Scorched
By Thayer Jonutz
With premieres in Michigan, Utah, & New York City
UTAH PREMIERE
The Roof is on Fire
Presented as part of Repertory Dance Theater’s Link Series
March 20-21, 2026
Rose Wagner Black Box Theater, SLC UT
The Roof is on Fire is a condensed combination of two works by Thayer Jonutz—Hammer and Nail, and Scorched.
Out of Ashes
An Artist’s Witness from Grand Blanc, Michigan
After a life-changing residency in New York, one choreographer’s dance became a meditation on loss, faith, and the ashes left behind after a tragedy occurred at his own stake center in Grand Blanc, Michigan.
CREATED IN PART AT THE
Thayer joined five other artists in New York for seven days of creative work, where he first began developing Scorched. He described his time at the Artists Residency at the Center as a “life altering” experience.
Applications are now open for the 2026 Artists Residency, and are open to artists of a variety of disciplines.