SCERA SHOW
Rick Robinson’s mother used to teasingly tell her son she must have found him in a trash can because he was the only one in the family who couldn’t dance. Determined to prove her wrong, he began practicing dancing in his room for hours each night after football practice.
Eventually Robinson became a nationally recognized dancer, choreographer and dance studio creator whose emphasis is jazz, hip hop and ballroom.
Robinson, along with choreographers Kellie Messerly and Alan Salazar, will showcase their distinctive style Jan. 3-10 at 7:30 p.m. when Vibe Studio presents their newest dance show “Move” at the SCERA Center for the Arts.
Reserved-seat tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors (65+), students (w/ID) and children (age 3-11) and are available from 10am-6pm weekdays and 12Noon-6pm Saturdays at the SCERA Center, 745 South State, Orem, by calling (801) 225-ARTS, online at www.scera.org or at the door 30 minutes prior to each performance.
“We have worked with Rick in the past and he consistently gives us a new exciting show that draws sold-out audiences,” says Adam J. Robertson, SCERA President & CEO. “This high-energy show will be a perfect follow-up to his wildly successful ‘Evolutions of Dance.'”
“Move” will be an evening where performers move on the floor, across the stage, on mini trampolines, platform boards and poles. “We will demonstrate the joy of movement and how versatile we can be in the way we express our bodies,” he says.
Among the numbers will be “Girls Night Out,” with more than two dozen females who will intermix three dance styles. Another, “Can’t Stop the Rain,” is a piece with an interesting twist. It looks as if it will be a Gene Kelly version of the “Singin’ in the Rain” classic, but it breaks into a hip hop adaptation. Others dances will include “Trampolines” and “Bolero.”
Guest artists will include musician Jacob Luttrell, Ira and Abby Pollock and junior ballroom dance champions Brandon Armstrong and Brittany Cherry.
Among Robinson’s credits are the Origins Dance Company, the BYU Ballroom Dance Company, and the hit movie “Dance With Me.” He has performed in nearly 50 countries and made his home in Utah in 1990 after attending Brigham Young University on scholarship.
Robinson hopes audiences will leave going “Wow” because they have seen an entertaining and unexpected integration of three distinct, yet compatible dance styles.
And as for the trash can his mother alluded to? These days he’s likely to use it as a dance prop.