Free BalletMet performance and WaterFire on the Riverfront

Kick off Labor Day weekend with a unique experience set against the downtown skyline as BalletMet Columbus takes the stage and WaterFire Columbus illuminates the Riverfront Amphitheater in Genoa Park, on Friday, Sept. 3. BalletMet’s performance is a co-production of BalletMet and Music in the Air, a program of the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department, in partnership with WaterFire Columbus. Admission is free. WaterFire burn will begin at 7:30 pm with the BalletMet performance at 8 pm. Food and beverages will be available for purchase beginning at 6:30 pm.

BalletMet’s program will feature excerpts from the company’s upcoming season including its season opening production of Requiem!! as well as audience favorites from last season and works performed during BalletMet’s successful summer tour to Russia. During the evening, WaterFire will light up the riverfront. The incredible vista of dozens of blazing fires burning just above the surface of the Scioto River make WaterFire a one-of-a-kind experience. Fire tenders manage the flames from torch-lit boats, providing bold silhouettes that move slowly between the fires.

“BalletMet’s performance on the riverfront is a great night out for the whole family,” said BalletMet Artistic Director Gerard Charles. “The audience can enjoy the splendor of WaterFire and some of Columbus’ best dance, all set against a beautiful cityscape.”

“The Recreation and Parks Department is pleased to continue this partnership with BalletMet and WaterFire, especially during our department’s 100th anniversary year,” said Karen Wiser, Director of Music in the Air. “This annual free performance of BalletMet on the riverfront is a great gift to the community, offering a fabulous evening of dance surrounded by the flickering flames of WaterFire.”

For more information about this performance visit musicintheair.org, balletmet.org or waterfirecolumbus.com.

September 3-5, 2010
GroundWorks Landmarks Series at Akron’s Ice House (129 N. Summit St., Akron, OH). Performances: Friday 9/3, 8 pm; Saturday 9/4, 8 pm; Sunday 9/5,
2 pm. Tickets $12-$18, available through the GroundWorks Box Office at 216-691-3180.
Program: World premiere of a new work by Jill Sigman from her residency with GroundWorks with original music by Music Director Gustavo Aguilar; Just Yesterday by Dianne McIntyre with original music by Olu Dara; World Premiere of a new work by Artistic Director David Shimotakahara and Artistic Associate Amy Miller.
Info: www.groundworksdance.org

DANCECleveland launches its 55th season with a stellar line-up of some of the best in contemporary dance.
September 4-5, 2010
Joffrey Ballet with The Cleveland Orchestra
Presented by the Cleveland Orchestra Blossom Music Center
Sat., Sept. 4 and Sun., Sept. 5 at 8:30pm The Joffrey Ballet with the Cleveland Orchestra brings together two of America's artistic treasures for performances of unimaginable beauty. Whether on the lawn with a picnic basket or just feet away from the stage, the audience will be mesmerized. The programs and choreographers/composers for performances will include Le Corsaire as de deux (Petipa/Drigo), Pretty BALLET (Kudelka/Martinu, Tarantella (Balanchine/Gottschalk) and Reflections
(Arpino/Tchaikovsky).
Phone: 216-231-1111
Call 216-991-9000 or visit www.dancecleveland.org to purchase subscriptions or request a season brochure. .

September 10, 2010
Ohio Dance Theatre will perform: Playhouse Square's annual Dance Showcase Friday, September 10 at 7PM in the Palace Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland, OH
In Studio Preview and Wine and Cheese Reception- Friday 12th at 7 pm ODT Studio, 39 S. Main Street, Oberlin, OH 44074
Denise Gula
Artistic Director, Ohio Dance Theatre
440-774-6077

September 10-26, 2010
MorrisonDance hits the streets again with their 8th annual "The City is Our Playground" event. This year's improvisational antics have been adapted from Morrison's staged choreography "EGG," inspired by sculptures created by Scott Radke.
For a listing of these Cleveland area "busker-style" appearances (many of them are free!), please visit http://www.MorrisonDance.com
Friday, September 10th
at 7:30pm MorrisonDance will present "Conflict Resolution" as a part of the Dance Showcase at Playhouse Square.

