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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">March 17, 2008 <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>–</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Inlet Dance Theatre</B> is pleased to return to Cleveland Public Theatre’s <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>DanceWorks series.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A perennial DanceWorks favorite, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Inlet Dance Theatre</B>’s performances are marked by a diverse repertoire highlighted by two premieres from Inlet Artistic Director/Founder Bill Wade and a world premiere by choreographer Stephen Wynne.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In a rare themed
engagement, Inlet’s DanceWorks performances will deal with the three spheres of connectivity the company currently finds itself immersed in: personal, regional, and global.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">“Inlet has the wonderful opportunity to connect with people on various levels,” stated Bill Wade.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"For years, Inlet has used dance to further people on an interpersonal level, and in a regional sense with our work throughout the state. This connectivity continues to expand for us as we are now reaching out globally. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Next month, Inlet will travel as a company to Easter Island to share our art with the indigenous Rapa Nui people.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When it dawned on me that the repertory we’re preparing represents the recent history of our company, I realized that DanceWorks gives us an opportunity to share the ways that Inlet is making an impact, personally, regionally
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<P class=MsoHeader style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">A partial listing of the diverse pieces being performed include: a premiere from Bill Wade entitled <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Age of Isolation – </I>a commentary on globalization in an era of diminishing audiences for live performing arts, the world premiere of acclaimed tanztheatre choreographer Stephen Wynne’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Out of Nowhere</I>, and a selection of traditional Rapa Nui dances learned as a part of an international artist exchange.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Also being staged will be a remounting of two audience favorites: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Tides & Solitude </I>by choreographer Sally Wallace – an award winning work using poles to trigger “images of sailing – the long stretched over and
under curves, over and under the waves, and the speed and grace of that kind of traveling”, and <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Dream of Sleeping</I> – a commissioned work inspired by phases of qualitative sleep and related disorders. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">In addition Inlet presents a special Saturday Educational Matinee, specifically geared toward showcasing the exceptional work students are doing through Inlet Education Programming.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Members of the Inlet Youth Ensemble, the Inlet Trainee and Apprentice Program, and students from Cleveland Heights High School’s Mosaic Experience will demonstrate how Inlet is using dance to further <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">their</I> lives. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Inlet Dance Theatre</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> will perform at Cleveland Public Theatre’s James Levin Theatre, March 27-30, 2008.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with a Sunday matinee at 3:00 p.m.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Saturday Educational Matinee is also at 3:00pm.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tickets range from $10 - $20.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tickets are now available at the Cleveland Public Theatre box office by calling 216-631-2727 ext. 501.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Cleveland Public Theatre is located at 6415 Detroit Road in Cleveland,
Ohio.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Visit <A href="http://www.cptonline.org/"><FONT color=#800080>www.cptonline.org</FONT></A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR> </DIV>Bill Wade<BR>Artistic Director/Founder<BR>Inlet Dance Theatre<BR>3921 Mayfield Rd, Suite 6<BR>Cleveland Heights, OH 44121<BR>www.inletdance.org<BR>216.382.0201
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