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Jon Lehrer Dance Company to perform new works throughout Burchfield Penney galleries [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato for The Buffalo News When Jon Lehrer left behind LehrerDance, the dance troupe he started in Buffalo in 2007, to form Jon Lehrer Dance Company in 2018 in his native New York City, he did not completely leave behind his adopted home of Buffalo. Since then, Lehrer and company have been back annually at Artpark. Now, for the first time since 2017, they will … Continue reading Jon Lehrer Dance Company to perform new works throughout Burchfield Penney galleries [PREVIEW]

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Buffalo native Adelaide Clauss performs with The Washington Ballet at Chautauqua Institution [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato for The Buffalo News It’s a homecoming of sorts for Buffalo’s Adelaide Clauss. The 24-year-old rising star with the Washington Ballet will perform with the company at nearby Chautauqua Institution in shows Aug. 10 and Aug. 13 with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. It is the first time in recent memory, if not the first time ever, the prestigious ballet company from our nation’s capital will perform … Continue reading Buffalo native Adelaide Clauss performs with The Washington Ballet at Chautauqua Institution [PREVIEW]

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Dance Reviews 2014, The Buffalo News

Neglia’s “Baba Yaga” is a bewitching ballet

By Steve Sucato News Contributing Reviewer Neglia Ballet Artists opened its 15th anniversary season Saturday afternoon in Shea’s Performing Arts Center with the often-performed Halloween favorite, “Baba Yaga.” The kid-friendly ballet – based on a Russian folktale and adapted for the stage by Neglia Ballet artistic director/choreographer Sergio Neglia – delighted the audience, many who came in Halloween costumes. With an easy-to-follow and spooky story, … Continue reading Neglia’s “Baba Yaga” is a bewitching ballet

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Dance Reviews 2014, The Buffalo News

Two world premieres highlight LehrerDance’s solid night of dance

By Steve Sucato News Contributing Reviewer For the third year running, Buffalo’s LehrerDance opened the M&T Bank Dance Series in University at Buffalo Center for the Arts. The internationally touring professional dance company presented six works by artistic director/choreographer Jon Lehrer, including two world premieres Saturday night on the Mainstage Theatre. The vibrant program opened with “Fused by 8” (2009), a work in which its … Continue reading Two world premieres highlight LehrerDance’s solid night of dance

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Dance Reviews 2014, The Buffalo News

Charlotte Ballet presents diverse, entertaining program at Chautauqua

By Steve Sucato News Contributing Reviewer The newly renamed Charlotte Ballet (formerly North Carolina Dance Theatre) in residence at the Chautauqua Institution on July 30, showed that whatever the company calls itself, artistic director Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and dancers bring the same high level of dancing and dance works to every performance. In “Dance Innovations” in the Institution’s Amphitheater, the company along with A Far Cry … Continue reading Charlotte Ballet presents diverse, entertaining program at Chautauqua

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Talented Russian troupe dances a family-friendly ‘Don Quixote’

By Steve Sucato News Contributing Reviewer When Moscow Festival Ballet took the Mainstage in the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts on April 8 in “Don Quixote,” I experienced a feeling of déjà vu as if I had seen this Russian touring company before. Apart from a few personnel changes, essentially I did last March at UB in “Swan Lake,” only then it was called … Continue reading Talented Russian troupe dances a family-friendly ‘Don Quixote’

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Limón Dance Company brings mix of old and new

Reviewed by Steve Sucato News Contributing Reviewer A mainstay of classical American modern dance, the 68-year-old Limón Dance Company brought a mix of old and new to the Mainstage Theatre at UB Center for the Arts (Buffalo, NY) Friday night. The entertaining program led off with company namesake José Limón’s 1958 group work “Mazurkas” set to a suite of music by Frederic Chopin. The upbeat … Continue reading Limón Dance Company brings mix of old and new

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