Tag: Annika Sheaff

Previews

Ajayi Dance’s ‘Half the Sky’ to Explore Themes of Masculinity, Identity, Injustice, and the Female Condition [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato Dancer-choreographer Melissa Ajayi’s interest in creating her own dance works came at a young age in her hometown dance studio in New Philadelphia, Ohio. It only grew stronger over the years as a dance major at Kent State University and as a freelance dance artist living in New York City and Lexington, Kentucky. So, forming her own eponymous project-based dance company in … Continue reading Ajayi Dance’s ‘Half the Sky’ to Explore Themes of Masculinity, Identity, Injustice, and the Female Condition [PREVIEW]

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Airings

GroundWorks’ Versatile Performer Annika Sheaff Bids Adieu [Interview]

“The 33-year-old Juilliard graduate and former dancer with renowned dance company Pilobolus, brought to her dancing in GroundWorks not only solid technique, but a stage presence that drew audience eyeballs to her as if she were somehow constantly lit by an invisible spotlight. ” Continue reading GroundWorks’ Versatile Performer Annika Sheaff Bids Adieu [Interview]

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Dance Reviews 2014

New work by Rosie Hererra highlights GroundWorks DanceTheater’s richly satisfying Winter Series program

GroundWorks DanceTheater Breen Center for the Performing Arts Cleveland, Ohio February 28, 2014 Reviewed by Steve Sucato Winter may have had Northeast Ohio in its icy grip, but Miami-based choreographer Rosie Hererra’s world premiere work “House Broken” did its best to warm things up at Cleveland’s Breen Center for the Performing Arts with a laugh-out-loud dark comedy filled with sight gags and prop humor and … Continue reading New work by Rosie Hererra highlights GroundWorks DanceTheater’s richly satisfying Winter Series program

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