Grand Rapids Ballet Renaissance
By Steve Sucato Underneath Grand Rapids Ballet artistic director Patricia Barker’s million-watt smile lies an unyielding determination to realize her artistic visions. So when friend Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, unexpectedly died before he could introduce her to fellow author Chris Van Allsburg (The Polar Express and Jumanji), Barker took it upon herself to visit Van Allsburg’s Massachusetts home to convince … Continue reading Grand Rapids Ballet Renaissance
Emotional Journeys to Highlight fireWALL Dance Theater’s ‘Perspectives (as)’
Storelli’s three solos are about “stripping herself down to her most vulnerable state,” says co-choreographer Jenna Rae Smith. Continue reading Emotional Journeys to Highlight fireWALL Dance Theater’s ‘Perspectives (as)’
Unión Tanguera makes its Pittsburgh debut
Instead of trying to make traditional tango more modern, they created a new tango style that blends traditional tango movement with contemporary and modern dance styles. Continue reading Unión Tanguera makes its Pittsburgh debut
CorningWorks revisits an audience favorite with notable guests
By Steve Sucato Of all Beth Corning’s dance-theater works, none in recent memory has been remounted more often than At Once There Was a House. Choreographed in 2004 for Cleveland’s GroundWorks Dancetheater, the piece was reworked twice for Corning’s former company, Dance Alloy Theater (most recently in 2006), and is being revisited to celebrate her company CorningWorks’ fifth anniversary. A new, hour-long version of the … Continue reading CorningWorks revisits an audience favorite with notable guests
Texture Contemporary Ballet’s Season-Ender a mix of Old and New
By Steve Sucato Texture Contemporary Ballet wraps up its fourth season with Unleashed Emotion. The program in three acts at the New Hazlett Theater features five ballets that run the gamut of emotions, including the premiere of Texture associate artistic director Kelsey Bartman’s “Old Skin.” The 25-minute “earthy” ballet for five dancers, set to music by Olafur Arnalds, Patrick Wolf and others, explores the idea of … Continue reading Texture Contemporary Ballet’s Season-Ender a mix of Old and New
Cleveland Public Theatre presents DanceWorks 2015, April 2 – May 3
By Cathleen O’Malley Cleveland, OH —Cleveland Public Theater’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to present DanceWorks 2015, an annual showcase of contemporary dance. DanceWorks 2015 features six dance companies from the Northeast Ohio region, including Inlet Dance Theatre, MorrisonDance, The Movement Project, Cleveland Dance Exchange (CDX), Ohio Dance Theatre and Verb Ballets. Six companies premiere new work and revive popular performances, presented as single … Continue reading Cleveland Public Theatre presents DanceWorks 2015, April 2 – May 3
Under its new dance chair, Conservatory Dance Company seems headed in a new direction
By Steve Sucato Audiences most often get a feel for a new dance-company director from his or her choices in repertory. In the case of Point Park University’s new dance-department chair, Rubén Graciani, an indication of the direction he’ll take the student dance company can be seen in the Conservatory Dance Company’s annual At the Byham program, in four performances March 20-22. Graciani has said … Continue reading Under its new dance chair, Conservatory Dance Company seems headed in a new direction
Grand Rapids Ballet’s ‘MOVEMEDIA I’ to feature new contemporary dance works by Sagi Gross, Gina Patterson and Andrew Bartee
By Steve Sucato For the fourth year running, Grand Rapids Ballet’s cutting-edge repertory series MOVEMEDIA returns to GRB’s own Peter Martin Wege Theatre. The first of two programs in the series, MOVEMEDIA I runs March 13-15 and will feature four works that stem from their choreographer’s personal experiences but also speak to universal themes of conflict, disappointment and reflection. The MOVEMEDIA series created by GRB … Continue reading Grand Rapids Ballet’s ‘MOVEMEDIA I’ to feature new contemporary dance works by Sagi Gross, Gina Patterson and Andrew Bartee
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre offers 3 masterworks by 3 choreographic giants
By Steve Sucato If Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre‘s 45th-anniversary season were wine, it would be a vintage year: Every production is a most desirable bottle, none more so than PBT Premieres, to be performed with the PBT Orchestra, March 6-8 at the Benedum Center. The program of three masterworks by three choreographic giants ranks among artistic director Terrence Orr’s finest offerings in the 18 years he … Continue reading Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre offers 3 masterworks by 3 choreographic giants
Cuban troupe Malpaso makes its Pittsburgh debut
By Steve Sucato The members of Havana’s Malpaso Dance Company were still decades from being born when, 54 years ago, the U.S. enacted a trade embargo with Cuba. But the effects of that embargo have overshadowed their lives and the lives of other Cuban artists ever since. But while the two nations, separated by 90 miles of water, have been politically at odds for more … Continue reading Cuban troupe Malpaso makes its Pittsburgh debut
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