 Vortex, The Ballet That Rocks, is presented Friday and Saturday starting at 8.30 p.m. at the Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater inside Bartley Ranch Regional Park in Reno. Both performances are free, no advance tickets, first come, first served, with doors opening at 7 p.m. For more, arttown.org. To hear more of my conversation with Alexander Van Alstyne and Steve Traunde, horizonsradio.org slash interviews. For KUNR and KNCJ, I'm Chris Morrison.