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]

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

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

Ballet Hispánico’s All-Female Choreographers Program Struck All The Right Chords

Ballet Hispánico Playhouse Square’s Ohio Theatre Cleveland, OH November 10-11, 2018 Reviewed by Steve Sucato Co-presented by DANCECleveland and Cuyahoga Community College, Ballet Hispánico’s triple-bill of works by Hispanic female choreographers struck all the right chords Saturday, November 10 at Playhouse Square’s Ohio Theatre. The New York-based company, last in Cleveland in 2009, showed its versatility and popular appeal beginning with Colombian-Belgian choreographer Annabelle Lopez … Continue reading Ballet Hispánico’s All-Female Choreographers Program Struck All The Right Chords

Caleb Teicher & Company program perfect summer fare to close out ‘ADF in CLE’ dance festival

Caleb Teicher & Company Cain Park’s Evans Amphitheater Cleveland Heights, Ohio August 4, 2018 Reviewed by Steve Sucato Playful, may be the best way to describe New York-based Caleb Teicher & Company’s program, August 4 at Cain Park’s Evans Amphitheater in Cleveland Heights. The trio of dance works choreographed by two and a half year old dance company’s namesake artistic director Caleb Teicher, mixed tap, jazz … Continue reading Caleb Teicher & Company program perfect summer fare to close out ‘ADF in CLE’ dance festival

New Summer Dance Festival in Cleveland the result of a Perfect Storm of Needs

“An 8-day dance festival July 29-August 5 at Playhouse Square. The inaugural event will include performances by international superstars Pilobolus (July 29), hip hop troupe Rapheal Xavier (August 2) and New York modern dance company Brian Brooks (August 5). In addition there will be a four-day educational workshop series taught by ADF faculty and free community events.” Continue reading New Summer Dance Festival in Cleveland the result of a Perfect Storm of Needs