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 BA
LLETS
American Lore
September 23, 2011 8:00 p.m.
Breen Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets: 216-397-3757 or verballets.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.
Dance Showcase
Palace Theatre
September 9, 2011 7:30 p.m.
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
September 16 and 17 8:00 p.m.
Ice House, 129 North Summit Street, Akron
Tickets: 216-691-3180 or 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
September 9
Dance Show Case (see details above)
September 16, 17 & 18
Ingenuity Festival; Detroit-Superior Bridge
For details go to: http://ingenuitycleveland.com/
DANCE CLEVELAND
Present
ed by: DANCE Cleveland, EJ Thomas Hall & University of Akron Dance Program
MOMIX
Saturday, October 1st 8:00 PM
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
Saturday, October 29 8:00 PM
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.
