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Cleveland Havana Ballet Project

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Cleveland Havana Ballet Project

SHOW DETAILS

March 15, 2019 7:00pm

THEATRE

Verb Ballets Center for Dance
3558 Lee Rd.
Shaker Heights, OH 44120

TICKETS

SOLD OUT
Tickets $45 includes a reception following
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Box Office fee will apply

March 15, 2019 7:00pm

Verb Ballets Center for Dance

The Cleveland Havana Ballet Project returns to Cleveland with Cuban dance legend, Laura Alonso. Verb Ballets and Pro Danza continue their international collaboration with a month-long cultural exchange in Cleveland. Laura Alonso will reunite with the dancers of Verb Ballets for the third year. Be the first to see the presentation of the new Cuban ballets set by Laura Alonso. This unique opportunity on Friday, March 15, 2019 at 7pm will provide an intimate studio performance of premières followed by a reception with Laura Alonso. This event is very limited!

The studio is located at in the same building as The Dealership. Free parking available.

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Verb Ballets Center for Dance

3558 Lee Rd
Shaker Heights, OH 44120

The studio is located at in the same building as The Dealership. Please use Verb Ballets entrance on right hand side of building. Free parking available.

Feb 19
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Cleveland Havana Ballet Project in Akron

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Cleveland Havana Ballet Project

SHOW DETAILS

March 17, 2019 2:00pm

THEATRE

Akron-Summit County Public Library Auditorium
60 South High Street
Akron, OH 44326

TICKETS

$10 Tickets
Tickets are sold through EventBrite
Box Office fee will apply

March 17, 2019 2:00pm

Akron-Summit County Public Library Auditorium

Verb Ballets presents a perfomance of The Cleveland Havana Ballet Project on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 2:00 pm at the Akron-Summit County Public Library Auditorium. The Cleveland Havana Ballet Project returns to Northeast Ohio with Cuban dance legend, Laura Alonso. She will collaborate with Verb Ballets for a month-long cultural exchange setting Cuban ballets on the dancers. The Akron performance will feature works from her company’s repertory. The Cleveland Havana Ballet Project toured Cuba last season and was nationally noted by Pointe Magazine for this one of a kind partnership.

Get tickets for Cleveland Havana Ballet Project in Akron

Seating is general admission. Tickets are sold through EventBrite. Box Office fee will apply.

Akron-Summit County Public Library

Main Auditorium
60 South High Street, Akron, OH 44326

Parking deck is available next to the library

Feb 19
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Live @ Noon

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SHOW DETAILS

March 8, 2019 12:00pm

THEATRE

Verb Ballets Center for Dance
3558 Lee Rd.
Shaker Heights, OH 44120

TICKETS

$15 Adults
$10 Children
Includes dessert

Live @ Noon with Laura Alonso

March 8, 2019 12:00pm

Join Verb Ballets for an exclusive working rehearsal on Friday, March 8, 2019, at noon with Cuban dance legend Laura Alonso. Verb Ballets and ProDanza of Cuba continue their international collaboration with The Cleveland Havana Ballet Project. Laura Alonso will come to Cleveland for a month-long cultural exchange setting Cuban ballets on the dancers of Verb Ballets. This unique opportunity will provide insight into rehearsing the Cuban ballet style.

Pack a lunch to enjoy during the rehearsal and dessert will be provided. Doors open at 11:45pm and viewing begins at noon. The studio is located in the same building as The Dealership. Free parking available.

Get tickets for Live @ Noon

Laura Alonso

Laura Alonso, daughter of world-famous ballerina Alicia Alonso and renowned teacher and coach Fernando Alonso, is herself known as a teacher, coach and an expert at staging the well-known classics. For seven years she served as the personal coach and teacher for international prima ballerina assoluta, Alicia Alonso. Dance Theatre of Harlem artistic director, former prima ballerina and former editor of Pointe magazine, Virginia Johnson, calls her an, “international master teacher extrordinare.”

Ms. Alonso’s 25 year performing career with Ballet National de Cuba included soloist work in all of the traditional classics. Today she travels around the world teaching and staging the classics for pre-professional as well as professional companies such as London’s Royal Ballet School and The Royal Danish Ballet.

Although born in the United States, Alonso is a resident of Havana where she has an international dance school, Centro Pro Danza, which welcomes 1,500 students, and a professional performing company, ProDanza.

