Balanchine's America

I have recently had the privilege of taking photographs for Ballet West. They are one of the premier ballet companies in the United States.
Ballet Wests latest performance was a show called "Balanchine's America". Based off of the famous choreographer George Balanchine's ballets. George Balanchine was probably the most influential choreographer in the 20th century. The performances included three ballets choreographed by Balanchine: Serenade, Agon ,and Stars and Stripes.
Here are a few of my favorite photos from the show.

Hike

Last week I was on Spring Break at school and thought it would be a great time to get out and do something. My Dad has been asking me to come do a hike with him for a couple of years now and I'd never been able to work out a time that I could go down. Spring Break worked out perfect though.
The canyon we went to go hike is called Buckskin Gulch. My Dad said it's the longest slot canyon in the world. There is a lot to see down there, not just the canyon. Our first day there we stopped and watched a bunch of condors that have been reintroduced into the area. They feed them up on the Vermilion Cliffs, it was cool to see them fly around. We went to a place by the Honeymoon Trail where people traveling in the late 1800s carved their names into the stone. And later in the day found some pretty amazing rocks to hike around on.





The second day we went down and hiked around a place called Coyotte Butes. That place was amazing. The hills were multi colored and we found all sorts of amazing rocks there. After hiking around and taking photos there for an hour or so we headed to Buckskin. My dad thought we wouldn't be able to get real far in because there are usually pools of water to go through that could be pretty deep. Turns out this season they must have been filled in so we were able to walk up a few miles. There were still little pools of water but none we had to walk through.

After spending some time in Buckskin we headed off to a place called the Wave. This is a pretty famouse landscape and I've been wanting to go there for a while now. The directions we had were not the best and we wandered for a bit longer than we really needed to but we eventually got there. It was a pretty amazing place and well worth the hike to get to.

Busy Week

Last week I was on spring break at school. How cool is it to get a paid week off! Well it was a really busy week. I took photos for Ballet West, Utah Ballet, University of Utah Ballet Seniors, and then went hiking with my Dad in southern Utah. I got some pretty awesome photos while down there. I will probably post them tomorrow.
I thought I was going to get a lot of stuff done last week, turns out I was to busy to do most of the stuff I thought I could. Looks like they are still on the "honey do" list.
One thing I did get to do was read a book. My wife and I are big fans of the Fablehaven books. They are fun fantasy books writen towards younger readers, kind of like the Harry Potter books were. They are a fun read for all ages though. The latest book is also the last in the series. It's called Keys to the demon prison. I thought the author did a great job finishing off the series. I have always like swords and in this book there is a pretty awesome sword, it made me happy :) I know I'm a giant nerd, but thats ok with me.
I will be posting a lot of photos later this week.