Nov 16

Our heartfelt thanks

By Ohio Contemporary Ballet News

This past year was one-of-a-kind. We delivered dance to our audience by transforming our studio into a production space for virtual showings and offered educational opportunities to students by adapting our outreach programming to the virtual platform. Without leaving the Verb studios, the company reached thousands around the globe. We keep on dancing, thanks to the generosity of individuals like YOU!

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Nov 02

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Romeo and Juliet

By Ohio Contemporary Ballet Performances

Romeo and Juliet

New ballet by by Joshua L. Peugh coming February 2022

LIVE@NOON

PREVIEWS

WORLD PREMIERE

Previews at Cleveland Public Theatre

February 17-19, 2022 7:00pm

Be the first to see Romeo and Juliet in preparation for the world premiere. Verb Ballets has commissioned award-winning choreographer Joshua L. Peugh, of New Mexico, to create a contemporized version using the plot and structure of Shakespeare’s play. He will reflect poignant issues of our current political and social reality in this new ballet. DanceWorks will allow the choreographer and artists to work through the new production on stage before the world premiere. This show may change every night as a work in progress! The world premiere is at E.J. Thomas Hall on February 26, 2022.

CPT COVID-19 Safety Protocols

All staff, volunteers, artists, and audience members must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Those who cannot be vaccinated will be required to provide proof of a negative test result received from a completed lab-certified antigen COVID-19 test taken within 24 hours prior to entering the theatre or a negative test result received from a completed PCR COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours prior to entering the theatre. At-home tests will not be accepted. See details here.

PREVIEWS DETAILS

February 17-19, 2022 7:00pm

THEATRE

Cleveland Public Theatre
6415 Detroit Theatre
Cleveland, OH 44102

TICKETS

Choose What You Pay
Tickets call 216-631-2727 x501

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World Premiere at EJ Thomas Hall

February 26, 2022 7:30pm

Verb Ballets presents its world premiere of recently commissioned Romeo and Juliet with choreography by Joshua L. Peugh. Peugh, and award-winning choreographer, has been named as one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch.” In this new contemporary ballet, the plot and structure of Shakespeare’s play work alongside the mythology of the story and characters themselves with live music by distinguished pianist, Nathan Carterette. Peugh takes adventurous approach to exploring the intersecting themes of freedom and mortality, while reflecting poignant issues of our current political and social reality. The ballet moves audiences to understand movement as a universal language⁠—accessible to all. Through his work, Peugh aims for audiences to connect, interact, and react to one another in the depths of our humanness.

EJ Thomas COVID-19 Safety Protocols

This production the auditorium will be sold at half capacity to allow for social distancing. All guests are required to wear masks in the theatre regardless of vaccination status. See details here.

SHOW DETAILS

February 26, 2022 7:30pm

THEATRE

E.J. Thomas Hall
198 Hill St Akron, OH 44325

TICKETS

$30/ $10
Ticket fees apply

Call the E. J. Box Office at 330-972-7570
10AM – 4PM Monday-Friday

Order online through Ticketmaster

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Choreographer

Joshua L. Peugh

Joshua L. Peugh is the Founder and Artistic Director of Dark Circles Contemporary Dance and Co-founder of Fair Assembly. A graduate of Southern Methodist University, he has created work for festivals in Asia, Europe, and North America, winning awards for his choreography in South Korea, Japan, Canada, and the USA. He was the recipient of the Grand Prize at the McCallum Theatre’s 18th Annual Choreography Festival and was chosen as one of Dance Magazine‘s “25 to Watch.” Joshua served as choreographer for legendary soprano Kathleen Battle’s concert Underground Railroad – A Spiritual Journey and was the 2018 recipient of the Natalie Skelton Award for Artistic Excellence.

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Antigone

By Ohio Contemporary Ballet Performances

April 9, 2022

TICKETS

Verb presents a powerful new work based on the Ancient Greek tragedy Antigone with choreography by Philadelphia-based artist Tommie-Waheed Evans. Evans, an award-winning choreographer, was recently selected as a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow in choreography and is a recipient of a Princess Grace Foundation Award. Using his driving urban contemporary ballet movement aesthetic, Evans will synthesize the current political climate with the classical world of Antigone. The new work, entitled Anti/gone, will situate these ancient archetypes in the contemporary world, ultimately challenging the status quo. The tension between action and fate will come to life with an electrifying, original score by composer Greg Smith, and complemented by costumes created by runway designer Philista Marie Mills.

Learn more about the World premiere at the Spring Gala here.

SHOW DETAILS

April 9, 2022 7:00pm
LaSalle Theatre
823 E. 185th St.
Cleveland, OH 44119

TICKETS

$35 Preferred Seating includes drink ticket
$28 Stage seating
$20 First Balcony
$10 Second Balcony
All seating is general admission

TICKETS

Ticket Levels

$35 Preferred Seating includes a drink ticket
$28 Stage Level
$20 First Balcony
$10 Second Balcony

Tommie-Waheed Evans

Choreographer

2021 Guggenheim Fellow Tommie-Waheed Evans is a queer black dance maker, born and raised in Los Angeles, California, amidst racial divide, gang warfare, and earthquakes. His work explores blackness, spirituality, queerness and liberation. He began his formal training with Karen McDonald before receiving a fellowship at the Ailey School, and a Master of Fine Arts in Choreography from Jacksonville University. He has toured and performed nationally and internationally as a company member of Lula Washington Dance Theater, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Philadanco. Since 2004, he has created more than 50 original dance works that range widely in scope, length, tone and subject matter. waheedworks, his Philadelphia based dance company, is the primary vehicle for his creative research. The company’s mission is to create a radically collaborative body of work that speaks to the human condition. His work brings together urban street dance styles and contemporary dance vocabulary through bold and raw movements propelled by gospel music and polyrhythmic sounds.