Northeast Ohio’s Dance Troupe’s Show Out in ‘Moving Still’

Ballet Legato & FriendsMoving StillShaker Heights, OhioSeptember 26, 2020 Reviewed by Steve Sucato Carrying on the multi-troupe parking lot pop-up performance format introduced in Urban Dance Cleveland’s Dancing Through the Pandemic this past August, Moving Still, presented by Ballet Legato and friends, offered up a similar repertory program of multi-styled dance works. The program, with some performers wearing masks and others not, took place in … Continue reading Northeast Ohio’s Dance Troupe’s Show Out in ‘Moving Still’

Ballet Legato’s Debut Production a Bold Take on a Familiar Storybook Character

By Steve Sucato With the popularity of recent movies and television shows taking familiar storybook characters and inventing new storylines such as Hansel & Gretel being witch hunters and Peter Pan being an evil lad looking to harvest the “heart of the truest believer” on the TV series Once Upon a Time, it was only a matter of time before the dance world got onboard … Continue reading Ballet Legato’s Debut Production a Bold Take on a Familiar Storybook Character