Heading into its 7th Season, Cleveland Ballet Is Making Huge Strides

By Steve Sucato If you haven’t been paying close attention to Cleveland Ballet of late, the company has gotten rather big, rather fast. Founded in 2014, it has gone from a fledgling ballet troupe with a handful of dancers and being funded out of pocket by company founders Gladisa Guadalupe, a dancer with the former Cleveland Ballet which folded in 2001, and Russian businessman, Dr. … Continue reading Heading into its 7th Season, Cleveland Ballet Is Making Huge Strides

BalletMet 2 and OSU Dance partner for a unique performance highlighting protest through dance

By Sarah Irvin Clark (Columbus, OH) – BalletMet 2 and the Ohio State University Department of Dance have partnered to study and closely recreate two seminal pieces by Martha Graham and George Balanchine that highlight themes of protest. This is the second year of this DaNCe2U partnership for both groups and the theme of this year is #peace&strife; the first year focused on mental health. … Continue reading BalletMet 2 and OSU Dance partner for a unique performance highlighting protest through dance

AWARD-WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER & PROFESSIONAL DANCER ANNOUNCES INCOPNEGRO PROJECT

By Kat Allen Akron, Ohio (Sept. 29, 2021) – Dominic Moore-Dunson and his team are thrilled to announce the collaborative new project inCOPnegro, an evening-length dance-theatre and storytelling podcasting project exploring the concept of “safety” through the lens of storytelling, parenthood, and police relations in Black communities throughout America. inCOPnegro aims to peel back the stories of individuals on both sides of the “blue line” while Dominic, a new … Continue reading AWARD-WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER & PROFESSIONAL DANCER ANNOUNCES INCOPNEGRO PROJECT