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Thursday, April 20, 2017

'Thirty Something!' Marks Connecticut Ballet's 35th Anniversary by Sharma Piersall

A self-described "dance evangelist" Brett Raphael will continue to crisscross the state of Connecticut this year with his Summer Dance Caravan, designed to promote classical dance with free,…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:51PM
Monday, October 17, 2016

Sonia Plumb's 'Fire or Ice' Celebrates Cultural Differences by Sharma Piersall

This November the notion of a fabled wall proposed by Donald Trump may be struck down by voters. The idea of such a wall, to a creative person, can only conjure up images of cultural cloiste…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:53AM
Friday, September 2, 2016

New Dworin Performance Project Unveils The Pain of Incarceration by Sharma Piersall

For those both inside and outside, identifying the clang of a prison door is irrefutable; it is an absolute sound that reverberates universally. But its sound is stubbornly subjective. For t…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Albano Ballet Presenting Sensual Summer Dance At Mohegan by Sharma Piersall

Head thrown back, ballet dancer Eric Carnes strikes a Grecian pose on the floor: arms stretched out as if to draw a bow, with one knee bent. He takes command of his role of the faun during a…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:46PM
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Jessica Lang Dance Brings Its First Full-Length Ballet To Jorgensen by Sharma Piersall

In a kinetic medium, modern-dance choreographer Jessica Lang's inspirational guidance for her first full-length ballet might come as a surprise: She first contemplated space, and concept. Th…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:54PM
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

'The Odyssey' Inspires Sonia Plumb's Modern Dance Drama by Sharma Piersall

Chances are if a teenager is assigned "The Odyssey" by Homer, many feel that picking up the classic poem is an Odyssey of sorts for them, greeting the scholastic undertaking tepidly, with th…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:15PM
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Improv Tap Highlight Of Dorrance Dance Show At Wesleyan by Sharma Piersall

Embodied in the art form of tap is improvisation, and it is with that spirit of collaboration that Dorrance Dance will present excerpts from "SOUNDspace" "ETM: The Initial Approach" and "The…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:14PM
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Albano Ballet Adds A Twist To 'Swan Lake' At Mohegan by Sharma Piersall

Standing demurely in the corner of Albano Ballet's studio in Hartford, Julia Frederick bides her time before entering on cue for her latest role at a recent rehearsal for "Swan Lake."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:13PM
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