Tag: Dance

Dance Reviews 2019

Grand Rapids Ballet’s ‘Extremely Close’, Extremely Good [REVIEW]

Grand Rapids Ballet – Extremely Close Peter Martin Wege Theatre Grand Rapids, MI April 12-14, 2019 Reviewed by Steve Sucato In the company’s first season under new artistic director James Sofranko, Grand Rapids Ballet appears to be continuing on the path of upward trajectory begun by former artistic director Patricia Barker now the director of The Royal New Zealand Ballet. The company’s program Extremely Close, … Continue reading Grand Rapids Ballet’s ‘Extremely Close’, Extremely Good [REVIEW]

Unknown's avatarartsairLeave a comment
Dance Reviews 2018

Neglia Ballet Artists’ Star-Studded Spring Gala Dazzled with Great Performances [REVIEW]

Neglia Ballet Artists – Spring Gala Nichols Flickinger Performing Arts Center Buffalo, NY May 10, 2018 By Steve Sucato Buffalo’s premiere evening of dance each year, Neglia Ballet Artists’ 2018 Spring Gala was a smorgasbord of top flight dancing well worth the price of admission.  Once again NBA artistic director Sergio Neglia and executive director Heidi Halt culled together a stellar line-up of guest artists … Continue reading Neglia Ballet Artists’ Star-Studded Spring Gala Dazzled with Great Performances [REVIEW]

Unknown's avatarartsairLeave a comment
Dance Reviews 2019, DANCECleveland

Ailey Magic Returns to Playhouse Square [REVIEW]

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Playhouse Square’s KeyBank State Theatre Cleveland, Ohio April 27, 2019  By Steve Sucato The return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to Northeast, Ohio is always a hotly anticipated event. The company’s 60th anniversary tour performances this past weekend (April 26-28) at Playhouse Square’s KeyBank State Theatre in Cleveland rewarded that anticipation with memorable works and dancing. Presented by Playhouse … Continue reading Ailey Magic Returns to Playhouse Square [REVIEW]

Unknown's avatarartsairLeave a comment
Dance Reviews 2019

CorningWorks’ ‘with a shadow of…’ a Muddling of Liminal Space

CorningWorks – with a shadow of… New Hazlett Theater Pittsburgh, PA March 27-31, 2019 Reviewed by Steve Sucato In the lead up to her latest GLUE FACTORY PROJECT work with a shadow of…, dancer/choreographer Beth Corning said “I hope nobody makes any sense of this work; none.” Mission accomplished. Pittsburgh’s queen of metaphor outdid herself with the hourlong collection of mind minutia and movement that … Continue reading CorningWorks’ ‘with a shadow of…’ a Muddling of Liminal Space

Unknown's avatarartsairLeave a comment
Dance Reviews 2019

Vertigo’s ‘One, One & One’ Leaves Heads Spinning with Delight

Vertigo Dance Company – One, One & OnePlayhouse Square’s Ohio TheatreCleveland, OhioMarch 9, 2019 Reviewed by Steve Sucato The theme of the individual versus the group is nothing new in dance. Countless works have explored some aspect of it. Choreographer Noa Wertheim’s hour-long One, One & One (2017) performed by her Vertigo Dance Company Saturday night at Playhouse Square’s Ohio Theatre, however, offered up a … Continue reading Vertigo’s ‘One, One & One’ Leaves Heads Spinning with Delight

Unknown's avatarartsairLeave a comment
Dance Reviews 2019

REVIEW: Verb Ballets Celebrates the Life & Legacy of Ian Horvath

Verb Ballets – Dance Legacy: Celebrating the Life of Ian Horvath The Breen Center for the Performing ArtsCleveland, OhioFebruary 9, 2019 Reviewed by Steve Sucato It’s been nearly three decades since former Cleveland Ballet (predecessor company to the current Cleveland Ballet) co-founder Ian “Ernie” Horvath (1943-1990) lost his battle with AIDS at age 46. The life and career of this Cleveland native who danced with Joffrey … Continue reading REVIEW: Verb Ballets Celebrates the Life & Legacy of Ian Horvath

Unknown's avatarartsairLeave a comment
Dance Reviews 2019, DANCECleveland

Poetry, Tai Chi and Shakespeare: Beijing Dance Theater’s Cleveland Debut had Range

Beijing Dance TheaterPlayhouse Square – Ohio TheatreCleveland, OhioFebruary 2, 2019 Reviewed by Steve Sucato As the curtain rose this past Friday at Playhouse Square’s Ohio Theatre, it revealed a sculptural piece suspended low over the stage looking like a deconstructed top spinning round. That image was soon replaced by dancers clad in black shorts and tops who, as the sculpture was raised slowly into the … Continue reading Poetry, Tai Chi and Shakespeare: Beijing Dance Theater’s Cleveland Debut had Range

Unknown's avatarartsairLeave a comment
Dance Reviews 2018

‘Multiplicity’ Program brings together all of Bodiography’s Sister Companies

Bodiography Contemporary Ballet – MultiplicityByham TheaterPittsburgh, PANovember 17, 2018 Reviewed by Steve Sucato After a 3-year hiatus Bodiography Contemporary Ballet’s longest running dance series Multiplicity returned to Pittsburgh’s Byham Theater on November 17 with its usual cavalcade of repertory works by current and former company members. What made this iteration of Multiplicity different from prior programs was that the works were for the first time … Continue reading ‘Multiplicity’ Program brings together all of Bodiography’s Sister Companies

Unknown's avatarartsairLeave a comment
Airings

Neos Dance Theatre’s ‘1940’s Nutcracker’ brings Nostalgia to a Beloved Holiday Tradition

By Steve Sucato As holiday traditions go, The Nutcracker ballet ranks among this country’s most well known. German author E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic tale reworked by French writer Alexandre Dumas (The Three Musketeers) into the saccharine version we know about the fantastical adventure to faraway lands of young girl with her beloved Nutcracker doll come to life, is one that has entertained audiences and sparked the imagination … Continue reading Neos Dance Theatre’s ‘1940’s Nutcracker’ brings Nostalgia to a Beloved Holiday Tradition

Unknown's avatarartsairLeave a comment