Our First “Art with Heart:” Amazing Dancers, Choreography

This weekend marked the 7th annual “Art with Heart,” a benefit concert for Shriners Hospital for Children that is put on by three Utah dance studios: The Dance Club of Orem, Dance Impressions of Bountiful, and The Winner School of Salt Lake City.  This was the first Art with Heart for my daughters (6 and 9 years old), though, and they thoroughly enjoyed every minute! 

Every dance was incredible, with many of them being choreographed by Joey Dowling and Jacki Ford (of www.joandjax.com, my dance wear client) and Travis Wall of “So You Think You Can Dance” fame!”  As “ThoseCrazyBeans” posted on her blog this morning, “How lucky these girls are to have such impressive instructors!”

What was unique this  year is that Utah Valley University volunteered (at my request) to stream the show over the Internet on Friday night so that the children at Shriners Hospital could actually watch the show from the hospital’s auditorium. They brought four cameras and a big crew. I watched the show from the tech room as the director called to change cameras every 2 to 3 seconds, fading here and there, showing close-ups of the girls every once in a while. While the Internet stream was a little too pixily, they’re going to show the completed, edited version on the UVU cable channel 5 or 6 times over the next year and put it on Comcast OnDemand (anyone can watch “on demand” for three months). I can’t wait to see it. I’ll let everyone know when it’ll be on!