Verb Ballets’ All-Female Choreographer Program Delivers Mixed Results

Verb Ballets – 4X4: Four Works by Female Choreographers Breen Center for the Performing Arts Cleveland, OH February 8, 2020 Reviewed by Steve Sucato No doubt Verb Ballets production of 4X4: Four Works by Female Choreographers is to be commended for giving more opportunities to female choreographers. As a production however, it delivered mixed results with those opportunities. Dedicated to the memory of Millie Carlson, … Continue reading Verb Ballets’ All-Female Choreographer Program Delivers Mixed Results

North Pointe Ballet Production Celebrates The ‘Why’ Of What They Do

By Steve Sucato Why artists do what they do is a constant source of curiosity for many.  It is perhaps in trying to understand their motivations that we gain a better understanding of them and their art.  In North Pointe Ballet’s program What’s Your Why?, March 14 and 15 at the Lorain Palace Theater, the West Side ballet company seeks in part to answer those … Continue reading North Pointe Ballet Production Celebrates The ‘Why’ Of What They Do

Bodiography’s ‘Unveiled’ Revealed Caruso’s Entertaining Forward Vision

Bodiography Contemporary Ballet Company – Unveiled Byham Theater Pittsburgh, PA February 7, 2020 Reviewed by Steve Sucato A greater diversity in its repertoire and a showcasing of the organization’s many performance troupes is what Bodiography Contemporary Ballet Company founding artistic director Maria Caruso says is driving the current direction of the organization. That path forward was on display for all to see in Bodiography’s latest … Continue reading Bodiography’s ‘Unveiled’ Revealed Caruso’s Entertaining Forward Vision