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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
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font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Dance</st1:PlaceName> <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 7<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<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"'> – PlayhouseSquare presents its 10<sup>th</sup>
annual Dance Showcase on Friday, September 7 at 7 p.m. in the Palace Theatre.
Featuring seven 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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<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 Antaeus Dance, Dance/Theater
Collective, Double-Edge Dance, Inlet Dance Theatre, Neos Dance Theatre, Shri
Kalaa Mandir, and Verb Ballets. A selection committee reviewed all of the
submissions received and chose these seven companies for their quality and
diversity. The committee was comprised of Laura Burkhart, Director of
Programming and Marketing for the New Orleans Ballet Association; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Linda Jackson</st1:PersonName>, Assistant Director of Community
Engagement & Education at PlayhouseSquare and former dancer, instructor and
artistic associate with the Cleveland San Jose Ballet; and Paul Organisak, </span></font><font
size=2 face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>Vice President of Programming,
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Executive Director, Pittsburgh Dance Council.</span></font><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>
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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 performance of the Grand Pas De Deux from Act II of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Nutcracker</span></i> by members of The Joffrey
Ballet. The Cleveland Orchestra will bring The Joffrey Ballet’s complete
silver anniversary production of Tchaikovsky’s <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>The Nutcracker</span></i> to PlayhouseSquare for five holiday
performances (November 29 – December 2). <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%;
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<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"'>Those wishing to learn more about the
various styles of dance are invited to visit the “Appreciating
Dance” page on the PlayhouseSquare website, which can be found at
playhousesquare.org/danceedu.<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"'>More information about the Dance Showcase is
available at playhousesquare.org/community. 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=yiv814133609msonormal 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'>Antaeus Dance<br>
</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"'>Antaeus
Dance, best known for its complex and compelling evening-length danceworks,
takes a different approach with “Ladies Errant.” This irreverent
and energetic duet features two friends who lead, follow and even mislead one
another. Their friendly competition includes fast footwork, frantic hand
gestures and devious antics. The choreography by Joan Meggitt and Beth Salemi
Spzak reflects the sly wit and dynamic phrasing of Astor Piazzolla’s
music.</span></font><font face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-family:
"Trade Gothic LT Std"'> </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:150%'><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'>Dance/Theater Collective</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%'><em><i><font size=2 color=black
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";color:black;font-style:normal'>“Waltz
of the Coffee Clutch,” presented by Dance/Theater Collective,</span></font></i></em><font
size=2 color=black face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span lang=EN style='font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";color:black'> is a
light-hearted look at four ladies’ idiosyncratic interactions as they
pass the time waiting and wandering. Choreographed by Lynn Deering, this
humorous quartet is performed to Tin Hat Trio’s “Waltz of the
Skyscraper.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%;background:white'><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%;background:white'><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'>Double-Edge Dance<br>
</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"'>Choreographed
by Kora Radella and presented by Double-Edge Dance, </span></font><span
class=il><i><font size=2 color="#222222" face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";
color:#222222;font-style:italic'>Boomerang</span></font></i></span><font
size=2 color="#222222" face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";color:#222222'> is a duet of
vigor and fragility, like a ceaseless tug-o-war in which rope is frayed and
worn thin by the performers’ ongoing, mutual intensity. The rope never
breaks, however, as they exert control over the tides of their physicality to
maintain the connection whereby they fuel and support one another. The two
intermittently calm their inner storms.</span></font><font size=2 color=black
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;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'>Inlet
Dance Theatre </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"'> </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'><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"'>Created in response to an international
exchange program with artists from Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Inlet Dance
Theatre presents an excerpt from <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Te Pito o
te Henua</span></i> <i><span style='font-style:italic'>(Center of the World) </span></i><font
color="#222222"><span style='color:#222222'>, which uses the company’s
unique aesthetic and brand of modern dance to reference Rapa Nui cultural
icons, environmental images such as the ocean and lava caves, and focus on
global themes of community, identity and gender roles. This work was created,
in part, through the PlayhouseSquare Launch artist residency program and is
choreographed by Bill Wade in collaboration with the cast.</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></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'><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 lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";font-weight:bold'>Neos Dance Theatre</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 style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>Neos Dance Theatre presents “Various
Principals<i><span style='font-style:italic'>,</span></i>”<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i>which premiered in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Akron</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>
in 2011 at the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival. The <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Verschiedene Canones</span></i> by Johan Sebastian Bach are understood
as the beginnings of “theme and variations.” As choreographer
Robert Wesner explored the principal phrases of each movement, he found a
somber, isolated feeling of introspection and exploration that influenced the
work tremendously. Throughout the 13 movements of the work, a principal couple
relates, separates and observes their relationship, who they think they are and
how they perceive themselves. <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"'> </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'><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</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 style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'>Shri Kalaa Mandir presents “Kaleidoscope.”
Patterns of rhythmic footwork and stylized choreographed movements from
the Indian classical dance form Bharathanatyam weave kaleidoscopic formations
for a musical melody. Sculptural poses and intricate movements of hand and feet
exhibit the beauty of pure movement. The choreographer, </span></font><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"'>Sujatha Srinivasan, will
perform a solo work entitled “Awaiting,” in which a</span></font><font
size=2 face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std"'> young, shy girl deeply in love
fantasizes and yearns for her lover to stroll by her street, pause at her doorstep
and exchange words of love. She desires for her affection to be acknowledged.
Exploring the emotional landscape, and mental state of a woman in love, this
piece speaks of the universal need to be loved.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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=yiv445934663msonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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<br>
</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"'>Verb
Ballet presents an excerpt of “Continuum,” choreographed by Antonio
Brown. <font color=black><span style='color:black'> An intense work of
nonstop action, all things begin and end at the same place. All motion is a
continuum.</span></font></span></font><font size=2 color=black
face="Trade Gothic LT Std"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Trade Gothic LT Std";color:black'><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. The Dance Showcase is a program of PlayhouseSquare’s
Community Engagement & Education Department, which 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>
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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%'><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 The Joffrey Ballet <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"'>Classically trained to the highest
standards, The Joffrey Ballet expresses an unique, inclusive perspective on
dance, proudly reflecting the diversity of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place> with its company and
audiences and repertoire which includes major story ballets, reconstructions of
masterpieces and contemporary works. Founded by visionary teacher Robert
Joffrey in 1956, guided by celebrated choreographer Gerald Arpino from 1988
until 2007, The Joffrey Ballet continues to thrive under internationally renowned
Artistic Director Ashley C. Wheater and Executive Director Christopher Clinton
Conway.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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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 residential living, thereby strengthening the economic vitality of
the region.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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receives public support with local tax dollars from Cuyahoga Arts &
Culture, to preserve and enrich our region’s artistic and cultural
heritage, and state tax dollars from the Ohio Arts Council to encourage
economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.</span></font></i></b><b><font
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