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Dance Reviews 2025

MOMIX’s Trippy ‘ALICE’ Feeds Audiences’ Heads With Wonder [REVIEW]

MOMIX – ALICEMimi Ohio Theatre at Playhouse SquareCleveland, OHOctober 11, 2025 (2 & 7:30 pm)By Steve Sucato Using Lewis Carroll’s famous 1865 novel “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” as a jumping-off point, MOMIX founder Moses Pendleton’s dance version of the iconic tale appeared to follow more of the hallucinogenic inferences in Jefferson Airplane’s 1967 song “White Rabbit” along with the surrealism of Salvador Dali’s 1969 Illustrations … Continue reading MOMIX’s Trippy ‘ALICE’ Feeds Audiences’ Heads With Wonder [REVIEW]

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Dominic Moore-Dunson Awarded Career-Altering Resident Artist Fellowship at Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater [INTERVIEW]

By Steve Sucato The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) announced today, August 27, 2025, the selection of Akron-based dancer/choreographer Dominic Moore-Dunson as its 2025 Lloyd Richards New Futures Resident Artist.  Moore-Dunson is an award-winning choreographer, professional dancer, producer, teaching artist, and speaker. He was a company member of Cleveland’s Inlet Dance Theatre and is the co-owner of MooreDunson Co. His previous accolades include receiving … Continue reading Dominic Moore-Dunson Awarded Career-Altering Resident Artist Fellowship at Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater [INTERVIEW]

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The Movement Project’s ‘SummerWorks 2025’ to Showcase the Company’s Commitment to Education and Entertainment [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato Continuing to build ties with the Akron community through educational and entertainment programming, The Movement Project (TMP) will present two performances of its SummerWorks series dance concerts on Saturday, August 2, at The University of Akron’s Sandefur Theatre.   Entering its 16th season, the Cleveland-based modern/contemporary dance company will present a mix of new and older works from the company’s repertory, along with … Continue reading The Movement Project’s ‘SummerWorks 2025’ to Showcase the Company’s Commitment to Education and Entertainment [PREVIEW]

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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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Lang Lang Young Piano Scholars + CIM  Summit = Stellar Performance Recitals by Future Classical Music Stars

By Steve Sucato In a region teeming with world-class classical music offerings from The Cleveland Orchestra, Apollo’s Fire, and many more, the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Young Scholars Summit performances may be one of the region’s finest classical music offerings you’ve yet to hear of. In partnership with the Lang Lang International Music Foundation’s Young Scholars Program, the summit, in only its second year, welcomed … Continue reading Lang Lang Young Piano Scholars + CIM  Summit = Stellar Performance Recitals by Future Classical Music Stars

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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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OCB’s Man in the Middle, Antonio Morillo, Discusses His Dance Career, Retirement, and His Next Adventure [INTERVIEW]

By Steve Sucato Whether the red-caped focal point in Heinz Poll’s Bolero, or the male anchor of many of the company’s marquee works, Ohio Contemporary Ballet’s Antonio Morillo has been the man in the middle of some of what’s been best about the company the past nine years.   An audience favorite, the 34-year-old Morillo will take his final curtain call with OCB this coming Saturday, … Continue reading OCB’s Man in the Middle, Antonio Morillo, Discusses His Dance Career, Retirement, and His Next Adventure [INTERVIEW]

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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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Cleveland Ballet offers up an Exciting ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Ballet Steeped in Tradition [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato A production of firsts in how Cleveland Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet this weekend can be characterized. It was the very first story ballet choreographer Robert Weiss created for his newly formed Carolina Ballet in 1999, and is now the first Romeo and Juliet production for Cleveland Ballet under Artistic Director Timour Bourtasenkov. A founding member of Carolina Ballet, Bourtasenkov was also the … Continue reading Cleveland Ballet offers up an Exciting ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Ballet Steeped in Tradition [PREVIEW]

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