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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std Cn";font-weight:
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face="Trade Gothic LT Std Cn"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std Cn";
font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Dance</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Companies</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Take</st1:PlaceName>
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"Trade Gothic LT Std Cn";font-weight:bold'> Stage<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Trade Gothic LT Std Cn"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std Cn";
font-weight:bold'>at PlayhouseSquare September 10<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Trade Gothic LT Std Cn"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std Cn";
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>Cleveland</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'> – The PlayhouseSquare Community
Engagement & Education Department presents its eighth annual Dance Showcase
on Friday, September 10 at 7 p.m. in the Palace Theatre. Featuring nine of <st1:place
w:st="on">Northeast Ohio</st1:place>’s finest professional dance
companies, the performance highlights a wide array of dance styles from ballet
to contemporary to classical Indian dance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>The companies performing are Dance/Theater
Collective, The Dancing Wheels Company, Inlet Dance Theatre, MorrisonDance,
Ohio Dance Theatre, Shri Kalaa Mandir, Travesty Dance Group, Verb Ballets and
Sara Whale. A selection committee reviewed all of the submissions received and
chose these nine companies for their quality and diversity. The committee was
comprised of Laura Burkhart, Director of Programming and Marketing for the New
Orleans Ballet Association and member of the Board of Trustees and Presenters
Council of Dance/USA; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Linda Jackson</st1:PersonName>,
Education Program Manager at PlayhouseSquare and former dancer, instructor and
artistic associate with the Cleveland San Jose Ballet; and Paul Organisak, Vice
President of Programming, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Executive Director,
Pittsburgh Dance Council.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>“PlayhouseSquare is known for bringing
the best of Broadway and the performing arts to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>,” explained <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Colleen Porter</st1:PersonName>, director of community engagement and
education at PlayhouseSquare, “but we also want to give people the chance
to experience work by local artists. The diversity and level of excellence
exhibited by our local dance companies is astounding.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>At the close of the show, guests will be
treated to a special sneak peek dance performance from Elton John’s new
show <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Billy Elliot the Musical.</span></i>
Guiseppe Bausilio, currently playing the role of “Billy” in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place>, will perform
“Electricity.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>As a not-for-profit organization,
PlayhouseSquare relies on charitable giving to present the Dance Showcase and
similar experiences to the community. “Our donors and sponsors make it
possible for us to present the Dance Showcase with no charge for admission,
which makes it a wonderful opportunity for everyone, especially those new to
dance, to enjoy this beautiful art form,” said <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Linda
Jackson</st1:PersonName>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>More information about the Dance Showcase is
available at playhousesquare.org/community or by calling 216-348-7909. There is
no charge for admission and tickets are not required.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><u><font size=3
face="Trade Gothic LT Std Bold"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std Bold"'>Dance Showcase Repertoire<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";font-weight:bold'>Dance/Theater
Collective – Sight Through Surface </span></font></b><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>(Excerpt)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>“Sight Through Surface” is a
dance celebrating the connection of women through their life cycle. The sextet
was created using movement derived from water imagery, using the concepts of
surging and receding to reveal layered emotions and bodies, with strength
underlying flow. The excerpt is a metaphoric folk dance interspersed with
moments of the dancers asserting each individual’s identity and also
interdependence. The evocative music and vocal score by Lisa Gerard was
selected for its both ancient and contemporary melding of feminine voice and
haunting sensibility as a “Swan Song.”</span></font><b><font
size=2 face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";font-weight:bold'>The Dancing Wheels Company
– <st1:place w:st="on">Far East</st1:place> of the Blues </span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>(Excerpt)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>“<st1:place w:st="on">Far East</st1:place>
of the Blues,” is a dance work set to four movements from Duke
Ellington’s 1966 “Far East Suite,” an album inspired by a
world tour the composer embarked on with his orchestra in 1963. For this piece,
legendary choreographer Donald McKayle sought to capture the mood and imagery
evoked in Ellington's score by incorporating elements of Indian and Balinese
culture into the work's movement which he observed while touring <st1:place
w:st="on">Asia</st1:place> with the Martha Graham Dance Company in 1956 and
’57.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";font-weight:bold'>Inlet Dance Theatre - Snow</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>Six dancers (representing the six
points of a snowflake) reveal and are held aloft for their distinct
characteristics, working in ensemble to transform the space much like snow
transforming our yards and parks into winter wonderlands.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";font-weight:bold'>MorrisonDance –
Conflict Resolution<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>“Morrison teams with Taliesin
Haugh in their zany creation, ‘Conflict Resolution.’ The stressed couple
gives literal meaning to the music, Velvet Underground's ‘I'm Sticking
With You,’ through elastic sleeves that connect them at every moment.
