cleveland PUBLIC theatre Presents DanceWorks 25<https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2024-2025/category/series/dance-works/> Cleveland Public Theatre’s popular DanceWorks kicks off the third week (out of five) with Blakk Jakk Dance Collective and their program Rhythms of Heritage. In this program, patrons get to experience a mix of South African and African American styles of dance. Week 3: May 1-May 3—Blakk Jakk Dance Collective Rhythms of Heritage Experience the ancestral connections and similarities of Gumboot dance in South Africa and Stepping by Black fraternities and sororities in America. Blakk Jakk Dance Collective LLC (@blakkjakkdance) • Instagram photos and videos<https://www.instagram.com/blakkjakkdance/> Check out a sample of the program from Kickin’ It With Kenny (Fox 8 Morning show) from a couple of weeks ago at the link here<https://fox8.com/video/kenny-gets-a-preview-of-danceworks/10632704>. Week 4— May 8-10—Ajayi Dance Again and Again and Premiering three new works in addition to stage adaptations of the 2022 site-specific work Place in Time: There|Then (originally set at Hale Farm and Village), this 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. Week 5— May 15-17 DOUBLE BILL!—Christina Lindhout & Blissed Out Human Collective Common Threads Common Threads is an evening of powerful and virtuosic movement, weaving together themes of identity, strength, resilience, and repair featuring Christina Lindhout & Artists’ our knees hurt, and Blissed Out Human Collective’s Unravel. Christina Lindhout & Artists: Our Knees Hurt Christina Lindhout & Artists present our knees hurt, an exploration of female-identifying bodies and the enduring fight for autonomy, self-worth, and dignity. www.christinalindhout.com<http://www.christinalindhout.com/> Blissed Out Human Collective: Unravel 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. TICKET INFORMATION: While continuing CPT’s commitment to offering accessible pricing, we’re also offering specially priced reserved seating options as follows: VIP: $80 reserved seat + bar voucher through the Box Office General Admission Seating: $40 adult, $30 senior, $20 student Choose What You Pay GA: First-come-first-served $10 and $1 tickets! Also, every Friday is Free Bev Friday at CPT where patrons and artists can mingle and discuss the performance and enjoy select complimentary beverages. Tickets and information: www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org/> or 216.631.2727 x 501 Check out this article about this year’s line-up by dance writer Steve Sucato by clicking the link!<https://artsair.art/2025/04/10/murder-reckoning-and-an-a-cappella-choir-cpts-danceworks-2025-presents-five-weeks-of-evocative-dance-preview/>