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Fifth Annual ‘The Benefit’ Set To Wow Audiences Again With World-Class Music and Dance  

By Steve Sucato One of the region’s premiere arts events, The Benefit returns for the fifth year running on Sunday, May 20 at downtown Columbus’ Jo Ann Davidson Theatre at the Riffe Center. Produced and curated by former BalletMet dancers Jimmy Orrante and Attila Bongar, the talent-packed evening of dance and music benefits The Central Ohio Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation. Joining The Benefit’s … Continue reading Fifth Annual ‘The Benefit’ Set To Wow Audiences Again With World-Class Music and Dance  

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Dance Reviews 2017

4th Annual ‘The Benefit’ Worth Every Cent and More

The Benefit The Vern Riffe Center’s Jo Ann Davidson Theatre Columbus, Ohio May 21, 2017 Reviewed by Steve Sucato When it comes to all-star dance benefits, few outside the nation’s major metropolises pack in as much talent and great dancing as Columbus, Ohio’s The Benefit. Curated by former BalletMet stars Jimmy Orrante and Attila Bongar, the annual event, now in its fourth year, benefits The … Continue reading 4th Annual ‘The Benefit’ Worth Every Cent and More

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Dance Reviews 2017

Benz a Consummate Juliet in BalletMet’s Superb ‘Romeo and Juliet’

“Within this beautiful setting Liang choreographed a beauty of a pas de deux that contained a wellspring of fabulous lifts and carries to go with the character’s unbridled joy which Benz and Ward captured to perfection in their exquisite dancing of it.” Continue reading Benz a Consummate Juliet in BalletMet’s Superb ‘Romeo and Juliet’

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Fourth Annual ‘The Benefit’ Offers Up World-Class Music and Dance to Aid Hemophilia Foundation

“One of the easiest and best choices in helping make a difference in the lives of those with hemophilia, their families, and to help find a cure, The Benefit, is a win-win for anyone who enjoys world-class arts entertainment and making lemonade out of life’s lemons.” Continue reading Fourth Annual ‘The Benefit’ Offers Up World-Class Music and Dance to Aid Hemophilia Foundation

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Dance Reviews 2014

BalletMet’s Triple Bill of World Premiere Ballets Finds Beauty in Strange Situations

BalletMet Columbus – Innovations BalletMet Performance Space Columbus, OH October 24 – November 8, 2014 Reviewed by Steve Sucato One thing is clear about Edwaard Liang’s first full season as artistic director BalletMet Columbus; the honeymoon period with him as new director shows no signs of being over. On the heels of this past September’s landmark production of Twisted, Liang and company have kept the … Continue reading BalletMet’s Triple Bill of World Premiere Ballets Finds Beauty in Strange Situations

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