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Dance Reviews 2019, DANCECleveland

Ailey Magic Returns to Playhouse Square [REVIEW]

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Playhouse Square’s KeyBank State Theatre Cleveland, Ohio April 27, 2019  By Steve Sucato The return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to Northeast, Ohio is always a hotly anticipated event. The company’s 60th anniversary tour performances this past weekend (April 26-28) at Playhouse Square’s KeyBank State Theatre in Cleveland rewarded that anticipation with memorable works and dancing. Presented by Playhouse … Continue reading Ailey Magic Returns to Playhouse Square [REVIEW]

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Pittsburgh City Paper

Legendary dancer Carmen De Lavallade visits with her one-woman show

By Steve Sucato Pittsburgh dance audiences are treated to a host of great performances annually from new and established artists, some with global renown. Rarer are visits by living legends. Dancer, choreographer and actress Carmen De Lavallade qualifies. De Lavallade brings her acclaimed new one-woman show, As I Remember It, to the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater for two shows this week. The Pittsburgh premiere of the intimate, hour-long … Continue reading Legendary dancer Carmen De Lavallade visits with her one-woman show

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Pittsburgh City Paper

A new dance work explores “post-blackness” and other aspects of identity

By Steve Sucato What does it mean to be black? For local choreographer Staycee Pearl, that question hit home when her dance works were questioned by others in the African-American community for not being “black enough.” In her latest work, “…on being …” to be premiered by her Staycee Pearl Dance Project at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater Feb. 22-23, Pearl looks at what it means to be … Continue reading A new dance work explores “post-blackness” and other aspects of identity

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