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International arts writer/critic for newspapers, magazines and websites.
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Inlet’s Summer Dance Offerings Look Back on the Company’s Repertoire History While Giving a Nod to the Future [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato Entering the penultimate season before its 25th Anniversary, Cleveland’s Inlet Dance Theatre is already looking back on its repertoire history this summer in its annual performances at Cleveland Heights’ Cain Park and at the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival in Akron.  But this summer’s offerings are not all a trip down memory lane. Thanks to Inlet’s annual Summer Dance Intensive, there will … Continue reading Inlet’s Summer Dance Offerings Look Back on the Company’s Repertoire History While Giving a Nod to the Future [PREVIEW]

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Dance Reviews, Dance Reviews 2025

Mostly Marvelous Malpaso Delights at Chautauqua Institution [REVIEW]

Malpaso Dance CompanyChautauqua InstitutionChautauqua, NYJuly 9, 2025 By Steve Sucato Arguably Cuba’s best-known contemporary dance export in the United States, Malpaso Dance Company, returned to the Chautauqua Institution for its first mainstage Amphitheater performance on July 9, which featured a triple bill of repertory works.  The 9-member troupe opened its performance to a partially filled Amphitheater audience with New York City-based b-girl Ephrat Asherie’s “Floor… … Continue reading Mostly Marvelous Malpaso Delights at Chautauqua Institution [REVIEW]

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Press Releases

2nd Best Dance Company Presents ‘Light Labor’

By Hannah Garner 2nd Best Dance Company blends humor and tragedy while tackling big topics through“rigorous, inventive movement and wit” (Dance Magazine). The company brings its signaturestyle to Red Hook with a physically rigorous, sometimes virtuosic, almost always slapstick workentitled Light Labor. This evening-length work walks the fuzzy, shag-carpet line between dance performance andnarrative play, leaning into both text and movement to wonder how we … Continue reading 2nd Best Dance Company Presents ‘Light Labor’

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