Airings: Geeksdanz offers up chills and thrills in ‘Manifestations’
By Steve Sucato In April, Ellen Deutsch’s Geeksdanz interpreted the high-tech world of video gaming. Now her fledgling troupe explores a much older, low-tech form of entertainment: ghost stories. Manifestations ─ at Shadyside’s intimate Steel City Improv Theater ─ seeks to tingle spines and chill blood. Four dancers will perform to six stories by award-winning storyteller Alan Irvine, drawn from legends, folk tales and literary classics including Bram Stoker‘s “The Judge’s House”. The interpretations range … Continue reading Airings: Geeksdanz offers up chills and thrills in ‘Manifestations’
Pittsburgh’s Pillow Project to create art amidst ash in ‘The Jazz Furnace’
By Steve Sucato Call it site-specific dance on a gargantuan scale. The Pillow Project takes its improvisational “Postjazz” movement style and video wizardry to a whole new level when it invades the Carrie Blast Furnaces, in Rankin, on Oct. 12, for a daylong extravaganza titled The Jazz Furnace. Built in 1907, the Carrie Furnaces number 6 and 7 tower 92 feet over the Monongahela River. Until 1978, … Continue reading Pittsburgh’s Pillow Project to create art amidst ash in ‘The Jazz Furnace’
BalletX opens DANCECleveland season with engaging program
By Steve Sucato Special to The Plain Dealer DANCECleveland hit a home run with its season opener of BalletX Saturday night at the University of Akron’s E.J. Thomas Hall. The contemporary ballet troupe from Philadelphia, in its Northeast Ohio debut, presented a memorable mixed repertory program of three engaging ballets performed adroitly by its versatile dancers. To read the full review click here Continue reading BalletX opens DANCECleveland season with engaging program
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