[NEohioPAL] Verb Ballets invites you to A Night at the Agora May 12th!

[Dan Kilbane]

For
Immediate Release
Contacts:
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Verb Ballets:                                                  For
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Margaret Carlson                                                 Dan
Kilbane
216.397.3757,
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www.verbballets.org
Verb
Ballets: A Night at The Agora
A rockin’ benefit party
Presented by Fred Geis and Henry LoConti
Saturday, May
12, 2012    
 
April 27, 2012, Cleveland,
OH – A night in the Rock ‘n Roll Capital of the world should make you want
to dance.  
 
This is the goal of Northeast
Ohio’s Contemporary Dance Company, Verb Ballets, on Saturday, May 12, 2012,
with a benefit party at the historic Agora music venue that will get the
audience up on its feet.  Presented
by Fred Geis and Henry LoConti, and beginning at 6:30 p.m., the electrifying
evening includes the band Rule 11 & The Sanctions, and a special rock- and
pop-themed performance by Verb Ballets.  Patrons will enjoy food and drink from The Hipp, private exclusive
caterers of the Agora.  The evening
includes experiencing the life of rock stars with backstage tours of this
historic rock music venue that has seen many legendary acts take the stage.  To round out the evening, patrons can
bid on silent auction items and participate in a hilarious game of Bonk.  Suggested dress is rock chic.  Show Verb your style and swagger.
 
A Night at the Agorais made possible by generous supporters and sponsors
such as presenters Fred Geis and Henry LoConti, Vocon, Midtown Cleveland, Jeri
Chaikin & Joel Newman, and David R. Pierce.
 
Individual tickets are $100.  Sponsorships are available:
 
Top 100 Hit- $100: One ticket to the event, with 2 drink
tickets, food and entertainment
Top 40 Hit- $500-$999: Two tickets and all of the above plus
program listing
#1 Hit- $1,000-$2,499: Four tickets and all of the above
plus logo listing
Gold Album- $2,500: Eight tickets and the entire above plus ½
page program ad
Platinum Album- $5,000: Ten tickets and all of the above plus
full-page program ad
 
Tickets and sponsorships can
be purchased at verbballets.org or 216.397.3757.
 
About the Agora
Henry LoConti Sr. opened the
first Agora on February 27, 1966, near the campus of Case Western Reserve
University in Cleveland. The following year, a new Agora opened its doors
adjacent to the Cleveland State University campus. In the years that followed,
the Agora played a major role in developing the music and entertainment
industry in Cleveland and the nation by booking thousands of local, national and
international groups to perform on Agora stages. 

The Agora booked its first national act, the Buckinghams, in 1968. For many
years "Sundays at the Agora" showcased local original music groups
and popular regional bands, which kept the club filled to capacity. Grand Funk
Railroad, The Outlaws, ZZ Top, Rainbow Canyon, James Gang, Glass Harp, Foghat
and The Rasberries all achieved national and international prominence after
getting their "big break" playing the Cleveland Agora stage. 
 
More background on the Agora
can be found at http://www.clevelandagora.com/History.  
 
Rock the night away with
music and dancing.  Rule 11 &
The Sanctions will provide live music with members John Leiken, Bob Walker, Andrew
Fiorella, Daryl Williams, and DeeDee Reish.
 
Verb will perform a selection
of works from the company’s repertoire.  If you missed the hit Carmen:  Story of Passion, recently
presented by Cleveland Public Theatre in its DanceWorks series, A Night at the
Agoraprovides a great opportunity to
get a taste of Carmen.
 
Details on the
audience-interactive Bonk can be found at www.bonkshow.com/index.htm.
 
About Verb Ballets
Verb Ballets, Northeast
Ohio’s contemporary dance company, and its “best in class” professional
dancers, under the leadership of Director Dr. Margaret Carlson, is a nationally
recognized leader in performing dance works of the highest caliber; a catalyst
to promote learning, nurture wellness and encourage dialogue about the dance
art form.  The company strives to
be a thought leader in cultivating dance appreciation and support, and serves
to help make Northeast Ohio a national destination for the arts.  Verb’s
mission is to ignite audience passion and participation in contemporary dance
through performance, outreach programs and community engagement.  Verb
Ballets was named one of “25 to Watch in 2004” by Dance Magazine, the country’s leading news magazine covering dance,
and recently the magazine bestowed more kudos on the company by naming Verb
Ballets one of 5 “Great Tiny Troupes” in America.  The Plain Dealerrecently hailed Verb Ballets as “vibrant…bold…poetic…
bursts of passion…”  For more
information about Verb Ballets please call the office in Shaker Heights, Ohio,
at 216.397.3757 or visit our website at www.verbballets.org.  
 
The Verb Ballets company
includes Danielle Brickman, Ashley Cohen, Erin Conway Lewis*, Katie Gnagy,
Stephanie Krise, Kara Madden, Leslie Miller, Rebecca Nicklos, Brian Murphy,
Arthur Prettyman, Or Sagi, Jarrod Sickles and Jason Wang*.  The Director
is Dr. Margaret Carlson, and the Rehearsal Director is Richard Dickinson. 
*on leave of absence
 
2011 – 2012 Season
Generous support: 
Major sponsors of Verb
Ballets includes AHS Foundation, The Bascom Little Fund, The Eva L. and Joseph
M. Bruening Foundation, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, The City of Shaker Heights,
Cleveland Bikes, The Cleveland Foundation, The Gay Endowment Fund of the Akron
Community Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, Kulas Foundation, The Laub
Foundation, Lubrizol Foundation, The McGregor Foundation, John P. Murphy
Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Ohio Arts Council, and
Shah Capital Management. 
 
Individual sponsors include
Millie Carlson, Jeri Chaikin, Chuck and Ann Ennis, Kenneth Milder, David R.
Pierce, Alan Miles Ruben, and Robert M. Shwab. 
 
Additional sponsors:  Baumgarten & Company, LLP; Cedar
Hill Communications; FITWORKS; WCLV; and WCPN/Ideastream.
 
The Ohio Arts Council helped
fund this organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth,
educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
 
Verb Ballets is generously
funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.
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