Sunday, Sept 12, 2010
MegLouise Dance
Performs with Dr. JR Fralick
at Baldwin Wallace College
Gamble Hall in Berea, OH
Stay tuned for more details at:
www.meglouisedance.com
@ meglouisedance on twitter
meglouise dance on facebook

Sept. 16-17, 2010
Dublin Arts Council & OhioDance In collaboration with The Ohio State University Department of Dance & Ohio Department of Education Division of the Arts
will present "Gravity's Ripple II"

Additional support is provided by Ohio Arts Council, a Franklin County Neighborhood Arts grant from the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation.

Choreographed by Julie Fox

Sept. 16, 2010 Open dress rehearsal, 11:00 a.m.
Sept. 16, 2010 “Gravity’s Ripple II” public performance, 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 17, 2010 “Gravity’s Ripple II” private performance for DAC wine tasting event guests, 6:30 p.m.
All activities will take place at Dublin Arts Council, 7125 Riverside Drive in Dublin, Ohio.

For wine tasting tickets and info, please call 614/889-7444 or visit www.dublinarts.org.

September 18, 2010
Dance Artists in Columbus
all day event
Various Columbus, OH-based dance artists/companies/groups will present work at the 2010 Independents’ Day Festival @ Gay Street & Pearl Alley in Downtown Columbus
columbusdancecalendar.com

September 23-26, 2010
Opera Cleveland
The Pearl Fishers
Shimotakahara will collaborate with Opera Cleveland Artistic Director Dean Williamson and Guest Director Kay Castaldo to re-imagine the dances and staging of Bizet's beloved masterwork.
GroundWorks artists will be featured dancers throughout the production at the State Theater Playhouse Square as part of Opera Cleveland's 2010-11 season.
Performances: Thursday 9/23, 7:30 pm; Saturday 9/25, 8 pm; Sunday 9/26, 2 pm.
For tickets call 216-664-6065.
Info: www.operacleveland.org

IngenuityFest September 24 - 26, 2010.
Performance times to be announced. Verb Ballets returns to this unique Northeast Ohio festival, located on the Detroit-Superior Bridge. IngenuityFest combines art and technology, utilizing the many resources and organizations in the area the fall under these disciplines. Verb Ballets will present a Sneak Preview of the Cleveland Flats Symphony, in collaboration with Pearlwinds. Energy produced by a wind turbine, which will be coordinated and managed by Pearlwinds, will support the lighting needs for this production. Cleveland Flats Symphony will have its World Premiere on October 1st and 2nd, 2010, at the Breen Center for the Performing Arts, St. Ignatius High School. Information: 216.589.9444. Free admission.

September 29, 2010
Verlezza Dance Lecture/Performance for
disAbility Awareness Month
Kent State University’s Stump Theatre
Music and Speech Center
Theatre Drive, off Horning Road
Kent, OH
7:00 PM
Free admission, but early arrival is strongly suggested
Information: 330-672-2069
www.dance.kent.edu

BalletMet Columbus Requiem!!, a provocative contemporary masterpiece by Birgit Scherzer that had its U.S. debut at BalletMet in 1997. Discover what lies beyond the mysterious open door, as Death and Man connect in a rhythmic dance of life. Winner of a Greater Columbus Arts Council Artistic Excellence Award, this dramatic production transports audiences with Mozart’s Mass for the Dead, the power of which is unrelenting.
REQUIEM!!
October 1-9, 2010 | Capitol Theatre, 77 S. High St. | Tickets $26 - $48; on sale Aug. 2
Oct. 1, 8p.m.; Oct. 2, 8p.m.; Oct. 3, 2p.m.; Oct. 7, 7:30p.m.; Oct. 8, 8p.m.; Oct. 9, 8p.m.
Single tickets available through balletmet.org, CAPA (614.469.0939) or Ticketmaster (800.982.2787, ticketmaster.com). Group and student discounts available.

