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Buffalo Dancer/Choreographer Aceto to Showcase Works at Albright-Knox Art Gallery

By Steve Sucato Few of us can point to one event that changed the direction of our lives. For dancer/choreographer Melanie Aceto attending a performance by acclaimed modern dance company Parsons Dance while an undergraduate at the State University of New York at Geneseo proved the difference in her pursuing a career in dance over one in social work. “Seeing Parsons made me realize I … Continue reading Buffalo Dancer/Choreographer Aceto to Showcase Works at Albright-Knox Art Gallery

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Pittsburgh City Paper

Nationally rising talent Alan Obuzor debuts a new dance work

By Steve Sucato Ever since Alan Obuzor was young, his mother, Marjorie Liese, encouraged her children to try different things. Having enrolled Alan and his three sisters in gymnastics at Gymkhana, in Point Breeze, Liese had them also try dance classes at a studio in the same building. The move would change Obuzor’s life. “After my first ballet class, I told my mother I wanted … Continue reading Nationally rising talent Alan Obuzor debuts a new dance work

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