“Even beautiful and gentle snow is hostile to human beings,” says Lidberg. “My idea about snow is it is something bigger than us and our personal views of the world around us. Continue reading Sweden’s Pontus Lidberg Dance makes its Pittsburgh debut
“There is nothing lyrical about the ballet,” says Jaffe. “Each section’s dancing is quite bravura and powerful.” Continue reading Ballets by Female Choreographers Showcased in Grand Rapids Ballet’s MOVEMEDIA Program II
“With all the elements we are connecting with duration and time,” says Cacalano. “The dancing follows a pattern of flow, pause and exit.” Continue reading International Improv
Fates collide; hearts are broken; but in the end, love triumphs in this beautiful and technically demanding ballet with more than 100 roles. Continue reading Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre closes its season with its biggest story ballet ever
Grand Rapids Ballet MOVEMEDIA Program One Peter Martin Wege Theatre Grand Rapids, MI March 13, 2015 Reviewed by Steve Sucato For the first installment of Grand Rapids Ballet’s annual MOVEMEDIA series for the 2014-2015 dance season at their Peter Martin Wege Theatre, GRB artistic director Patricia Barker chose a mix of choreographers new to the contemporary dance series with one familiar to it and Grand … Continue reading With ‘MOVEMEDIA’ Grand Rapids Ballet pushes boundaries and audience expectations
By Steve Sucato Underneath Grand Rapids Ballet artistic director Patricia Barker’s million-watt smile lies an unyielding determination to realize her artistic visions. So when friend Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, unexpectedly died before he could introduce her to fellow author Chris Van Allsburg (The Polar Express and Jumanji), Barker took it upon herself to visit Van Allsburg’s Massachusetts home to convince … Continue reading Grand Rapids Ballet Renaissance
Storelli’s three solos are about “stripping herself down to her most vulnerable state,” says co-choreographer Jenna Rae Smith. Continue reading Emotional Journeys to Highlight fireWALL Dance Theater’s ‘Perspectives (as)’
Instead of trying to make traditional tango more modern, they created a new tango style that blends traditional tango movement with contemporary and modern dance styles. Continue reading Unión Tanguera makes its Pittsburgh debut
By Steve Sucato Of all Beth Corning’s dance-theater works, none in recent memory has been remounted more often than At Once There Was a House. Choreographed in 2004 for Cleveland’s GroundWorks Dancetheater, the piece was reworked twice for Corning’s former company, Dance Alloy Theater (most recently in 2006), and is being revisited to celebrate her company CorningWorks’ fifth anniversary. A new, hour-long version of the … Continue reading CorningWorks revisits an audience favorite with notable guests
By Steve Sucato Texture Contemporary Ballet wraps up its fourth season with Unleashed Emotion. The program in three acts at the New Hazlett Theater features five ballets that run the gamut of emotions, including the premiere of Texture associate artistic director Kelsey Bartman’s “Old Skin.” The 25-minute “earthy” ballet for five dancers, set to music by Olafur Arnalds, Patrick Wolf and others, explores the idea of … Continue reading Texture Contemporary Ballet’s Season-Ender a mix of Old and New
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