Antaeus Dance Gifts Fans with One Last Gem in Joint Production with Travesty Dance Group

“In her last performance with the company she founded, Meggitt captivated with her usual precision and determination. Pausing at times during the work to look back reflectively at the other dancers, one got the sense she was also wishing them farewell and thanking them for the years they spent together as a troupe. ” Continue reading Antaeus Dance Gifts Fans with One Last Gem in Joint Production with Travesty Dance Group

MorrisonDance and Elu Dance Company Double Bill Food for the Soul

“Directed, choreographed and performed by company founders Mikaela Clark and Mackenzie Valley, barefaced was heavily inspired by C.S. Lewis’ 1956 novel “Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold” and was a cut above the prior works I have seen from the pair as well as being a highlight of Cleveland’s 2015-2016 dance season.” Continue reading MorrisonDance and Elu Dance Company Double Bill Food for the Soul

Verb Ballets’ ‘DanceWorks’ Program Out of Character

Verb Ballets DanceWorks ’14 Gordon Square Theatre at Cleveland Public Theatre  Cleveland, OH May 1-3, 2014 Reviewed by Steve Sucato Cleveland-based Verb Ballets closed out Cleveland Public Theatre’s 2014 DanceWorks series with a program of two new works that harkened back to the modern dance style of its predecessor company the Repertory Project. Audiences used to Verb’s mix of classical modern dance works from Paul Taylor … Continue reading Verb Ballets’ ‘DanceWorks’ Program Out of Character

Cleveland’s Inlet Dance Theatre opens CPT’s ‘DanceWorks’ series with mostly Entertaining Program

Inlet Dance Theatre Cleveland Public Theatre – Gordon Square Theatre Cleveland, OH April 10-12, 2014 By Steve Sucato Cleveland-based Inlet Dance Theatre opened Cleveland Public Theatre’s annual DanceWorks series April 10 at Gordon Square Theatre with a program of five diverse works by company founder and artistic director Bill Wade including three premieres. In its 13th season, Inlet has carved out a niche among Northeast, … Continue reading Cleveland’s Inlet Dance Theatre opens CPT’s ‘DanceWorks’ series with mostly Entertaining Program

Drugs, Butoh and ‘Events Leading Up to My Death’

By Steve Sucato Cleveland’s longest running annual dance series DanceWorks, presented by Cleveland Public Theatre, opens the second half of its 4-week run with a double bill featuring Tremont-based Antaeus Dance and Erie, Pennsylvania’s Shen & Bones Performance Group, April 24-26 at CPT’s  Gordon Square Theatre. Antaeus Dance will open the double bill with two premieres.  Dancer/choreographer Heather Koniz’s 10-minute trio “Let My Hero In” … Continue reading Drugs, Butoh and ‘Events Leading Up to My Death’

MorrisonDance to Celebrate 15 Seasons of Dance

Cleveland, OH – MorrisonDance celebrates 15 seasons of dance Saturday, May 4 at 7 pm at PlayhouseSquare’s Ohio Theatre. The Cleveland-based dance company will share a selection of favorites from over 50 original pieces of choreography. The show will include Morrison’s “Tray Magnifique”, an imaginative tribute to the service industry where dancers convert trays into mirrors, dragonflies, limousines and drum kits; “Radke’s Melancholy Chromosomes”, an … Continue reading MorrisonDance to Celebrate 15 Seasons of Dance

Verb Ballets to present two different programs in DanceWorks ’13 at Cleveland Public Theatre

By Jen Garlando CLEVELAND, OH – Verb Ballets returns to Cleveland Public Theatre as part of the DanceWorks ’13 Series with two different programs. Verb Ballets is pleased to announce they will kick off the series with an additional program added to the season: Verb Goes Electric with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, running March 21- 23, 2013. The company will close out the contemporary dance showcase … Continue reading Verb Ballets to present two different programs in DanceWorks ’13 at Cleveland Public Theatre