Breen Center for the Performing Arts, St. Ignatius High School
October 1 & 2, 2010. Two works anchor the fall programming at this venue in Ohio City. In conjunction with internationally renowned choreographer Diane Gray, Verb Ballets will offer the World Premiere performance of the Cleveland Flats Symphony, composed by Cleveland composer Richard Rinehart.
Rinehart crafted his Cleveland Flats Symphony as a tribute to his hometown. The symphony starts where the Cuyahoga River meets Lake Erie and transverses up through the various sections of the Cleveland Flats to the industrial steel-making district. The piece then performs an abrupt turn and travels ever more quickly back to Lake Erie, where the journey began. The other anchor work on the program is Myth and the Madness of Edgar Allen Poe, an abstract re-telling of the life of Edgar Allen Poe in a company premiere by choreographer Christopher Fleming. This look at Poe’s decent into madness is a contemporary ballet perfect for the dancers of Verb Ballets. Tickets: 216.961.2560, or ignatius.edu/breencenter

October 1-2, 2010
Contemporary Dance Theater
Performance and Time Arts
two dates this fall: October 1-2 and November 12-13 at the CDT College Hill Town Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio.
It's new, it's innovative, it's experimental, it's dance, it's music, it's performance art, it's theatre, it's film.
Now accepting work proposals! Visit www.cdt-dance.org/pta for more information.

Everybody Dance, Now!!

October 1, 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the Dancing Wheels Company, this significant milestone would serve as the catalyst for a nationwide inclusive dance day in which a public display of dance that includes dancers with and without disabilities takes place. The event in each city could be carved out individually, in other words, some could hold a "dancing in the streets" event at a public plaza much like the "flash mob" dances going on or others could do a class that is in a mall or another public place.

These events would all happen on October 1, during 11:00 & 1:00 in your local time zone and video taped. Our station manager at WKYC T.V 3, an NBC affiliate has agreed to accept the videos from each participating company and get them to the national news network, along with some interviews from some of the companies. The story would make a greater impact because it shows a concerted effort throughout the nation. In addition, I would be happy to provide a basic press release that each Company can add to with their own details regarding their company, this could be sent out in each city to bring additional local attention. Each company can also use social media to further the information and encourage participation.

In Cleveland, we are working with our Convention & Visitor's bureau and city officials to make this event possible. It seems to have triggered a great deal of interest so if you are interested in participating, please let me know and I will work closely with you to insure that this will be a great event!

If you need to talk with me, please feel free to reach me at either my office at 216-432-0306
or my cell 216-272-1494
or email VFletcher1@aol.com

Keigwin+Company
EJ Thomas Hall
Saturday, October 2, 2010 8:00 PM
This hot, young newcomer to the New York modern dance scene, led by Larry Keigwin, is sweeping the country with a fresh, unique point of view and movement style. The Company, only seven-years-old, is a dance sensation that lives to create provocative, witty and engaging dances with a highly theatrical flair. The premiere of Bolero: Akron will follow in the footsteps of Kegwin's praised Bolero: NYC, using local residents in choreographed moves to depict the diversity and personality of Akron itself.

Call 216-991-9000 or visit www.dancecleveland.org to purchase subscriptions or request a season brochure.

October 8, 2010
Hathaway Brown School
TAAL- Multicultural Performing Event
Hathaway Brown School
19600 North Park Blvd.
Shaker heights, Ohio 44122
Friday 7:30 PM $10.
Ahuja Auditorium
Call 216-320-8796 ext. 7166 for ticket information and reservations

