This show is sold out! For those with tickets please enter the parking lot near 2120 West 11th. Entrance opens at 6:15pm. All guests must wear a mask outside the vehicle and observe social distancing.

Arts in August reconceives their annual festival into a drive-in performance with Verb Ballets at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Tremont. This free community performance will feature audience favorite, Bolero, with the energy, propulsion, and intensity of Ravel’s famous crescendo to a visual masterpiece. The company remounts Tommie-Waheed Evans’ Surge.Capacity.Force., a moving work with a fierce physical language that communicates relevant statements about social justice. Plus, a new work by company dancer Kate Webb that was created as a response to the isolation of COVID-19, showcases the power of art to get us through this time.

Arts in August performances are free and open to the public. A free ticket is required per car through Eventbrite. Vehicles will be directed to parking to allow for social distancing. If guests sit outside your vehicle, they are required to wear a mask and maintain at least 6′ social distance with other audiences members. If guests are sick with COVID-19, have symptoms or have been in contact with someone who has COVID-19, it is important to stay home for the safety of all.

Arts in August is presented in partnership by Tremont West Development Corporation, LAND Studio, Cleveland Public Theatre and Councilman Kerry McCormack, Ward 3.

Photo: Liz Cooper

Verb Ballets presents Peter and the Wolf! The story ballet choreographed by Pamela Pribisco is a captivating 30-minute work set to the well known classical music of Sergei Prokofiev. In 1936, Prokofiev composed Peter and the Wolf to introduce children to the different instruments of the orchestra. Verb Ballets performs the story of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf as told through dance. The ballet introduces the plot through the different instruments and the dancers bring the colorful characters to life. There will be an opportunity to learn the movements of some of the characters prior to the beginning of the performance. With a donation by August 14, 2020 a ticket link will be provided at 5:30pm EST to the performance.

Due to closures of theatres and large gatherings caused by COVID-19, Verb Ballets continues to look for ways to innovate and bring new dance experiences to the community. For the 2020-21 season, Verb Ballets launched a new series of private live stream performances called ACCESS/Verb. Peter and the Wolf is geared towards engaging young audiences in ballet for the ACCESS/Verb series.

Photo Jackie Sajewski

The City Is Our Stage will take you, our Artistic Travelers, on an adventure through Cleveland’s wide-ranging neighborhoods to discover a mystery bag of sight-specific artistic performances from the safety of their automobile. As travelers you will be able to purchase a ticket by choosing from an East Side, West Side, Downtown, or “surprise me” starting location. Then you will have the opportunity to see 6-7 different performances of varying styles. As an artistic traveler, you will have no idea what performance you will get to see, truly making this an adventure.

Each artistic journey will take around 2 hours, including travel time. With the purchase of your ticket, Artistic Travelers will be given a starting location and time. Once you arrive you will receive a digital map of your mystery bag performance locations as well as links to live sound streams for some of your destinations.

The event was created and presented by Trad Burns, Sarah Morrison, and Chuck Karnak to celebrate and showcase some of Cleveland’s best Singers, Dancers, Actors, Musicians, and Poets who currently don’t have a performing outlet due to the Covid-19 crisis.

Due to closures of theatres and large gatherings caused by COVID-19, Verb Ballets continues to look for ways to innovate and bring new dance experiences to the community.

Verb Ballets will present a private live stream of an all classical ballet program. The company will perform Raymonda’s Wedding. The ballet opens with the ensemble dance wearing radiant costumes, full of spirited rhythms and waltzes. This thrilling excerpt features many solos including one of the most beloved, and hardest, in the classical ballet repertoire by the lead ballerina. Also, on the program is the only classical ballet Heinz Poll, founder of Ohio Ballet, ever choreographed: Rococo Variations. Costumed in English-style tutus, this ballet highlights the classical virtuosity of the dancers and the beauty of the score on cello and piano. Ticket link will be provided with a donation of $10 or more by July 31, 2020 at noon.

Due to closures of theatres and prohibited gatherings of large crowds caused by COVID-19, Verb Ballets continues to look for ways to innovate and bring new dance experiences to the community. This season will be unlike any other in the history of the company. Verb Ballets is committed to presenting work while ensuring a safe environment for our dancers and patrons while following all health recommendations by the state. For the 2020-21 season Verb Ballets launched a new series, ACCESS/Verb, of private live stream performances. Classical Variations is the first performance of the ACCESS/Verb series.

Photo Bill Naiman