A teacher of world-class experience, Ms. Alonso has taught for professional ballet companies all over the world including Cuban National Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, the Australian Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, the Cleveland/San Jose Ballet, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Tokyo Ballet, the Toronto Ballet, the Alberta Ballet. She was a member of the faculty at the Regional Dance America’s National Festival in 1997 as well as at the RDA/NE Festival 1998 and the RDA/SE 1999. For seven years, she served as the personal coach for international ballerina Alicia Alonso.

Ms. Alonso was honored with an award as the best coach at the Jackson International Ballet Competition in 1990. Her student, Jose Manuel Carreno, won the Grand Prix de Ville, the highest award possible. Ms. Alonso has served as coach, jury member and teacher at the Jackson IBC and as jury member of the Concours International de Dance de Paris, France, the Alicia Alonso International Ballet Competition and other competitions around the world.

Along with her expertise in working with professionals and aspiring professionals, Ms. Alonso is extremely gifted at working with young dancers of all ages and experiences. She is willing to instruct anyone who wants to learn and has transformed students in just a few classes. Alonso’s mission is to bring the highest quality dance to students everywhere.

Verb Ballets Center for Dance

3558 Lee Rd
Shaker Heights, OH 44120

The studio is located at in the same building as The Dealership. Please use Verb Ballets entrance on right hand side of building. Free parking available.

Jan 24
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No Dominion: Celebrating the Life of Ian Horvath

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Unfortunately, this performance has been canceled on February 10, 2019.

No Dominion

Celebrating the Life of Ian Horvath

February 10, 2019 2:00pm

Akron-Summit County Public Library Auditorium

Verb Ballets continues the celebration of the life and work of Ian Horvath on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 2:00 pm in a matinee performance at the Akron-Summit County Public Library Auditorium. He is best known as a founder of the Cleveland Ballet and an AIDS activist. His legacy will live on through this special matinee which includes his first and last works plus documentary interview excerpts. A panel will discuss the AIDS epidemic and its impact on a generation of dancers, who were lost to the disease. This performance is generously supported by the Peg’s Foundation and the Akron Community Foundation.

Please note Kaye Eichman’s, Mendelssohn Italian Symphony, will only be performed in Cleveland at the Dance Legacy show on February 9, 2019.

Photo: Christopher Duggan Photography

SHOW DETAILS

February 10, 2019 2:00pm

THEATRE

Akron-Summit County Public Library Auditorium
60 South High Street
Akron, OH 44326
Located inside the downtown Library

TICKETS

Not available

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Ian (Ernie) Horvath (1943-1990)

Ian (Ernie) Horvath, was formerly producing director of the Jose Limon Dance Foundation, a founder of the Cleveland Ballet, and a soloist with Joffrey Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. He died of AIDS in 1990. Mr. Horvath was 46 years old. “Ernie Horvath was one of the wisest, most ecumenical, most passionate artists and counselors that dance will ever know,” Donald A. Moore, executive director of Dance/USA, a national service organization for professional dance, said. “He was an irresistible statesman. He had valuable, informed opinions on esthetics and institutions, steps and balance sheets, and he used these effectively in a life dedicated to the advancement of the art form he loved.” Mr. Horvath, a native of Cleveland, danced with Joffrey Ballet from 1964 to 1966, creating roles in Gerald Arpino’s “Viva Vivaldi!” and “Olympics.” In the mid-1960s, he also appeared on Broadway in “Sweet Charity,” “Funny Girl,” and “Fade Out-Fade In.” He also danced in television specials. Mr. Horvath, a faunlike, mercurial dancer, joined American Ballet Theatre in 1967, appearing in a variety of classical and contemporary roles. He left in 1972 to found the Cleveland Ballet (later the Cleveland-San Jose Ballet) with Dennis Nahat, and was its artistic director until 1983. His final performance as a dancer was in 1988 at City Center, when he appeared in “Together,” a program featuring Cynthia Gregory and Fernando Bujones. Mr. Horvath began choreographing in 1974. His last piece, created for the Limon Dance Company in 1988, was No Dominion, a dance inspired by his illness. His ballets are in the repertories of the Cleveland-San Jose Ballet, Ballet Nuevo de Caracas, the Limon Dance Company, Ballet Tucson, Verb Ballets, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Mr. Horvath was an articulate spokesman for dance and for people with AIDS. He was associate director of the Carlisle Project, a national developmental program for ballet choreographers, and had been chairman of Dance/USA and a dance panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ohio Arts Council. He was also a consultant to the City Center in New York and was developing special dance projects when he died.

