Charcuterie gone wild... /  by Nathan Webster

Still sorting thru a digital mountain of images from our 2 shows and more from November and December, and just have to share this amazing+amazing spread donated by our dear friend, advisor and NOW-ID board member Heidi Westfall. Dayum! We want that now. So grateful for all @hiwest801life brings to our life, and the contribution to December 29’s multi sensory JCBC!!!
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w/ ram skull (c/o @jhopehornbeck) contemplating Ty and Hope’s @dentedbrickdistillery concoctions just outside of pic.

ZOOM-COLLAB /  by Nathan Webster

Zoom-Collab with musicians Goran Strbac and Bret Jackson who will be playing live for and with us all at NOW-ID’s JCBC on December 29th.

Goran is originally from Croatia and as a child received classical training on both guitar and violin. He spent 20 years in Spain performing in a plethora of styles and genres. 10 years ago Goran moved to Salt Lake where he has established himself as a revered member of the local jazz scene.

Bret Jackson holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Trumpet Performance from Arizona State University. Active as a freelance trumpeter, Bret has performed with the Utah Symphony, the Ballet West Orchestra, the Sun Valley Symphony and more.

We provided a small Happening at KOU studios in Vancouver on December 1st. /  by Nathan Webster

NOW-ID provided a little happening between a Christmas dinner and a dance party on December 1st, at KOU Studios in Vancouver.

This is/was an iterative offshoot that grew out of a Canada Council of the Arts grant.

With heartfelt thanks to the @shapearch party planning posse, guest artists, the entourage and Nathan’s seasonally sultry colleagues and partners... a few stills from @conorprovenzano film recording.

Untitled (And So We Sow)

Choreographer: Charlotte Boye-Christensen

Ringmaster / Coffin / Pews: Nathan Webster

Dancers: Brian Nelson and Hannah Rice

Lighting: Jack Chipman

DJ: Jesse Walker

Pews (and Gum), thanks to Lakeview United Multicultural Church

Coffin: Thanks to @ttutheatredance

Venue: @koustudios

ALLY UP !! /  by Nathan Webster

ALLY UP!! will be the second iteration of our inaugural ALLY UP! ballet tailgater from the summer of 2022. Inspired in part by an all-female wrestling match witnessed in Mexico where the ring was lit by pickup truck headlights, AND an American roadshow-come-tailgater… We welcome you to the rematch, with dancers Tara McArthur and Sydney Sorenson, and more TBA!

Choreography by Charlotte Boye-Christensen; and with Nathan Webster as Ringmaster!

The event will be outdoors, and before dark on July 29th, 2023, behind 165 East 900 South, in Salt Lake City.

10 years! /  by Nathan Webster

Thinking back to 10! years ago, and all the people who helped us shape the first NOW-ID performance and company launch (and so much / so many more).

This is a screen capture from a video @davidnewkirk shot and edited for The Wedding, NOW-ID show-spectacle number 1.

Stay tuned for what is coming up next and soon!

Charlotte premiered a new work on her students at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. /  by Nathan Webster

Charlotte premiered a new work last weekend at Cornish Playhouse in downtown Seattle.

The work was choreographed in collaboration with her students at Cornish College of the Arts.

Lines Drawn was conceived as if a ritual for an imagined community to move through daily, to repeatedly define their world over and over as if movement created the world, and vice versa.

Thank you to all who made 2022 such an inspiring year! /  by Nathan Webster