Utah dancers present Irish version of Alice in Wonderland
"The Shelley Irish Dance Company, co-founded by Tina Shelley and Jo Lambert and located in Cedar Hills, Utah, is bringing its production, Ireland: The Dance Experience to audiences at the Scera Center for the Arts in Orem City, Utah.
Described as an Irish version of Alice in Wonderland, choreographers Shelley and Lambert have created a vision in which Alice follows a leprechaun to meet the “Dancemaster of the Pub” and the “Banshee of Killarney.”
The show follows a similar story structure to a ballet, but instead of relying simply on the dance to move the plot along, the narrator is a fundamental part of the show. Lambert told the local Daily Herald: “It sort of mirrors a ballet…in that it’s a story told through dance. However, the ballets tend to be hard to follow because you have a read the story before you watch it. But this actually has narration that leads you through. So it’s a very family-friendly show."
Described as an Irish version of Alice in Wonderland, choreographers Shelley and Lambert have created a vision in which Alice follows a leprechaun to meet the “Dancemaster of the Pub” and the “Banshee of Killarney.”
The show follows a similar story structure to a ballet, but instead of relying simply on the dance to move the plot along, the narrator is a fundamental part of the show. Lambert told the local Daily Herald: “It sort of mirrors a ballet…in that it’s a story told through dance. However, the ballets tend to be hard to follow because you have a read the story before you watch it. But this actually has narration that leads you through. So it’s a very family-friendly show."
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