Akron-Summit County Public Library

Main Auditorium
60 South High Street, Akron, OH 44326

Parking deck is available next to the library

Jan 24
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Peter and the Wolf

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Peter & the Wolf

January 27, 2019 2:00pm

Akron-Summit County Public Library Auditorium

Join Verb Ballets for family fun matinee of Peter and the Wolf. The story ballet choreographed by Pamela Pribisco is a captivating 30-minute set to the well know 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’sPeter and the Wolfas told through dance. The ballet introduces the plot and colorful characters through expressive movements to share the wisdomof courage. Students experience storytelling through the interaction of narrative, music and movement, and gain understanding of how character and plot are communicated across multiple art forms. This program is FREE and open to the public.

SHOW DETAILS

January 27, 2019 2:00pm

THEATRE

Akron-Summit County Public Library
Main Auditorium
60 South High Street
Akron, OH 44326
Located inside the downtown Library

TICKETS

FREE! Seat Reservations are required
Tickets are sold through EventBrite

Get FREE tickets for Peter & the Wolf

Seating is general admission. Free ticket reservation processed through EventBrite.

Akron-Summit County Public Library

Main Auditorium
60 South High Street, Akron, OH 44326

Parking deck is available next to the library

Nov 30
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Dance Legacy: Celebrating the Life of Ian Horvath

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Dance Legacy

Celebrating the Life of Ian Horvath

February 9, 2019 8:00pm

Breen Center for the Performing Arts

Verb Ballets celebrates the life and work of Ian Horvath on February 9, 2019 in an evening titled Dance Legacy: Celebrating the Life of Ian Horvath. The three-part performance will honor Horvath’s impact on dance in Cleveland and will recognize his work as an AIDS advocate. Tragically, he lost his battle to AIDS at the age of 46. 

Horvath is best known in Cleveland as a founder of the Cleveland Ballet and a former soloist with the Joffrey Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Later, he was the producing director of the Jose Limon Dance Foundation. 

His legacy will live on through this special evening of dance at the Breen Center for the Performing Arts, which includes two Horvath ballets beloved by Cleveland and international audiences, excerpts from a documentary celebrating Horvath’s life, and the premiere of a new ballet by Kay Eichman, a former dancer with Cleveland Ballet. A pre-show panel on stage at 7:15 pm will discuss the AIDS epidemic and its impact on a generation of Cleveland dancers, who were lost to the disease. This performance is generously supported by the Cleveland Foundation.

Photo: Christopher Duggan Photography

SHOW DETAILS

February 9, 2019 8:00pm

THEATRE

Breen Center for the Performing Arts
2008 W. 30th St.
Cleveland, OH 44113
Located on the campus of St. Ignatius

TICKETS

$35 Preferred Seating
$28 Center Seating
$25 Side Seating
$10 Select Seating
Student Discount Available

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Ian (Ernie) Horvath (1943-1990)

Ian (Ernie) Horvath, was formerly producing director of the Jose Limon Dance Foundation, a founder of the Cleveland Ballet, and a soloist with Joffrey Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. He died of AIDS in 1990. Mr. Horvath was 46 years old. “Ernie Horvath was one of the wisest, most ecumenical, most passionate artists and counselors that dance will ever know,” Donald A. Moore, executive director of Dance/USA, a national service organization for professional dance, said. “He was an irresistible statesman. He had valuable, informed opinions on esthetics and institutions, steps and balance sheets, and he used these effectively in a life dedicated to the advancement of the art form he loved.” Mr. Horvath, a native of Cleveland, danced with Joffrey Ballet from 1964 to 1966, creating roles in Gerald Arpino’s “Viva Vivaldi!” and “Olympics.” In the mid-1960s, he also appeared on Broadway in “Sweet Charity,” “Funny Girl,” and “Fade Out-Fade In.” He also danced in television specials. Mr. Horvath, a faunlike, mercurial dancer, joined American Ballet Theatre in 1967, appearing in a variety of classical and contemporary roles. He left in 1972 to found the Cleveland Ballet (later the Cleveland-San Jose Ballet) with Dennis Nahat, and was its artistic director until 1983. His final performance as a dancer was in 1988 at City Center, when he appeared in “Together,” a program featuring Cynthia Gregory and Fernando Bujones. Mr. Horvath began choreographing in 1974. His last piece, created for the Limon Dance Company in 1988, was No Dominion, a dance inspired by his illness. His ballets are in the repertories of the Cleveland-San Jose Ballet, Ballet Nuevo de Caracas, the Limon Dance Company, Ballet Tucson, Verb Ballets, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Mr. Horvath was an articulate spokesman for dance and for people with AIDS. He was associate director of the Carlisle Project, a national developmental program for ballet choreographers, and had been chairman of Dance/USA and a dance panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ohio Arts Council. He was also a consultant to the City Center in New York and was developing special dance projects when he died.

