From settlement days forward, Utahns have actively supported the performing arts as opportunities for entertainment, education, and enlightenment. Nearly every city and community has amateur performing companies, or access to performances through the state's colleges and universities. Though based in Salt Lake City, Ballet West and Utah Symphony and Opera perform throughout the state. Elsewhere, the popular Utah Shakespearean Festival has put Cedar City on the "cultural map." �
Native American powwows in West Valley City are held for visitors to see how Native American traditions were born.Frank Jensen
Utah - Music & Performing Arts
- By Paula Burley
- Smithsonian.com, November 16, 2007
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