The first $10,000 received before our end-of-month fundraising deadline will be matched twice by two anonymous donors! Activate your match! Your contribution will benefit Ohio Contemporary Ballet a 501c3 organization. All…
Community Open House Week June 3-8, 2024 Join us for the Ohio Contemporary Ballet Center an Open House Week running June 3-8, 2024 featuring FREE dance classes for new Teens/Adult…
Ohio Contemporary Ballet presents Fresh Inventions, a program of new works created by company dancers: Isaac Hileman, Mathis Joubert & Tailys Poncione, Antonio Morillo, and Martin Skocelas-Hunter. Each piece within the…
Ohio Contemporary Ballet presents, Emerging Choreographers Showcase, a program featuring an extraordinary blend of creativity from rising choreographers Matthew Roberts, Janice Rosario, and Richard Oaxaca. Each piece serves as a testament…
Matthew Roberts Akron, native, Matthew Roberts’ latest creation is the signature blend of movement and storytelling in the exploration of addiction and relapse. Drawing from emotional depth, the performance seeks…
Richard Oaxaca Richard Oaxaca’s work Ebb & Flow is a harmonious marriage of movement and music, set to the timeless work of Johann Sebastian Bach. The dancers weave a tapestry…
Janice Rosario is a nationally recognized contemporary dance choreographer, educator, and activist. She came to the studio in January 2024 from New York to create a new work on the…
Ohio Contemporary Ballet presents, Cleveland Inspirations, a program featuring two world premieres based on local Cleveland history plus the last chance to see Gerald Arpino’s, Celebration. Robert Gardner has re-imagined…
Interview with Dr. Carlson about Anna Pavlova's connection to Cleveland Interview with Francisco Gella about the commission Interview with Cameron Basden about restaging
Meet Choreographer Robert Gardner Robert Gardner was commissioned to re-imagining of Anna Pavlova’s, Bacchanale. While the actual choreography is lost, sculptor Malvina Hoffman preserved much it with 26 friezes of…