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A group photo of the Weber State dancers featured in "Wish You Were Here."

Five Weber State dancers “Wish You Were Here”

Megan Swann, Section Editor September 5, 2024

For 60 years now, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company in Salt Lake City has asserted that “dance is for everybody.” This year, five student dancers from Weber State University had their chance to be included. The...

Art professor at Weber State, Sara Serratos, teaching student Max Young about developing film (taken on film).

Scholarship opportunities for the arts

Megan Swann, Section Editor March 26, 2024

Wiktoria Kolodziejczyk is an international student from Poland, double majoring in instrumental performance and Spanish. She plays violin for Weber State University, which earns her a performing arts scholarship. “It’s...

Performers of the night's first dance number, "Resonance," as part of the annual Orchesis Dance Theater Performance. Taken in April 2019.

Dancing into spring

Lexie Andrew, Culture editor March 23, 2023

Orchesis Dance Theatre at Weber State University is welcoming spring with their spring dance concert, Primavera, March 30-April 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Allred Theater. There will be a matinee performance...

Orchesis dancers outstretch their arms while dancing in "Unconscious Caged Mind." Photo credit: Kennedy Robins

Moving to the beat of community

Lexie Andrew April 13, 2022

In a small intimate space, audience members are brought together through dance to experience the importance of community in Orchesis Dance: When Movement Merges. The performance was on April 7-9 at Weber...

Dominic Favela, Amelia Martinez and Cydnee Medina use props for "Three Deep Breaths." Photo credit: Kennedy Robins

Moverse al ritmo de la comunidad

Marianna Lucia Lopez Luritta April 13, 2022

En un pequeño espacio íntimo, los miembros del público se reúnen a través de la danza para experimentar la importancia de la comunidad en Orchesis Dance: When Movement Merges....

Weber State's Orchesis dancers perform dances choreographed by an African dancer they call Zim Zim. (Nikki Dorber/The Signpost)

Communication through dance

Lexie Andrew November 22, 2021

For centuries, dance has been used by a multitude of different cultures as a way of communicating. "Where Dance Breathes" was this fall's dance performance by Weber State University's Orchesis Dance Theatre...

Orchesis will return to the in-person stage in November with a theme of “Where Dance Breathes.” Photo credit: Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities

Bienvenidos de nuevo al Browning Center

Lissete Landaverde August 27, 2021

Traducido por Lissete LandaverdeEl semestre de otoño de 2021 se acerca rápidamente y con eso viene nuevos planes para actuaciones y eventos organizados por Lindquist College of Arts and Humanities....

The Department of Performing Arts is planning on returning to in-person performances this fall. Photo credit: Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities

Welcome back to the Browning Center

Caitlyn Nichols August 27, 2021

The fall 2021 semester is approaching quickly, and it comes a new set of plans for performances and events put on by the Lindquist College of Arts and Humanities. This semester is especially exciting,...

Scholarships and upcoming auditions for the performing arts

Scholarships and upcoming auditions for the performing arts

Caitlyn Nichols January 15, 2021

For students interested in participating with Weber State University’s performing arts programs during the 2021-22 school year, and maybe even get scholarships for it, now is the time to act and apply. The...

Dancing in the Stream presents new works by student choreographers

Dancing in the Stream presents new works by student choreographers

Kierstynn King January 11, 2021

On Dec. 12 and 19, Orchesis Dance Theatre presented the second part of their Dancing in the Stream performances online. All of the performances were filmed during the weekend of Nov. 12. "Her Abandoned...

Orchesis Dance Theatre and Moving Company presented “Sojourners” as part of the first set of "Dancing in the Stream" performances. (Robert Lewis/The Signpost)

Dancing in the live-stream with Orchesis

Kierstynn King November 23, 2020

This year's Orchesis Dance Theatre theme was about connecting and streaming Orchesis’s performances, which has never been done before, due to COVID-19.Orchesis Dance Theatre and Moving Company presented...

Tori Nybo preforming "Define Me" for the Dance Form. (Bella Torres / The Signpost).

Time and space take FORM in collaboration

Cameron Gifford November 17, 2018

Collaboration and choreography was the name of the game in Orchesis Dance Theatre’s fall 2018 production. The production, which ran from Nov. 15-17, was a major collaborative effort between the dance,...

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