The Breen Center for the Performing Arts

at St. Ignatius High School
2008 W. 30th St.
Cleveland, OH 44113

Free parking is available at the theatre.

Nov 30
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Live @ Noon

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Live @ Noon

January 4, 2019 12:00pm

Verb Ballets Center for Dance

Join Verb Ballets on Friday, January 4, 2019 for Live @ Noon an exclusive working rehearsal with Margaret Mullin. Margaret Mullin, a renowned soloist with Pacific Northwest Ballet, received a prestigious fellowship from the Princess Grace Foundation. For the past three years, Verb Ballets has been working in partnership with Margaret Mullin and Nel Shelby Productions to create a documentary film No Dominion: The Ian Horvath Story. Ms. Mullin is the director and producer of the upcoming documentary and will be in studio setting Ian Horvath’s last work, No Dominion.  Set to Sir William Walton’s cello concerto, the work for an all-male cast is a reflection on Horvath’s impending death from AIDS. No Dominion takes its title from the poem “And Death Shall Have No Dominion,” by Dylan Thomas. Her arrival in Cleveland is in preparation for Verb Ballets celebration of the life and work of Ian Horvath on February 9, 2019.

This unique opportunity will provide insight into the story behind the work of and how the documentary came to be. Pack a lunch to enjoy during the rehearsal followed by dessert to be provided. Doors open at 11:45pm and viewing begins at noon.

The studio is located at in the same building as The Dealership. Free parking available.

Photo: Christopher Duggan Photography

SHOW DETAILS

January 4, 2019 12:00pm

THEATRE

Verb Ballets Center for Dance
3558 Lee Rd.
Shaker Heights, OH 44120

TICKETS

$15 Adults
$10 Children
Includes dessert

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Margaret Mullin

Margaret Mullin is from Tucson, Arizona. She studied on scholarship at Ballet Arts Tucson with Mary-Beth Cabana and at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and she attended summer courses at Ballet Tucson and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She was the recipient of a Thurber Scholarship Award in 2003 and 2004, the 2007 Founding Director Scholarship Award from Angela Whitehill of Burklyn Ballet, and a 2011 Princess Grace Award recipient. Ms. Mullin joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2008. She was promoted to corps de ballet in 2009 and soloist in 2013.

Ms. Mullin has choreographed works for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Choreographers’ Showcase and NEXT STEP. In 2012, she choreographed her first ballet, Lost in Light, for the Company. She has also choreographed works, performed as a guest artist (including a leading role in Antony Tudor’s Continuo), and served as guest teacher for Ballet Tucson and Ballet Arts School in Tucson.

Verb Ballets Center for Dance

3558 Lee Rd
Shaker Heights, OH 44120

The studio is located at in the same building as The Dealership. Please use Verb Ballets entrance on right hand side of building. Free parking available.

Oct 22
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Live @ Noon

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Live @ Noon

October 26, 2018 12:00pm

Verb Ballets Center for Dance

Join Verb Ballets for an exclusive working rehearsal of a new ballet by Kay Eichman. Kay Eichman received her early ballet training from Pat Leclercq in New Orleans. She later studied on scholarship at: The National Ballet, Washington DC; The National Ballet Of Canada; The Conservatoire de Nice, France; and Joffrey’s American Ballet Center in New York. Kay left the Joffrey II company to join Cleveland Ballet in its inaugural season, A distinguished 15 year career ensued, including principal roles in numerous traditional and contemporary works. Her new ballet is set to Mendelssohn and was inspired by Dennis Nahat’s Mendelssohn Symphony.

Then get a sneak peak of the new story ballet Mowgli’s Jungle Adventures choreographed by Verb Ballets’ Associate Artistic Director, Richard Dickinson. This new ballet is based on Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale of an Indian boy abandoned by his parents and raised by a pack of wolves. The creation of Mowgli’s Jungle Adventures is through the generous support of Shah Capital Management.

This unique opportunity will provide insight into the work of creating a new ballet and the choreographers process. Pack a lunch to enjoy during the rehearsal followed by dessert to be provided. Stay afterwards to meet the choreographers and dancers. Doors open at 11:45pm and viewing begins at noon.

The studio is located at in the same building as The Dealership. Free parking available.

SHOW DETAILS

October 26, 2018 12:00pm

THEATRE

Verb Ballets Center for Dance
3558 Lee Rd.
Shaker Heights, OH 44120

TICKETS

$15 Adults
$10 Children
Includes dessert

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Verb Ballets Center for Dance

3558 Lee Rd
Shaker Heights, OH 44120

The studio is located at in the same building as The Dealership. Please use Verb Ballets entrance banner on right hand side of building. Free parking available.

