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On the move: Dance in the Annex begins educational partnership with Grand Rapids Ballet

Since 2009, the collective known more commonly as DITA has gained recognition for its classes, performances, and dance-on-film. Master classes once again resume this month, with world-renowned Graham Technique master teacher William Crowley. By Steve Sucato While Grand Rapids can boast a lot of things—from Beer City USA to Furniture City to ArtPrize—one thing it isn’t known for is a plethora of professional dance companies and … Continue reading On the move: Dance in the Annex begins educational partnership with Grand Rapids Ballet

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61Syx Teknique is ‘breaking’ barriers in advancing one of hip hop’s original dance forms

By Steve Sucato In the heart of Grand Rapids’ Comstock Park neighborhood sits an anomaly. No, it’s not a giant sinkhole or a time portal to another dimension—it’s something far more innocuous but perhaps just as rare: a dance school that exclusively teaches breakdancing. 61Syx Teknique Street Dance Academy, with its graffiti-adorned walls, is one of just a few dance schools in the nation that … Continue reading 61Syx Teknique is ‘breaking’ barriers in advancing one of hip hop’s original dance forms

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Curiouser and curiouser: Grand Rapids Ballet’s “Alice” overcomes early flaws to delight

Reviewed by Steve Sucato For a long time, it’s been a common speculation that iconic novel “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” was the product of mind-altering drugs. The world premiere of Grand Rapids Ballet (GRB)’s production of “Alice in Wonderland” Friday night based on that tale by Lewis Carroll’s (the pseudonym for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), feeds into that notion. The mind-blowing visual spectacle has the feel … Continue reading Curiouser and curiouser: Grand Rapids Ballet’s “Alice” overcomes early flaws to delight

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