October 8, 2010
les ballets C de la B: Out of Context-for Pina
Friday, October 8 | 8 pm
Thurber Theatre at Drake Center, 1849 Cannon Dr.
$24 general public, $20 members, $10 students
This season's dance program launches with another U.S. premiere from this outstanding company from Ghent, Belgium, making its third visit to Columbus. Out of Context-for Pina, the latest work by C de la B's Alain Platel, is dedicated to trailblazing dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch.
Nine exquisitely skilled dancers stalk a raw stage to the sound of Glenn Gould's landmark interpretations of Bach's Goldberg Variations, along with music by Ravel as well as R&B hits. Pianist Glenn Gould was famed for the catalogue of eccentricities and tics that underscored his genius, and serves as a touchstone for the "penetrating portrait of the human condition" that the dancers create, according to a review in Belgian newspaper De Morgan. http://www.lesballetscdela.be/en/

October 14-15, 2010
Ohio University
The Movement Lab Dance Concert: with “Dance Share”
Oct. 14-15, 7:30 pm, Shirley Wimmer Dance Theatre, Putnam Hall, Ohio University School of Dance, Athens, Ohio.
(740) 593-1826
Email: dance@ohio.edu
www.finearts.ohio.edu/dance

October 15-16, 2010
aim cincinnati
10th Aronoff Center Season opens with the World Premiere of TwiNight: from Dracula to Edward on Friday at 8PM and Saturday, 2PM and 8PM. TwiNight will feature community and pre-professional dancers from age 5-60+, dance and music through the ages, a great soundtrack, stunning sets and costumes and original choreography. Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St, Cincinnati, OH
For more information: www.aimcincinnati.org , call 513.841.2822, info@aimcincinnati.org

October 22-23, 2010
DOUBLE/TAKE is an evening length dance performance that showcases Meghan Durham and Karl Rogers as Columbus-based artists that maintain strong ties with the larger dance community. The performance features three commissioned works from nationally recognized artists, including three original duets – one each by Susan Hadley (OH), Bebe Miller (OH/NY), and Lisa Race (CT/NY). Two solo premieres, one choreographed and performed each by Meghan Durham and Karl Rogers, will complete the evening. DOUBLE/TAKE will be performed on October 22-23, 2010 at 8pm at the BalletMet Performance Space, 322 Mount Vernon Avenue in downtown Columbus.

October 22, 2010
Canton Ballet
Director's Choice, A program of creative and challenging new works plus favorites from company repertoire
Friday, October 22, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 23, 2:00 p.m.
Canton Palace Theatre
605 Market Ave. N. Canton
Special pricing all reserved seating $10

Saturday, Oct 23, 2010
MegLouise Dance
Performs at Collingwood Arts Center, Toledo, OH
Stay tuned for more details at:
www.meglouisedance.com
@ meglouisedance on twitter
meglouise dance on facebook

November 4-6, 2010
OhioUniversity
Senior Dance Concert: Nov. 4, 5, 6 at 7 & 9 pm Shirley Wimmer Dance Theatre, Putnam Hall, Ohio University School of Dance, Athens, Ohio.
Tickets: $6. A concert of dances choreographed by senior dance majors, and performed by dance students.
(740) 593-1826
Email: dance@ohio.edu
www.finearts.ohio.edu/dance

BalletMet Columbus Dangerous Liaisons
Innocence is compromised with an illicit game of power and seduction in David Nixon’s dance work, inspired by the risqué 18th century French novel and 1988 film. Parisian aristocrats flirt with lust, love and revenge, with musical selections from The Four Seasons and other spirited concertos by Antonio Vivaldi.
DANGEROUS LIAISONS
November 5-13, 2010 | Capitol Theatre, 77 S. High St. | Tickets $26 - $48; on sale Aug. 2
Nov. 5, 8p.m.; Nov. 6, 8p.m.; Nov. 7, 2p.m.; Nov. 11, 7:30p.m.; Nov. 12, 8p.m.; Nov. 13, 8p.m.
Single tickets available through balletmet.org, CAPA (614.469.0939) or Ticketmaster (800.982.2787, ticketmaster.com). Group and student discounts available.