Things work out in the end as the dancers shape the fabric into an endearing
reflection of domestic bliss." - Donald Rosenberg, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Plain Dealer</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";font-weight:bold'>Ohio Dance Theater –
Tabula Rasa<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>“Tabula Rasa” is described by
Ohio Dance Theater’s artistic director, Denise Gula, as “a movement
inspired by this and that.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";font-weight:bold'>Shri Kalaa Mandir - Aangika</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>“Aangika” is a classical Indian
dance of joy and celebration incorporating vigorous rhythmic footwork,
kaleidoscopic dance formations and exotic costumes choreographed to exciting
music.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";font-weight:bold'>Travesty Dance Group
– Lachen und Weinen (laughing and crying)</span></font></b><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>“Lachen und Weinen (laughing and
crying),”<i><span style='font-style:italic'> </span></i>choreographed by
Travesty Dance Group/Cleveland Director Kimberly Karpanty, is a duet for two
men who take a journey from sadness to joy, reveling in the comfort of
friendship. The dancers, donned in unique costumes by Tasha Walls, exuberantly
fulfill the demands of the movement style and the need for split-second
transitions between sensitivity and comedy. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";font-weight:bold'>Verb Ballets –
Ambiguous Drives </span></font></b><font size=2 face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>(Excerpt)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>A world premiere by Tommie-Waheed Evans, a
dancer with Philadanco and one of the new emerging choreographers coming from
the ballet/Ailey tradition, <em><i><font face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span
style='font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>Ambiguous Drives</span></font></i></em>
explores feminine tension in relationships. It is led by a female figure who is
seen as the “Protector of Women” and four couples.<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";font-weight:bold'>Sara Whale – In
Retrospect<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>“In Retrospect” is a solo work
inspired by the intimate act of reflection.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>PlayhouseSquare understands its vital role
as an educator in our community, and is committed to providing arts learning
opportunities of the highest quality to enrich the lives of students, families,
teachers and adults. PlayhouseSquare’s Community Engagement &
Education Department is unique in the performing arts industry for the variety
of programs it offers, the partnerships it initiates and the access it provides
students, educators and aspiring artists to performing arts professionals.
Since its inception in 1998, the Community Engagement & Education
Department has offered thousands of events, workshops, classes and more, most
with minimal or no fees, to people of all ages from all areas of Northeast Ohio.
The generous support of individual and corporate donors and foundations makes
it all possible.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=2
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";font-weight:bold'>About Billy Elliot The
Musical<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>Thrilling
audiences worldwide and winning ten 2009 Tony Awards® including Best
Musical, “the best show you will ever see” (New York Post) is
coming to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>
November 19 – December 12, 2010! <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Billy
Elliot The Musical</span></i> is a joyous celebration of one young boy’s
journey to make his dreams come true. Called “the most inspiring show
I’ve seen in years” by Ben Brantley of <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>The New York Times</span></i>, set in a small town, the story follows
Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class,
discovering a passion that takes him by surprise, and takes his whole family on
an incredibly uplifting adventure. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Billy
Elliot</span></i> is part of the KeyBank Broadway Series at
PlayhouseSquare. <u><font color="#333333"><span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></font></u></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><font
size=2 color="#333333" face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";color:#333333'>###<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";color:#333333;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
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face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
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is a not-for-profit performing arts center whose mission is presenting and
producing a wide variety of quality performing arts, advancing arts education
and creating a destination that is a superior location for entertainment,
business and housing, thereby strengthening the economic vitality of the
region.</span></font></i></b><font size=1 face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span
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