Aug 24
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Cleveland Havana Ballet

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Verb Ballets and ProDanza of Cuba have joined forces in an international collaboration to form The Cleveland Havana Ballet Project. Lead by Dr. Margaret Carlson of Verb Ballets and Laura Alonso of ProDanza the project is seeking bookings for the 2019-20 season. The Cleveland Havana Ballet showcases uniquely Cuban story ballets and innovative American repertory. The Cleveland Havana Ballet highlights the technical virtuosity associated with Cuban ballet with the bold style of American contemporary ballet. View available customizable tour packages below.

 
 
 
 
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Le Chevalier, The Black Mozart

Touring programs of full-length classical ballets include Le Chevalier, The Black Mozart based on Joseph Bologne-recognized as the first classic composer of African origin. The ballet highlights his life known as much for his symphonies as his swordsmanship.

Custom Repertory Programs

Other tour packages can be customized featuring dynamic repertory programs of captivating artistry, unique styles and technical excellence. Including works by Adam Houghland, Antonio Brown (Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company), and Tommie-Waheed Evans (Philadanco!).

 
 
 
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January 4-8, 2019

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Dr. Margaret Carlson

Producing Artistic Director, Verb Ballets

Producing Artistic Director of Verb Ballets, Dr. Carlson has been with the organization for 15 years leading the company to national prominence. Having completed a successful tour of Taiwan in 2017, the company will be toured Cuba in early 2018. The company has been recognized as one of 25 dance companies to watch in America. Dr. Carlson had a long career as a performer, working as a principal ballet dancer with Cleveland Ballet and performer in numerous musical theatre tours across America. Later, she was a university professor, and was Dean of Dance at the Hong Kong Academy. She is currently working on a film called, No Dominion. Her doctorate is from Durham University, UK.

Laura Alonso

Directora General, ProDanza of Cuba

Laura Alonso, daughter of world famous ballerina Alicia Alonso is known as a teacher, coach and an expert at staging the classics. Ms. Alonso had a 25 year performing career with Ballet Nacional de Cuba. As an award winning teacher and coach she travels the world teaching and staging the classics. Ms. Alonso has served as an international coach, jury member and teacher at the Jackson International Ballet Competition, the Concours Internationale de Dance de Paris, France, the Alicia Alonso International Ballet Competition and other competitions. Alonso founded the international dance school, Centro Pro Danza.

Jul 02
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Arts in August

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Arts in August

August 11, 2018 8:30pm

Lincoln Park

Verb Ballets returns to Arts in August at Tremont’s Lincoln Park on August 11, 2018 at 8:30pm. The free program will delight audiences with both classical selections and bold works marking its 13th year at Arts in August. Verb Ballets will present the Cleveland debut of K281 by internationally acclaimed choreographer Adam Hougland. The ballet epitomizes the musicality of Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-flat major, K. 281. Verb Ballets, as part of the Graham Company’s Lamentation Variations Project, remounts three variations inspired by Martha Graham’s iconic solo, Lamentation. Nationally noted choreographers Antonio Brown (Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane), Chung-Fu Chang (Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre) and Ginger Thatcher (Lar Lubovitch Dance Company) have contributed their inspirations. Reviewers proclaimed that, “while referencing Graham, the works were themselves memorable and splendidly danced”. Award-winning Philadelphia choreographer Tommie-Waheed Evans work, Dark Matter is also featured. It has been described by critics as sparking, “Sleek encounters that brim with contrasting patterns and connections”. Dance critics are in agreement that Verb Ballets’ performances, “Dash preconceptions …with keen dramatic power”. Don’t miss this free Westside performance to conclude Verb Ballets’ Summer Series.

 

SHOW DETAILS

August 11, 2018 8:30pm

TICKETS

FREE

THEATRE

Lincoln Park
W. 14th and Starkweather
Cleveland, OH 44113

Tremont's Lincoln Park

Verb Ballets

Audiences return to see Verb Ballets for the exciting versatile programs. Critics hailed performances, “The audience – love the work – got to their feet for the dancers’ curtain calls”. Verb Ballets continues to celebrate 30-year history of bringing passion, beauty and the athleticism of dance to Northeast Ohio. Critics hailed performances, “The audience – love the work – got to their feet for the dancers’ curtain calls”. Verb Ballets continues to celebrate 30-year history of bringing passion, beauty and the athleticism of dance to Northeast Ohio.