WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN DANCE (APRIL 22-28, 2015)

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(Be sure to visit our monthly dance calendar by clicking on “Events Calendar.”)

UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY, Ballroom Dance Company, “A Story,” Paul Winkelman, company director, spectacular dancing, swirling dresses, vibrant energy, and engaging melodies straight from the Broadway stage, April 23-25, 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee also on April 25,   Ragan Theatre, $12 general, $8 students, 801-863-7529, or box office located in Noorda Theatre, or Campus Connection, www.uvu.edu/arts.

REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE, “Reunion,” on the threshold of 50 years, the program features choreography from dancers who have brought us to this milestone, with choreography by RDT alumni Linda C. Smith, Kay Clark, Bill Evans, Lynne Wimmer, Angie Banchero-Kelleher, Brent Schneider, Francisco Gella and Nathan Shaw, April 23-25, 7:30 p.m., Jeanné Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, $30 general, 801-355-2787, www.arttix.org.

BALLET WEST II, presented by The Ogden Symphony Ballet Association, “Aladdin,” follow a poor youth and an entire cast of colorful characters as Aladdin strives to win the love of his beautiful princess and spoil the plans of the wicked sorcerer, April 25, 7 p.m., Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, Weber State University, $8-$25, for more information and tickets, www.symphonyballet.org.

SALT LAKE SYMPHONY CONCERT WILL FEATURE 16-YEAR-OLD VIOLINIST SHENAE ANDERSON

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While the Salt Lake Symphony’s music director, Robert Baldwin, is busy leading his other ensemble, the Utah Philharmonia in Jules Massenet’s opera Cendrillon, Barbara Scowcroft, will step in and replace him on the podium Saturday.

Shenae Anderson

Scowcroft, who besides being a member of the first violin section of the Utah Symphony and the music director of the Utah Youth Symphony, is no stranger to the Salt Lake Symphony; she’s led the group in several concerts over the years.

Saturday’s program will open with University of Utah composer John Costa’s Vignette, which Scowcroft and the Utah Youth Symphony commissioned to celebrate the Salt Lake Winter Olympics in 2002.

The orchestra will also play Mendelssohn’s exuberant Symphony No. 4, Italian, which the composer wrote after a trip to Italy.

Soloist for the concert will be 16-year-old Shenae Anderson, playing Beethoven’s imposing Violin Concerto. Anderson is the Utah Division winner of Salt Lake City’s Stradivarius Competition. A student of Eugene Watanabe, Anderson has kept herself very busy. She’s soloed twice with the Utah Symphony at its Salute to Youth concerts, and she’s won numerous competitions.

The concert takes place Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Libby Gardner Concert Hall. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for seniors and students. They’re available at the door or by calling 801-531-7501.

Scowcroft will also lead a free pre-concert discussion at 6:15 p.m. in Room 270, directly behind the concert hall. She’ll focus on the cultural, historical and musical perspectives of the music on the program.