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Joan Lederer

Ballet Legato’s Debut Production a Bold Take on a Familiar Storybook Character - 2/12/2020 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... (more)
MOVIE REVIEW: Cunningham, a film by Alla Kovgan - 1/6/2020 by Joanna G. Harris
The year 2019 marked the centennial of Merce Cunningham’s birth. In three cities, on what might have been his 100th birthday, April 16, in New York, London and Los Angeles,... (more)
Music and Movement Arising From Bones of Re-Opened IU Eskenazi Museum of Art - 11/14/2019 by Rita Kohn
People flowed in from the newly welcoming ‘back door’ and the always beckoning main entry to experience the re-opening of the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at (more)

Olivier Soulie

Compagnie Hervé KOUBI’s What the day owes to the night takes Audience on an Unforgettable Dance Journey - 2/20/2020 by Steve Sucato
The second to last production of DANCECleveland’s 2019-2020 season, French troupe Compagnie Hervé KOUBI arrived in Cleveland to a sold-out show last Saturday, February 15 at Playhouse Square’s Mimi Ohio... (more)
Sharp and Fine Company's 'Just Ahead is Darkness' an Exploration of Life, Death and Memory - 2/12/2020 by Joanna G. Harris
Sharp & Fine is a San Francisco based contemporary dance company founded in 2011 by sisters Megan and Shannon Kurashige. Their aim they say in the program notes is "to... (more)
Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Lenny Kravitz Rock the Love - 1/27/2020 by Bonnie Rosenstock
Complexions Contemporary Ballet has been around for more than a quarter of a century and regrettably, this is the first time I have seen this magnificent company. It was co-founded... (more)

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Reflections on the passing of dance writer Tobi Tobias - 2/24/2020 by Mindy Aloff - COMMENTARY
The writer, editor, and dance critic Tobi Tobias (1938 - 2020), who died last week at the age of 81, edited my performance reviews for Dance Magazine from the mid-1970s... (more)
Musical “Come From Away” Delivers Humanity at its Finest - 1/26/2020 by Rita Kohn - THEATER REVIEWS
The Tony-nominated Broadway musical “Come From Away” comes just at the right time to remind us of the power of kindness, efficiently working in unity, reflecting on positive memories to... (more)
Hamilton: An American Musical: When Hyperbole is not Hype - 12/13/2019 by Rita Kohn - THEATER REVIEWS
I watch movement. That’s my basic vocation; it’s also what I do as avocation. There’s always a story in the way individuals move alone, and in a group. How we... (more)

Robert Abrams

West Coast Swing at The Mercury Café in Denver, Colorado - 12/23/2015 by Robert Abrams
Outside the mercury was dropping, but inside The Mercury Café the dance was rising. With bright red and white Christmas lights framing the very fine and well loved wooden floor,... (more)
Seeking Friendship in the Front Range - Salsa in Boulder, Colorado - 11/12/2014 by Joanne Zimbler
Why is it that we never do all of the things that we tell ourselves we're going to do as soon as we get some free time or take a... (more)
Seeking Friendship in the Front Range - Hip Hop in Boulder, Colorado - 10/25/2014 by Joanne Zimbler
Growing up in a suburban middle class neighborhood in the 70's many little girls, myself included, eagerly obliged when our parents signed us up for dance classes, the ballet, tap,... (more)

Jennifer Zmuda

BALLETMET’S ‘ALICE’ TO BRING NEWNESS TO CARROLL’S FAMILIAR TALES - 2/11/2020 by Steve Sucato
As humans we are taught there are no limits to our creativity. While in theory that may be true, ask any working choreographer and they will tell you that the... (more)
Verb Ballets Program to Feature the Works of Female Choreographers - 2/5/2020 by Steve Sucato
The novelty of an all-female choreographer dance program shouldn’t be a thing for many reasons, not the least being the disproportionately greater number of females in dance than males. That... (more)
Indianapolis is your Valentine Weekend Dance Destination, Feb. 13-16 - 1/9/2020 by Rita Kohn
Dance Kaleidoscope's American Valentine at Indiana Repertory Theatre's OneAmerica Stage February 13-16 is a powerful, uplifting show that features love and hope about our country in act one, and a... (more)

Patricia Rettig

Put on your boogie shoes and catch the fever – Saturday Night Fever, through March 29 - 2/6/2020 by Patricia Rettig
The fun flavor of the 1970s is “Stayin’ Alive” at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre with its premiere production of Saturday Night Fever, now on stage. (more)
Learn about Costume Design at Chamber Dance Project's latest "Evening with an Artist," Feb. 11 - 2/5/2020 by Marc Apter
How is fabric used to express the intent and feeling of a dance and how in the world do you create an outfit that allows a dancer the freedom and... (more)
Pam Young, Executive Director of DANCECleveland Announces Retirement - 2/3/2020 by Sarah Hricko
Pamela Young, Executive Director of DANCECleveland, has announced her retirement from the organization effective August 1, 2020. Young has guided DANCECleveland, a stand-alone-dance-only presenting organization, for nearly 20 years and... (more)