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[Roy Berko]

Dance, dance, dance—Fall  in Cleveland
 
Roy Berko
 
(Member, Dance Critics
Association)
 
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Fall is near and the Cleveland
dance scene is about to bust loose!  Here are some local early autumn offerings:
 
VERB BALLETS
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
Presented 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 Clevelandand 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.
 
Roy 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 www.coolcleveland.com and www.NeOHIOpal
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