November 5-6, 2010
Contemporary Dance Theater’s 38th guest artist series
2010-2011 will kick-off with a performance by Bill Young/Colleen Thomas and Dancers. Bill Young was just named a New York Foundation for the Arts Choreography Fellow, and CDT is delighted to share with regional audiences his work on November 5 & 6 at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, Jarson-Kaplan Theater. Tickets available at www.cincinnatiarts.org or (513) 621-ARTS.

Selo of Columbus is pleased to be the host city for the Croatian Fraternal Union Tamburiza Festival . More than 25 groups from throughout the United States and Canada will perform songs and dances from various cities within Croatia. This event will be held November 5, 6 and 7th at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center on Nationwide Blvd.

Selo of Columbus is a group of friends who share a love of Croatian music and dance. Members include former junior tamburitzans, as well as performers from other ensembles including the Živili Dance Company.

Selo is under the direction of Lillian Badurina, Administrative Director, Jim Svagerko and Tina Gehres, Artistic Choreographers, Susan Petrak, Vocal Director and Lynda Baker, Musical Director. Selo would like to extend a special thank you to Pamela Kelly and Melissa Obenauf, Živili Choreographers for being this year’s guest choreographer.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
PlayhouseSquare - Ohio Theatre
Saturday, November 6, 2010 8:00 PM

Hubbard Street is consistently called one of the best modern dance repertory companies in America. They have it all: virtuosity, athleticism, artistry and sophisticated works by some of the best choreographers past and present. In Cleveland, the company will dance Deep Down Dos, a breathless new ballet praised as "another winner" for the gifted choreographer Allejandro Cerrudo, plus Walking Mad to Ravel's Bolero, that critics call "screwball fun requiring split-second timing".

Call 216-991-9000 or visit www.dancecleveland.org to purchase subscriptions or request a season brochure.

November 6, 2010
Ballet Western Reserve will be performing "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" on November 6th at 1:00 PM and 7:30 PM. The performance will take place at Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown, OH. "Snow White" will be choreographed by Richard Dickinson, artistic director of Ballet Western Reserve and will feature dancers from the school. Call 330-744-1934 for more information. There will be performances for schools on November 4 + 5.
Richard Dickinson says, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" deals with an 'innocent persecuted heroine'. The tale consists of: jealousy, expulsion, adoption, renewed jealousy, death, resuscitation, and a multiplicity of incidental variant details. It is the perfect vehicle for a ballet."

November 12-13, 2010
GroundWorks Landmarks Series at Trinity Cathedral (2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH). Performances at 8 pm. Tickets available through the GroundWorks Box Office at 216-691-3180.
Program: World premiere of a new work by Jill Sigman from her residency with GroundWorks with original music by Music Director Gustavo Aguilar; Just Yesterday by Dianne McIntyre with original music by Olu Dara; World Premiere of a new work by Artistic Director David Shimotakahara and Artistic Associate Amy Miller.
Info: www.groundworksdance.org

November 12-13, 2010
Thiossane West African Dance Institute
Annual Fall Showcase
November 12, 7:30pm & November 13, 2:30pm & 7:30pm
King Arts Complex 867 Mount Vernon Avenue
$10 -children up - 12, $15 adults
www.MYTHIOSSANE.org or info@mythiossane .org
Suzan Kounta
Thiossane West African Dance Institute
www.mythiossane.org info@mythiossane.org
614. 252.7077

November 13, 2010
Dance Institute of The University of Akron presents The Snow Maiden,
Saturday, Nov. 13, at 1 and 7 p.m. at E. J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall.
Magical fairies, playful animals, an elegant Snow Queen, and a charming little Snow Maiden come to life in this wonderful family tale of hope and joy. A fanciful setting, colorful costumes, and a cast of 90 dancers create a delightful beginning to the holidays for all ages. Ticket prices $20, $17,
$14. Discounts available. 330-972-7570 or www.UAEVENTS.com Tickets go on sale September 10.

