Darren and Heather Stevenson, co-producers of PUSH Physical Theatre, have been asked more than once whether they wanted their extreme-movement, physical performance company to appear on national television (“America’s Got Talent” has called several times). But this is the first time they’ve accepted. PUSH is currently appearing in the reality competition show “Fake Off,” a […]
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An Evening of Dance and Performance Art
After a decade engrained in the Rochester dance scene as a teacher, choreographer, and performer, William Evans, 74, is retiring from The College at Brockport and relocating to Providence, Rhode Island. He has accepted a teaching position at The School of Dance at Dean College. On Saturday, July 5, Evans will present a farewell concert […]
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Evil stepsisters and tutus
In the Rochester City Ballet’s studio on University Avenue, the company is rehearsing the ballroom scene from the classic story ballet “Cinderella” for this weekend’s performance at Nazareth Performing Arts Center. Cinderella and the Prince are practicing the pas de deux — or step for two — of their initial meeting. She is shy and […]
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DANCE: Stepping back in
After a year hiatus, the Nazareth College Arts Center Dance Festival will return Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4, but in a rather scaled down form compared to the last three years it was held. The festival will run for two days, rather than the previous nine or ten, and is headlining with a lesser known, […]
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DANCE: Pushing bodies, mining creativity
Nile Russell was one of 500 hopefuls when he auditioned for the award-winning, avant-garde dance company Pilobolus in 2009. He had been in New York City for a few years already, had danced with several small companies, and had started one of his own. He was looking for a new avenue for his creativity, a […]
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Masterful classes
Garth Fagan first became affiliated with the SUNY College at Brockport Department of Dance in 1970 when he began teaching a course called “Dance for the Disadvantaged” —a course for students with no prior dance experience. Fagan had just given up performing as principal dancer and choreographer with the Dance Theatre of Detroit and was […]
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REVIEW: Garth Fagan Dance at Nazareth Arts Center
Rochesterians are graced by having a dance company with the stature and international reputation of Garth Fagan Dance living and performing in our city. I feel especially privileged at having the ongoing opportunity to annually see fresh work, discuss it with Fagan and his protégé Norwood “P.J.” Pennewell, and analyze it through writing. The more […]
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Fabo Collabo 2013
In January 2012, several of Rochester’s leading dance groups came together to create a collaborative performance known as Fabo Collabo. Geomantics Dance Theater, the Bill Evans Dance Company, FuturPointe Dance, BIODANCE, and Push Physical Theatre shared the Geva Nextstage. Now, Fabo Collabo is back, but in a very different way. This year, it is more […]
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DANCE PREVIEW: “Arc of Ages”
PUSH Physical Theatre’s new masterwork, “Arc of Ages,” embraces epic stories of Western civilization and explores basic human archetypes by depicting the legendary struggles of biblical characters. Dramatic, action-packed interpretations of Samson, Delilah, David, Bathsheba, and Job connect audiences to these characters’ flawed humanness, and to the continued relevance of their plights today. “What do […]
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DANCE: “Past, Present, and Future”
At an April rehearsal at the Rochester City Ballet studios on University Avenue, the company was running through the George Balanchine work “Serenade” under the direction of Leslie Peck, one of an elite group of dancers authorized by the George Balanchine Trust to stage his ballets, in an effort to keep the artistic integrity of […]
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Vision of Sound
Vision of Sound is the name of the dance and music concert featuring eclectic regional dancers and musicians, taking place this weekend at Hochstein School of Music and Dance. It is Artistic Director Mark Olivieri’s vision to eventually transform the annual collaboration into an actual company. “We have a core of musicians. We have a […]
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DANCE: “This is Tango Now: Identidad”
Mention tango dancing and most people immediately imagine some variation of a woman in red sauntering seductively across stage, whirled in close and dipped low by a darkly sensual partner. This, to most people, is tango. But Fernanda Ghi and her husband Guillermo Merlo, creators of “This is Tango Now,” seek to break this stereotype. […]
