Murder, Reckoning, and an A Cappella Choir: CPT’s DanceWorks 2025 Presents Five Weeks of Evocative Dance [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato  The 21st iteration of Cleveland Public Theatre’s DanceWorks series — the longest-running annual dance series of its kind in the region — will treat audiences to five weeks worth of eclectic dance and dance theatre works, running every Thursday through Saturday evenings, April 17 – May 17, 2025, at CPT’s James Levin Theatre.   This year’s line-up of local dance artists will include … Continue reading Murder, Reckoning, and an A Cappella Choir: CPT’s DanceWorks 2025 Presents Five Weeks of Evocative Dance [PREVIEW]

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s ‘Spring Mix: 5 for 55’: A Preview and Conversation with Choreographer Caili Quan 

By Steve Sucato Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Spring Mix: 5 for 55, taking place on April 4-6 at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, is a mixed repertory program celebrating the company’s 55th anniversary. For it, PBT Artistic Director Adam W. McKinney has programmed five ballets that represent each decade of the company’s existence. They include reprises of Dwight Rhoden’s elegantly moving pas de deux … Continue reading Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s ‘Spring Mix: 5 for 55’: A Preview and Conversation with Choreographer Caili Quan 

Espiral Dance’s New Production is a Coming Together of Dance Artists to Highlight our Relationship with Mother Nature [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato For nearly four decades, Tom Evert and Susana Weingarten Evert have had a notable, if somewhat on-and-off, relationship with local audiences and Cleveland’s dance scene. Tom, a former company dancer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Susana, an award-winning dance artist, have performed and taught throughout Northeast, Oho under the monikers of Tom Evert Dance Company, Tom and Susana Evert Dance … Continue reading Espiral Dance’s New Production is a Coming Together of Dance Artists to Highlight our Relationship with Mother Nature [PREVIEW]