Hometown Heroes Martha Graham and Kyle Abraham’s Troupes Highlight Pittsburgh Dance Council’s 55th Season [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato Celebrating its 55th season, the Pittsburgh Dance Council Series this year features notable classical and contemporary dance companies from the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, including A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, and the nation’s oldest dance company, the Martha Graham Dance Company. In selecting the dance companies that comprise this 55th season, presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust at the Byham … Continue reading Hometown Heroes Martha Graham and Kyle Abraham’s Troupes Highlight Pittsburgh Dance Council’s 55th Season [PREVIEW]

Compagnie Hervé KOUBI’s ‘What the day owes to the night’ takes Audience on an Unforgettable Dance Journey [REVIEW]

Reviewed by Steve Sucato The second to last production of DANCECleveland’s 2019-2020 season, French troupe Compagnie Hervé KOUBI arrived in Cleveland to a sold-out show last Saturday, February 15 at Playhouse Square’s Mimi Ohio Theatre.  Those attending got what they came for as the all-male company (for this production) of 15 mostly former street dancers from Algeria, Morocco France, Italy, Israel and Slovenia eagerly lived … Continue reading Compagnie Hervé KOUBI’s ‘What the day owes to the night’ takes Audience on an Unforgettable Dance Journey [REVIEW]

61Syx Teknique is ‘breaking’ barriers in advancing one of hip hop’s original dance forms

By Steve Sucato In the heart of Grand Rapids’ Comstock Park neighborhood sits an anomaly. No, it’s not a giant sinkhole or a time portal to another dimension—it’s something far more innocuous but perhaps just as rare: a dance school that exclusively teaches breakdancing. 61Syx Teknique Street Dance Academy, with its graffiti-adorned walls, is one of just a few dance schools in the nation that … Continue reading 61Syx Teknique is ‘breaking’ barriers in advancing one of hip hop’s original dance forms