PREVIEW: Dance, dance, dance
Fall in Cleveland
Fall is near and the Cleveland dance scene is about to bust loose! Here are some local early autumn offerings:
VERB BALLETS: American Lore
Fri 9/23 @ 8PM – Breen Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets: 216-397-3757 or http://VerbBallets.org
Based on the theme, “America is a land rich with stories, a place for rebels and pioneers,” the program includes: Billy the Kid, choreographer Ginger Thatcher premiere of a new take on this outlaw; a revival of Martha Graham’s Appalachian Spring; and a revival of Terence Greene’s The Gathering.
PLAYHOUSESQUARE Dance Showcase
Fri 9/9 @ 7:30PM – Palace Theatre
Free: No tickets required.
The annual PHSquare celebration of dance features a selection of Northeast Ohio’s finest professional companies: The Dancing Wheels Company, Dance/Theater Collective, Inlet Dance Theatre, MorrisonDance, Ohio Dance Theatre, Shri Kalaa Mandir, Travesty Dance Group, Verb Ballets and Sara Whale.
GROUNDWORKS DANCETHEATRE
Fri 9/16 & Sat 9/17 @ 8PM
Ice House, 129 North Summit Street, Akron
Tickets: 216-691-3180 or http://GroundWorksDance.org
Two world premieres: a commissioned work by former company member Amy Miller and a new work by Artistic Director David Shimotakahara.
DANCING WHEELS
Fri 9/9
Dance Show Case (see details above)
Fri 9/16 – Sun 9/18
Ingenuity Festival @ Detroit-Superior Bridge
For details go to http://IngenuityCleveland.com
DANCE CLEVELAND
Presented by: DANCE Cleveland, EJ Thomas Hall & University of Akron Dance Program
MOMIX
Sat 10/1 @ 8PM – EJ Thomas Hall, Akron
Tickets: http://www.DanceCleveland.org/performances
Known internationally for presenting works of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty, MOMIX is a company of dancer-illusionists under the direction of Moses Pendleton. MOMIX will present the evening-length work Botanica, a spectacular piece that follows the rhythms of the seasons, the evolution of the world and the passing of a day. Fabrics, colors, costumes, projections and props create a landscape populated by the creations of Pendleton’s original, whimsical, mythical imagination.
Presented by: DANCE Cleveland and PlayhouseSquare
ASZURE BARTON AND ARTISTS
Sat 10/29 @ 8PM – Ohio Theatre
Tickets: http://www.PlayhouseSquare.org or 216-241-6000
Baryshnikov protégé Aszure Barton has a distinguished reputation for producing striking choreography for stage and film. Her company will present Barton’s Busk which explores aspects of what it means to perform.
From Cool Cleveland contributor Roy Berko. Berko’s blog, which contains theatre and dance reviews from 2001 through 2011, as well as his consulting and publications information, can be found at http://RoyBerko.info. His reviews can also be found on NeOHIOpal and CoolCleveland.com.
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