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<b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">cleveland PUBLIC theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Presents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/category/series/dance-works/">DanceWorks 25</a></span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Cleveland Public Theatre’s popular DanceWorks kicks off the third week (out of five) with Blakk Jakk Dance Collective and their program
<b><i>Rhythms of Heritage. </i></b>In this program, patrons get to experience a mix of South African and African American styles of dance.
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Week 3: May 1-May 3—Blakk Jakk Dance Collective
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Rhythms of Heritage<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Experience the ancestral connections and similarities of Gumboot dance in South Africa and Stepping by Black fraternities and sororities in America.
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/blakkjakkdance/"><span style="color:blue">Blakk Jakk Dance Collective LLC (@blakkjakkdance) • Instagram photos and videos</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Check out a sample of the program from
<i>Kickin’ It With Kenny</i> (Fox 8 Morning show) from a couple of weeks ago at the link
<b><a href="https://fox8.com/video/kenny-gets-a-preview-of-danceworks/10632704">here</a></b>.
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Week 4— May 8-10—Ajayi Dance
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Again and Again and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Premiering three new works in addition to stage adaptations of the 2022 site-specific work
<i>Place in Time: There|Then</i> (originally set at Hale Farm and Village), </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">this<span style="color:black"> evening will feature more than 20 local artists, original music
by Luke Rinderknecht, and live performance by the Nightingales A Cappella Choir. Audiences can expect a visceral journey of reflection, a reckoning of personal and collective responsibility, and a celebration of resilience utilizing joy as resistance in Ajayi
Dance's first ever full evening of work performed in a traditional stage setting.
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Week 5— May 15-17 DOUBLE BILL!—Christina Lindhout & Blissed Out Human Collective<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Common Threads</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
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<i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Common Threads</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> is
an evening of powerful and virtuosic movement, weaving together themes of identity, strength, resilience, and repair featuring Christina Lindhout & Artists’ <i>our knees hurt</i>, and Blissed Out Human Collective’s <i>Unravel</i>. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Christina Lindhout & Artists: <i>Our Knees Hurt</i> </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Christina Lindhout & Artists present <i>our knees hurt</i>, an exploration of female-identifying bodies and the enduring fight for autonomy, self-worth, and dignity.
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.christinalindhout.com/"><span style="color:blue">www.christinalindhout.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Blissed Out Human Collective: <i>Unravel</i></span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none">Watch a mesmerizing sequence of movement vignettes about building, unraveling, and repair. Combining contemporary dance with crochet, dancers will move through
yarn-constructed landscapes, weave creations with their bodies, and ultimately pull everything to pieces.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">TICKET INFORMATION:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">While continuing CPT’s commitment to offering accessible pricing, we’re also offering
specially priced reserved seating options as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">VIP:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">$80 reserved seat + bar voucher through the Box Office</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">General Admission Seating</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">:
$40 adult, $30 senior, $20 student</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Choose What You Pay GA:
</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">First-come-first-served $10 and $1 tickets!</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Also, every
<b>Friday is Free Bev Friday at CPT</b> where patrons and artists can mingle and discuss the performance and enjoy select complimentary beverages.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/"><span style="color:#467886">www.cptonline.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
or 216.631.2727 x 501 </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://artsair.art/2025/04/10/murder-reckoning-and-an-a-cappella-choir-cpts-danceworks-2025-presents-five-weeks-of-evocative-dance-preview/"><span style="color:#467886">Check
out this article about this year’s line-up by dance writer Steve Sucato by clicking the link!</span></a>
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