Artistic Changes at Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company



Charlotte Boye-Christensen

Artistic Changes at
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company is proud to announce its 49th season. This exciting season marks the 11th and final season for Artistic Director Charlotte Boye-Christensen, who, in order to pursue other national and international choreographic opportunities, will step down at the end of June, 2013.

The Copenhagen native has choreographed nearly three works a year in her time with Ririe-Woodbury and the Company is very appreciative of the hard work she has done. During her tenure, she has been involved in several exceptional collaborations, including The Figura music Ensemble from Copenhagen, Denmark, local artist Trent Call, Danish composer Jens Horsving, 4 Mexican artists (who were all former gang members for the work "Lost"), University of Utah professor Eric Handman (with whom she did "Rite of Spring"), and two collaborations with Nationally renowned writer David Kranes and Canadian architect Nathan Webster, the second featuring actor Ethan Phillips. A third one is in the works for Three.

Boye-Christensen has been responsible for bringing many outstanding and notable choreographers to create and restage their works on the Company, including Mexican choreographer Alicia Sanchez , Wayne McGregor from London, Brook Notary, John Jasperse, Australian John Utans, Susan Marshall, Bill T. Jones, Karole Armitage, Ann Carlson, Keith Johnson, and this year German choreographer Johannes Wieland.

“I have loved the creative work that I have done with the company over this last decade,” says Boye-Christensen. “It has been an inspiring and thought-provoking journey. I want to thank in particular the Ririe-Woodbury Dancers, the staff, Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury, my collaborators and the community for 10 amazing years of contemporary dance in Salt Lake City.”

“The support of the community has been instrumental in my ability to contribute to the Salt Lake City art scene and I look forward to paying this back - there are exciting new projects in the works!” “The fact that Charlotte has been with the Company for ten years is quite remarkable,” says Jena Woodbury, managing director of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. “She’s an incredible and prolific choreographer and has been dedicated to developing the physicality of the dancers and creating a diverse repertory.”

“The Company supports her decision to leave and plans to celebrate her legacy. Charlotte is eager to see the Company move forward in a positive fashion and is solidifying our major choreographic collaborations for our 50th anniversary celebration 2013-14. There’s a wonderful quote by Andre Gide, which seems appropriate for Charlotte ‘Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.’ We thank her for her dedication to the Company and wish her nothing but great success in her new adventures.”

Ririe-Woodbury will conduct a national search for a new Artistic Director during the upcoming year.


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