Tag: Cain Park

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Inlet’s Summer Dance Offerings Look Back on the Company’s Repertoire History While Giving a Nod to the Future [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato Entering the penultimate season before its 25th Anniversary, Cleveland’s Inlet Dance Theatre is already looking back on its repertoire history this summer in its annual performances at Cleveland Heights’ Cain Park and at the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival in Akron.  But this summer’s offerings are not all a trip down memory lane. Thanks to Inlet’s annual Summer Dance Intensive, there will … Continue reading Inlet’s Summer Dance Offerings Look Back on the Company’s Repertoire History While Giving a Nod to the Future [PREVIEW]

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Ohio Contemporary Ballet Celebrates Beloved Retiring Company Dancers in a Free Performance at Cain Park [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato Ohio Contemporary Ballet’s annual free performance at Cain Park this Saturday, June 21, is a bittersweet one as the company celebrates the retirements of longtime company dancers Kate Webb and Antonio Morillo. The beloved dancers have been the focal point of many of the company’s marquee dance works, thrilling audiences and critics alike.  A native of Richmond, Virginia, 31-year-old Webb will retire … Continue reading Ohio Contemporary Ballet Celebrates Beloved Retiring Company Dancers in a Free Performance at Cain Park [PREVIEW]

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Profiles

Ohio Contemporary Ballet’s Kate Webb Talks about Her Career, Retirement, and What’s Next [INTERVIEW]

By Steve Sucato One of Northeast Ohio’s most beloved dancers, Ohio Contemporary Ballet’s Kate Webb, will take her final bow with the company this coming Saturday, June 21, in a free performance at Cain Park’s Evans Amphitheater.  A native of Richmond, Virginia, Webb trained in dance at the School of Richmond Ballet, where she was also a trainee with the professional company. After graduating from … Continue reading Ohio Contemporary Ballet’s Kate Webb Talks about Her Career, Retirement, and What’s Next [INTERVIEW]

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Dance Reviews 2023, DANCECleveland

Tap Dance Production Brings a Taste of Brazil’s Carnival to Cleveland [REVIEW]

Music From the Sole – I Didn’t Come To StayCain Park’s Evans AmphitheaterCleveland Heights, OHAugust 5, 2023 By Steve Sucato For their triumphant Ohio debut, New York-based music and tap dance troupe Music From the Sole created a joyous, party vibe Saturday night at Cain Park’s Evans Amphitheater with their production I Didn’t Come To Stay (2022). Presented by DANCECleveland to open their 67th season, … Continue reading Tap Dance Production Brings a Taste of Brazil’s Carnival to Cleveland [REVIEW]

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Airings, Previews

Verb, Ohio Contemporary Ballet Cain Park Program to Celebrate Retiring Dancer Lieneke Matte [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato After a decade with the company, beloved dancer Lieneke Matte is retiring from Verb, Ohio Contemporary Ballet. The company will recognize Matte with the free program, Celebrating the Career of Lieneke Matte, on June 23 at Cain Park’s Evans Amphitheatre. A native of the Bronx, New York, Matte received her early dance training at New York’s Ballet Tech, the School of American … Continue reading Verb, Ohio Contemporary Ballet Cain Park Program to Celebrate Retiring Dancer Lieneke Matte [PREVIEW]

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Dance Reviews 2022, DANCECleveland

‘Rennie’s’ Return Rekindles Hip-Hop Dance Flame [REVIEW]

Rennie Harris Puremovement – Nuttin’ But A WordCain Park – Evans AmphitheaterCleveland Heights, OhioAugust 6, 2022 By Steve Sucato It had been 24 years since the last time DANCECleveland and Cain Park presented Rennie Harris Puremovement. A lot has changed in the hip-hop dance scene since then, although witnessing the company’s hourlong program Nuttin’ But A Word this past Saturday night, in some respects, time … Continue reading ‘Rennie’s’ Return Rekindles Hip-Hop Dance Flame [REVIEW]

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Airings

Of Sideshows, Photo Memories and Atoms: GroundWorks Dance Theater’s ‘Summer Series’ Promises a Carnival of Visual Delights

By Steve Sucato Childhood memories of Looney Tunes cartoons and circus sideshows provided the creative spark for GroundWorks DanceTheater artistic director/choreographer David Shimotakahara’s latest dance work, “Sud Buster’s Dream”. The animated work will make its premiere as part of GroundWorks’ season opening Summer Series program this weekend, July 19-21 at Cain Park’s Alma Theater in Cleveland Heights. The 30-minute contemporary dance work is set to an early … Continue reading Of Sideshows, Photo Memories and Atoms: GroundWorks Dance Theater’s ‘Summer Series’ Promises a Carnival of Visual Delights

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Dance Reviews 2018

Caleb Teicher & Company program perfect summer fare to close out ‘ADF in CLE’ dance festival

Caleb Teicher & Company Cain Park’s Evans Amphitheater Cleveland Heights, Ohio August 4, 2018 Reviewed by Steve Sucato Playful, may be the best way to describe New York-based Caleb Teicher & Company’s program, August 4 at Cain Park’s Evans Amphitheater in Cleveland Heights. The trio of dance works choreographed by two and a half year old dance company’s namesake artistic director Caleb Teicher, mixed tap, jazz … Continue reading Caleb Teicher & Company program perfect summer fare to close out ‘ADF in CLE’ dance festival

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