet West principal dancer Tilton and his wife, Allison DeBona, Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy Peggy Bergman Park City campus principal and Park City liaison.