[NEohioPAL] Berko preview: VERBBALLETS, ALVIN AILEY AND DANCEWORKS '09

[Roy Berko]

VerbBallets,
Alvin Ailey and CPT’s Dance Works ’09
 
Roy Berko
 
(Member,
Dance Critics Association)
 
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There’s going
to be a lot of dancing goin’ on in Cleveland in the next month.  Verb Ballets, Alvin Alley American
Dance Theatre and Cleveland Public Theatre’s ‘DANCE WORKS ‘09’ will be
populating various  area stages.
 
VERB
BALLETS Gets In The Groove! 
 
Verb Ballets, Cleveland’s National Repertory Dance Company,
returns to Play House’s FusionFest for a two-night stand that highlights the
company’s season of collaborations, called ‘IN THE GROOVE!’  
 
New works from nationally respected choreographers Dianne
McIntyre,  Michael Medcalf, and
Ulysses Dove will be showcased.  
 
Performances take place
May 1 and 2, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.  at the Cleveland Play House.
 
Reserved seats are
available by calling 216-795-7000 or through www.clevelandplayhouse.com.  
 
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN
DANCE THEATER
 
A  notable event is
taking place in Cleveland mid-May.  The ‘ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE
THEATER 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR’ comes to Playhouse Square May 15-17, 2009 at the
State Theatre.  
 
The company is presented
by PlayhouseSquare in partnership with DANCECleveland.
 
The program, featuring
excerpts of over a dozen ballets spanning each decade of Alvin Ailey’s career,
includes beloved works as well as rare gems not seen in three decades.  Beginning with Blues Suite, the dance that launched the company in 1958, to Opus
McShann, his final piece thirty
years later, and closing with the classic Revelations, this retrospective demonstrates the range andresonance of one man’s genius. 
 
For tickets, which range
in price from $10 to $70, call 216-241-6000 or go on-line to www.playhousesquare.org. 
 
DanceWorks 09 at
Cleveland Public Theatre
 
April 23 - April 26
Inlet Dance Theatre
Acclaimed both locally
and internationally, Inlet Dance Theatre's accessible and powerful signature
choreography speaks about the human condition.  Repertory for the engagement features world premieres
including a work based on the company's recent global travels, along with a
remounting of the heartfelt Memoriate.
 
April 30 - May 3
Antaeus Dance
Directed and
choreographed by Joan Meggitt, the company presents Molt, which explores the transformation that results
from stripping away undesirable habits and patterns to reveal the essence of
the individual.
 
May 7 - May 10
Ohio Dance
Theatre
Choreographed
by Denise Gula, Ohio Dance Theatre premieres Silent Witness, a multimedia work that reveals the
darkness of the human soul, by honoring victims of domestic violence.  Also presented is Spindrift, a contemporary ballet performed to
the music of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
 
May 14 -
May 17
Double-Edge
Dance
XspanDis a series of solos and duets formed
around the spans of time, memory and relationships.  Choreographed by Kora Radella, Julie Brodie and Balinda
Craig-Quijada, the pieces are danced to  new music composed by Ross Feller and  performed by violinist Dorothy Martirano and bassist Armand
Beaudion. 
 
May 21 -
May 24
Open Window
Dance Company
Choreography
by Tammy Metz Starr, Coloring Pages, uses IWDC’s unique approach to painting the stage with dances
drawn from Asian movement forms. 
 
For tickets
to all DanceWorks 09 performances, call 216-631-2727, x501