While “Tantric Tantrums” did not break any new ground thematically or choreographically, Sullivan also did not play it safe with the work. It’s erotic and highly charged depictions of the effects of emotional abuse proved haunting. Continue reading Anatomical Scenario Movement Theatre, TUPACO Dance & cocoloupedance – Anthro(pop)ology II
H3, the latest work by choreographer and artistic director Bruno Beltrao, presented the audience with an amalgamation of hip hop and contemporary movement styles that defied singular categorization.
By Steve Sucato Dance is an art form of discovery. For audiences and those involved in the making and performance of it there is both curiosity and mystery in its processes. For his 38th film, award-winning documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman returns to chronicling the art form in La Danse, a film about today’s Paris Opera Ballet. In the film Wiseman, whose films have generally focused … Continue reading Film tiptoes backstage with ballet
Neglia Ballet Artists Flickinger Performing Arts Center at Nichols School Buffalo, NY May 9, 2009 Reviewed by Steve Sucato If you didn’t happen to be among those in attendance Saturday night in the Flickinger Performing Arts Center at Nichols School for Neglia Ballet Artists’ 10th Anniversary Gala production, you can begin kicking yourself now. Yes, it was that good. The production — jam-packed with ballet … Continue reading Neglia marks 10 years with best show of decade
Configuration Dance TheatreCenter for the Arts – University at Buffalo Buffalo, NYMay 3, 2009Reviewed by Steve Sucato In the final performance of their latest production, Configuration Dance Theatre showed, they have the goods to warrant continued national attention. They also showed they are still very much a young dance troupe struggling with the recent switch from being a pick-up company made up of mostly seasoned … Continue reading Sometimes less really is more
FragileDance Alloy TheaterThe New Hazlett TheaterPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaApril 13-16, 2007Reviewed by Steve Sucato Pittsburgh’s Dance Alloy Theater has presented a number of memorable dance works in its 31-year history. Perhaps none however has been more powerful and moving, as Donald Byrd’s “No Consolation,” which premiered in April as part of DAT’s riveting program Fragile. The first chapter in a multi-part national project concerning human stories cut … Continue reading Dance Magazine Review of Dance Alloy Theater's Fragile
Pittsburgh City Paper: Emio Greco/PC “Hell” 4-12-07 “http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A25488” Pittsburgh City Paper: Dance Alloy Theater “Fragile” 4-12-07 “http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A25500” Pittsburgh City Paper: 2007 Regional Dance America National Festival 4-19-07 “http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A25500” Pittsburgh City Paper: 2007 Regional Dance America National Festival 4-19-07 http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A25869 Copyright Steve Sucato Continue reading Links To Recent Articles And Reviews April – May 2007
Buffalo News: Nimbus Dance “The Cell Phone Show” 3-23-07http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11811C926464C1D8&p_docnum=1 Pittsburgh City Paper: Sydney Dance Company “Grand” 3-22-07http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A24531 Buffalo News: Neglia Ballet Artists “Spartacus” Review 3-16-07http://www.buffalonews.com/200/story/35069.html Buffalo News: Evidence, A Dance Company 3-16-07http://www.buffalonews.com/204/story/33868.html Pittsburgh City Paper: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre “Moments & More” 3-15-07http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A24256 Pittsburgh City Paper: Joffrey Ballet 3-01-07http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A23542 Pittsburgh City Paper: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre 2-15-07http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A22849 Pittsburgh City Paper: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago 2-08-07http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A22471 Pittsburgh City … Continue reading Links To Articles And Reviews December 2006 – March 2007
Rachel Rish, Sara Lawrence & Hoang Ngoc Dang in Helen Keller: A Tribute to her Teacher. Photo: Dale Dong Dancing WheelsNovember 18, 2006Cuyahoga Community College (Eastern Campus) – Cleveland, OhioReviewed by Steve Sucato For the final production in its 25th anniversary season Cleveland’s Dancing Wheels chose to pay tribute to two American icons that have come to symbolize the ongoing struggles and triumphs of those … Continue reading Dancing Wheels Review
GroundWorks DancetheaterNovember 17-19, 2006Trinity Cathedral – Cleveland, OhioReviewed by Steve SucatoWith a backdrop of gothic arches, organ pipes and stained glass windows, GroundWorks Dancetheater presented a program of three new works as part of its ongoing Landmarks Series that brings dance to historic venues in Northeast Ohio. The program opened with GroundWorks artistic director/choreographer David Shimotakahara’s Before with After set to a compilation of J.S. … Continue reading GroundWorks Dancetheater Review
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