Celebrated Choreographer Donald Byrd Talks about his New Work for Dancing Wheels and the National Physically Integrated Dance Festival [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato The National Physically Integrated Dance Festival: Beyond Barriers, Boundaries & Belief! brings together dancers with and without disabilities in a three-company, three-city tour beginning in Cleveland, this Friday, June 10 at Playhouse Square’s Allen Theatre. Conceived by the Dancing Wheels Company founding artistic director Mary Verdi-Fletcher, the nation’s oldest physically integrated dance company now in its 41st season, will host the first … Continue reading Celebrated Choreographer Donald Byrd Talks about his New Work for Dancing Wheels and the National Physically Integrated Dance Festival [PREVIEW]

‘New Work for Goldberg Variations’: A Golden Evening of Music and Dance [REVIEW]

Pam Tanowitz Dance & Simmone DinnersteinNew Work for Goldberg VariationsMimi Ohio Theatre, Playhouse SquareCleveland, OhioMarch 19, 2022 By Steve Sucato The final performance (for the foreseeable future) of Pam Tanowitz Dance and Simmone Dinnerstein’s critically acclaimed New Work for Goldberg Variations took place this past Saturday night at Playhouse Square’s Mimi Ohio Theatre. The work, co-presented with Playhouse Square, was part of DANCECleveland’s 65th Anniversary … Continue reading ‘New Work for Goldberg Variations’: A Golden Evening of Music and Dance [REVIEW]

Worlds Allied Performance Combines Two Cleveland Dance Companies

A performance combining FEAST: a ballet  and Vivarta-Transformations – titled Worlds Allied – will debut live and in person at Tri-C’s Eastern Campus as part of the Tri-C Performing Arts season presented by Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®). Worlds Allied takes place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 25 at the Simon and Rose Mandel Theatre on Tri-C’s Eastern Campus. “We are so excited to be presenting the live world premiere of … Continue reading Worlds Allied Performance Combines Two Cleveland Dance Companies

DANCECleveland & Playhouse Square Present Pam Tanowitz Dance & Pianist Simone Dinnerstein in ‘New Work for Goldberg Variations’

The company performs New Work For Goldberg Variations CLEVELAND – Described by The New York Times as “the most sublime new dance since Merce Cunningham’s,” Pam Tanowitz Dance will return to Playhouse Square’s Mimi Ohio Theatre on March 19th at 7:30 p.m. for a remarkable performance of the evening-length New Work for Goldberg Variations, featuring world-renowned pianist Simone Dinnerstein. Tickets are available now at http://www.DANCECleveland.orgContinue reading DANCECleveland & Playhouse Square Present Pam Tanowitz Dance & Pianist Simone Dinnerstein in ‘New Work for Goldberg Variations’

GroundWorks’ David Shimotakahara talks about Debut Collaboration with CityMusic Cleveland [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato for GroundWorks DanceTheater For GroundWorks DanceTheater’s very first collaboration with CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, the company has created a dance-on-video work to accompany the live performance by CityMusic musicians of composer Olivier Messiaen’s poignant masterwork, “Quatuor pour la fin du temps” (Quartet for the End of Time). The work is part of CityMusic Cleveland‘s Justice, Equality, Hope Chamber Music Series program Transcendence, which will be … Continue reading GroundWorks’ David Shimotakahara talks about Debut Collaboration with CityMusic Cleveland [PREVIEW]

Improved Cleveland Ballet Shines in ‘The Nutcracker’ [REVIEW]

Cleveland BalletThe NutcrackerPlayhouse Square – Connor Palace TheatreCleveland, OHDecember 3-5, 2021 By Steve Sucato Cleveland’s premier The Nutcracker production by the Cleveland Ballet returned once again to Playhouse Square December 3-5 after a yearlong hiatus because of the global pandemic. The annual production that regularly plays to sold-out audiences, was performed for the first time at the larger Connor Palace Theatre. In doing so, the … Continue reading Improved Cleveland Ballet Shines in ‘The Nutcracker’ [REVIEW]

Ballet Legato’s Inaugural ‘The Nutcracker’ Combines Tradition with the Unconventional [PREVIEW]

By Steve Sucato New to Northeast Ohio’s The Nutcracker ballet offerings this holiday season is Ballet Legato’s first-ever production. It will be presented this Saturday, December 18 at Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center in Elyria. For Ballet Legato executive artistic director Jennifer Kraynik-Muselin the thought of there not being an audience for yet another The Nutcracker production in the area had crossed her … Continue reading Ballet Legato’s Inaugural ‘The Nutcracker’ Combines Tradition with the Unconventional [PREVIEW]

FEAST: a ballet will be staged live in Cleveland on March 25, 2022

By Marc Lefkowitz CLEVELAND, OH (November 26, 2021) FEAST: a ballet — a production that uncovers the disturbing history of human consumption — marks the one-year anniversary of its premiere online performance with the announcement that the ballet will be staged live in the Cleveland area on the evening of March 25, 2022. Ticketing information and details, including Presenting Partner, coming soon. The online premiere of FEAST was produced … Continue reading FEAST: a ballet will be staged live in Cleveland on March 25, 2022

Cleveland Ballet’s Condensed Don Q is a Keeper [REVIEW]

Cleveland BalletDon QuixotePlayhouse Square – Mimi Ohio TheatreCleveland, OhioOctober 15-16, 2021 By Steve Sucato A Don Quixote for a modern audience is how Cleveland Ballet artistic director Gladisa Guadalupe described the 7-year-old company’s new paired-down ballet production. In it, Miguel de Cervantes’s familiar Don Quixote tale was delivered in 2-acts instead of the traditional 3 or 4 acts often used. Guadalupe’s interpretation, with choreography after … Continue reading Cleveland Ballet’s Condensed Don Q is a Keeper [REVIEW]

There’s Lots to Love about A.I.M’s ‘An Untitled Love’ [REVIEW]

A.I.M by Kyle AbrahamAn Untitled LoveMimi Ohio Theatre at Playhouse SquareCleveland, OHNovember 6, 2021 Reviewed by Steve Sucato Making their Cleveland debut Saturday night, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham performed the MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship recipient’s latest evening-length dance theater work An Untitled Love. Presented by DANCECleveland in collaboration with Tri-C Performing Arts, the work took inspiration from Abraham’s youth in Pittsburgh and the loving relationships … Continue reading There’s Lots to Love about A.I.M’s ‘An Untitled Love’ [REVIEW]