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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cleveland Public Theater’s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce DanceWorks ’11, a showcase for contemporary dance featuring six area companies performing from <b><i>May 5 to June 5</i></b> in CPT’s Gordon Square Theatre.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DanceWorks ’11 will feature the following companies:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>May 5 – 7 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Verb Ballets<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fresh Inventions<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Margaret Carlson, Director</span></i><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cleveland’s National Repertory Dance Company will premiere <i>Fresh Inventions,</i> featuring Northeast Ohio choreographers, composers, musicians, sculptors and dancers. Tapping into their creativity, these talented artists are put to the test with finite time in the rehearsal studio. Choreographers include Artist-in-Residence Terence Greene, Erin Conway Lewis, Antwon Duncan, Stephanie Krise and Brian Murphy, along with lighting designer Trad A Burns. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Note: Verb Ballets will perform Thursday through Saturday, with no matinee on Sunday. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>May 12 </span></b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>– </span></i><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>15 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Inlet Dance Theatre <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Inlet Dance Theatre in Concert<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bill Wade, Director<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In celebration of their 10<sup>th</sup> Anniversary<b>,</b> Inlet Dance Theatre will present a world premiere of a new work by Artistic Director/Founder Bill Wade based on imagery of the four elements: wind, water, earth and fire. The company will also remount past favorites including <i>Memoriate</i> and <i>Dream of Sleeping.</i> Inlet’s performances are powerful, athletic and theatrical. Come see how Inlet is “using dance to further people!”<i> </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>May 19 </span></b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>– </span></i><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>22<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Antaeus Dance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Prospect & Refuge<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Joan Meggitt, Artistic Director <b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Antaeus Dance premieres<i> Prospect & Refuge</i>, a captivating performance that explores the confluence of the infinite - <i>prospect</i> - and the intimate - <i>refuge</i>. Collaborators Joan Meggitt and Doug Lodge revel in the immediacy of human contact, utilize the body as active landscape and transplant the dancers into lush environments and desolate locations. The performance features new music by composer Bill Sallak and a series of original films by Cynthia Penter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>May 26 </span></b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>– </span></i><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>29<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Double-Edge Dance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Etched in Motion<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kora Radella, Artistic Director <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Double-Edge Dance will showcase <i>Etched in Motion</i>, choreographic intrigues teetering on the brink of emotional breakdowns or breakthroughs. Radella, in close collaboration with co-founder and composer Ross Feller, choreographed the Double-Edge works. Samantha Beckerman, Shaina Cantino, Matt Davis and Radella will premiere four pieces. Matthew Thornton, former member and current guest teacher for the Pilobolus Dance Theatre will perform<i> Laden</i> in collaboration with textile artist Rebecca Cross. Double-Edge Dance will perform a double bill with Greene/Medcalf Movement Project.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Greene/Medcalf Movement Project<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The Beginning<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Terence Greene & Michael Medcalf, Co-Directors<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Beginning</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> is a collection of existing and new solos and duets by local and national choreographers performed by the Greene/Medcalf Movement Project. The vision for this project is to create, commission and perform new and thought- provoking contemporary solos and duets that aim to push the boundaries of dance. In addition to Medcalf and Greene, choreographers on the program include Lisa K. Lock and Troy McCarty.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>June 2 </span></b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>– </span></i><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>5 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mikaela Clark & Mackenzie Clevenger <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Without Words…Moving Against the Sex Trade<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mikaela Clark & Mackenzie Clevenger, Co-Directors</span></i><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Without Words…Moving Against the Sex Trade </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>is an evocative multimedia dance performance created to inspire audiences to take action on behalf of those enslaved by the global sex trade. This presentation features a creative collaboration of local dancers, cinematographers, musicians and visual artists that combine to serve as a visible force for the oppressed. </span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DanceWorks ’11 performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday, unless otherwise noted. Tickets are $10 on Thursday and $25 for all other performances. For <span style='color:black'>tickets or more information, call </span>216.631.2727 X501 or visit </span><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.cptonline.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>