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COMING TO WHERE YOU BURROW, BREATHE, AND BREED, THE GREATEST, MOST MAGNIFICENT TRAVELING TRAILER OF THEATRICAL DANCE SPECTACLE ON EARTH!
Also, the only one.
Presented by nonprofit art-maker SB Dance, Curbside Theater is professional art that comes to you. It takes place outside, under night skies, and is usually free or very affordable. Rummage through this site to learn how you can join the experience.

2023 Program
A card reading for the audience set in a carnival midway, Tarotville features five dancers, astounding spectacle, and an international songbook rendered and performed live by Raffi and Ischa.

Night Sky Series
– Aug 11* 8pm (free) Dumke Arts Plaza, Ogden
– Aug 12* 8:30pm (free) Pinnacle Performance in Sugarhouse, SLC
– Aug 19* 8pm (ticketed) Snowpine Lodge, Alta
– Aug 20 TBA
– Sep 6 8pm (free) Pierpont Garage Rooftop, SLC
– Sep 7 8pm (free) Legacy Bridge at U of Utah, SLC
– Sep 8 TBA
– Sep 9 TBA
– Sep 13 & 14, Eat Drink SLC, Tracy Aviary, SLC
– Sep 15 TBA
– Sep 16 7:30pm (free) Holladay City Park, Holladay, Utah
– Sep 22, 23, 29, 30 TBA
– Oct 6 & 7, 7:30pm Boulder Art Barn, Boulder, UT
Tarotville Bazaar pre-show
An asterisk* denotes shows preceded by the Tarotville Bazaar. Get a card reading and other metaphysical goodies. Click show link to learn more.
Are you a metaphysical practitioner or craftsperson who wants to join the bazaar? Click here to learn more.
Accessibility
Curbside Theater suits audiences who are with varying disabilities. Please contact us if you have questions about accessibility at a specific show or have ideas about reaching under-served communities.
Donating to Curbside Theater
Curbside requires the support of cultural enthusiasts like you. Please consider helping make this program available to communities and people who would otherwise be unable to afford it. SB Dance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and your donation is tax-deductible as allowable by law.
FAQs
- Who are you people? SB Dance is a company of professional artists, mainly dancers, who like pushing boundaries and inventing new things. Over the years, we’ve made concerts of all dance, pure theater, musicals, operettas, and immersive works. Curbside is what we call “dance theater”; that is, a little of both.
- How artsy fartsy is this? It’s pretty approachable, entertaining, and made for curious, open-minded people without any special knowledge or familiarity with contemporary art.
- Who hires you? Curbside shows are “hosted” by arts councils, municipalities, colleges, neighborhoods, businesses, and individuals. They pay a fee to us, and admission is usually free or low cost.
- Is this okay for kids? When asked if the show is “family-friendly”, we advise that audience members consider the experience like a nice restaurant: some youths enjoy it; others won’t be happy without a kids menu. This is a detailed description about audience appropriateness.
- Why so late? We start at dusk so our stage lights are visible.
- Will you do a pro bono show? We waive our fee for organizations that help under-served communities. Please reach out if you are interested.
- How about social media? @sbdanceco on Instagram and tag #curbsidetheater.
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About Curbside Theater
When the 2020 shutdown occurred, Stephen (SB Dance’s founder/director) built a stage on a utility trailer and convinced dancer Annie Kent and musical duo Raffi and Ischa to drive around doing 5 minute performances. It all took place outside, with ample distancing between company members and between us and the audience. Carefully, we added more solos and duets for performers who were in the same bubble. By 2022, the show became a 50 min performance called All Those Kinds of Love.
In 2023, the company decided to stick with the small-stage format and push it even further with a new set design and theme. Buoyed by National Endowment for the Arts support, the new production, Tarotville is structured as a card reading for the audience.
The goal of every Curbside Theater program is to engage curious people with contemporary art that goes to them, figuratively and literally. It feels like we’re pioneering a novel format, and we’re having a blast doing it.
Tarotville
- Conceived and created by Stephen Brown
- Performed and co-created by Arielle Hassett, Jorji Diaz Fadel, Bashaun Williams, Florian Alberge, and Ashley Chin-Mark
- Sound score and songbook performed and rendered by Raffi and Ischa
- Tarot advise and intuitive guidance by Jennifer Beaumont
- Photography by Paul Christean