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

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