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Dance Reviews 2026, DANCECleveland

YY Dance’s Cleveland Debut Left The Audience Clamoring For More [REVIEW]

YY Dance CompanyMimi Ohio Theatre at Playhouse SquareCleveland, OhioApril 25, 2026 By Steve Sucato DanceCleveland’s 69th season came to a satisfying close Saturday night at Playhouse Square’s Mimi Ohio Theatre with the Northeast Ohio debut of YY Dance Company. The spellbinding performance by the New York-based troupe, established in 2018 by Chinese American dancer-choreographer Yue Yin, was part of the company’s very first domestic tour, … Continue reading YY Dance’s Cleveland Debut Left The Audience Clamoring For More [REVIEW]

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Dance Reviews, Dance Reviews 2025

Mostly Marvelous Malpaso Delights at Chautauqua Institution [REVIEW]

Malpaso Dance CompanyChautauqua InstitutionChautauqua, NYJuly 9, 2025 By Steve Sucato Arguably Cuba’s best-known contemporary dance export in the United States, Malpaso Dance Company, returned to the Chautauqua Institution for its first mainstage Amphitheater performance on July 9, which featured a triple bill of repertory works.  The 9-member troupe opened its performance to a partially filled Amphitheater audience with New York City-based b-girl Ephrat Asherie’s “Floor… … Continue reading Mostly Marvelous Malpaso Delights at Chautauqua Institution [REVIEW]

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Airings, Press Releases

Arch Contemporary Ballet Premieres A New Ballet using American Sign Language and Poem by Luis Pons

By Annie Yang Arch Contemporary Ballet, in its mission to launch ballet and music to an inclusive 21st century audience, performs a world premiere by Artistic Director Sheena Annalise, presented by the Davenport Theatre, 354 W 45th St., New York, NY, with four performances Tuesday, May 30th  – Thursday, June 1st at 8:00 pm. As a rising pioneer for ballet and music, Annalise’s choreography unveils unconventional lines of a dancer’s … Continue reading Arch Contemporary Ballet Premieres A New Ballet using American Sign Language and Poem by Luis Pons

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Dance Reviews 2013

Case Western Reserve University’s ‘Au Courant’ an Emotional Journey

Case Western Reserve University Department of Dance – Au Courant Mather Dance Center at CWRU Cleveland, Ohio November 1, 2013 Reviewed by Steve Sucato Fervent emotion appeared to be the underlying theme of Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Dance Fall concert Au Courant (aware). The mixed repertory program performed by students, faculty and guest dancers at CWRU’s Mather Dance Center, explored a range of emotions … Continue reading Case Western Reserve University’s ‘Au Courant’ an Emotional Journey

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Pittsburgh City Paper

Pittsburgh’s acclaimed newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival Biggest Yet

By Steve Sucato When Kelly-Strayhorn Theater Executive Director Janera Solomon was putting together the theater’s inaugural newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival, in 2009, few dance artists outside of Pittsburgh had heard of the theater. Now, in its fifth year, the annual festival and the theater are becoming known nationally. That led to a record 40 emerging-choreographer applicants from around the country seeking to take part. “This … Continue reading Pittsburgh’s acclaimed newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival Biggest Yet

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Pittsburgh City Paper

New York-based Pittsburgh-favorite choreographer Sidra Bell reveals her latest work-in-progress

By Steve Sucato Pittsburgh’s dance community over the past several years has had a love affair with New York-based choreographers. Artists such as Nora Chipaumire, Camille A. Brown and local transplant Kyle Abraham have all established an ongoing presence here through works that have engaged and delighted local audiences and presenters. Another New Yorker whose works have frequented local stages is Sidra Bell. Bell and … Continue reading New York-based Pittsburgh-favorite choreographer Sidra Bell reveals her latest work-in-progress

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Pittsburgh City Paper

Dance giant Mark Morris brings his dancers — and musicians — to Pittsburgh’s Byham Theater

By Steve Sucato I first met celebrated choreographer Mark Morris in 2002, on a tour of his state-of-the-art Brooklyn, N.Y. Dance Center with a dozen fellow dance critics. As we were being led into the main studio where Morris was rehearsing his Mark Morris Dance Group, he stopped us and sternly directed us to take our shoes off and quietly seat ourselves along one wall … Continue reading Dance giant Mark Morris brings his dancers — and musicians — to Pittsburgh’s Byham Theater

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Pittsburgh City Paper

Nora Chipaumire’s ‘Miriam’ an exploration of Icons and Identities

Nora Chipaumire in Miriam. Photo by Antoine Tempe. By Steve Sucato Nora Chipaumire’s Miriam is the third dance work in the Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s current season to explore the idea of public versus private identities. But Miriam approaches the subject differently than did idiosynCrazy Productions’ Private Places and Kate Watson-Wallace/anonymous bodies’ Mash Up Body. Conceived, choreographed and performed by the award-winning Chipaumire, along with dancer Okwui Okpokwasili, Miriam makes its Pittsburgh premiere April 19 and … Continue reading Nora Chipaumire’s ‘Miriam’ an exploration of Icons and Identities

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