November 18-20, 2010
Faye Driscoll: 837 Venice Boulevard
Thursday-Saturday, November 18-20 | 8 PM
Wexner Center Performance Space
$18 general public, $15 members, $10 students
Recommended for mature audiences
The New York Times picked this breakthrough piece by choreographer Faye Driscoll as one of the top five dance events of the year in 2008. New York-based Driscoll has collaborated with theater artists like Young Jean Lee and Cynthia Hopkins while also establishing herself with original works that meld dance-theater and edgy performance art. Using intentionally outrageous dialogue and off-kilter movement, Driscoll's trio of dancers reveals how friends might be a force to help you soar one moment, and then just jerk you around. As the New York Times' reviewer put it: "Driscoll makes movement the vehicle of meaning, the repository of the inexpressible emotions that seethe beneath our surfaces. Identity may be at issue in 837 Venice Blvd, but Ms. Driscoll's is clear: she is an artist." This show marks Driscoll's Columbus debut. fayedriscoll.com http://www.fayedriscoll.com/

FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance
Hall Auditorium
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Friday, December 3, 2010 8:00 PM
Saturday, December 4, 2010 8:00 PM

For tickets call 440.775.8169
Dec. 3 and Dec. 4, 8pm Main-stage performances, including pre-performance lectures and a post-performance Q&A sessions with the Five First Ladies of Dance.
FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance features performances by some of the most influential contemporary dancer/choreographers in history: Germaine Acogny, Carmen de Lavallade, Dianne McIntyre, Bebe Miller and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. As dancers, company-founders and inspiration to countless others, these ground-breaking artists are first ladies in every sense of the word. They have helped shape the language and trajectory of contemporary dance, in the U.S. and abroad, as they have continued to raise the artistic bar and inspire the contemporary dance world with vital work and fresh ideas. At their landmark Ohio appearance, each woman will perform in a short solo work.
DANCECleveland took the leadership in securing a northern Ohio site for this very exclusive tour, which will stop only at the Kennedy Center, possibly the White House, and one other location in 2010.

Call 216-991-9000 or visit www.dancecleveland.org to purchase subscriptions or request a season brochure.

December 3-5, 2010
Kent State University
Dance 2010: TranscenDANCE
Faculty Choreography by Erin LaSala, Joan Meggitt, Judith Richner, Andrea Shearer, Erin Smith, Barbara Allegra Verlezza
December 3-4 at 8:00 PM
December 5 at 2:00 PM
E. Turner Stump Theatre
Music and Speech Center
Theatre Drive, off Horning Road
Kent, OH
Information: 330-672-2497
www.Tix.com

December 4, 2010
Columbus City Ballet School and Columbus City Ballet Workshop will present the fairy tale ballet "Sleeping Beauty" on Saturday, December 4, 3:00p.m. at the Capitol Theater. Ticket is $25 and $23. Call 614-384-0222 for ticket and group discount.

December 10, 2010
Toledo Ballet
To debut new Nutcracker set
Just in time for its 70th annual production of NUTCRACKER, Toledo Ballet will unveil its brand new Act II “Land of Sweets” set on December 10, 2010. Generously funded largely by the Anderson Fund Supporting Organization of the Toledo Community Foundation and also by the Landman Goldman Foundation, the set is designed by Cincinnati-based Thomas Umfrid. “We are thrilled to be able to celebrate our landmark 70th anniversary NUTCRACKER production with something this exciting to offer to our community. In these challenging economic times, how wonderful it is to give our audiences something special to smile about. The design is filled with whimsical subtleties that will delight all ages,” said Toledo Ballet Executive Director Mari Davies.

Sunday, December 26, 2010 @ 4:45pm

“Winter Legacies” @ The Toledo Museum of Art, The Great Gallery

Monroe St, Toledo OH 43624

This is ALMA's 8th appearance in the museum's Winter Legacies annual series! This year ALMA will be showcasing more new costumes, as well as, new dances & rhythms, including a piece from Artistic Director Yaya Kabo’s native Senegal. This performance is free and open to the public ~ ALMA thanks Judy Weinberg & the Toledo Museum of Art for their continued support!