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A set of large, rough-hewn wooden shapes splattered with white paint bestow an urban- playground-feel upon the stage at a recent rehearsal of the RIT/NTID Dance Company -- that is, the student dance group at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology. The dancers,
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Fabo Callabo, the title given to this weekend's collaborative dance concert at Geva Theatre, was organized cooperatively by five leading local dance companies seeking to further what they recognize as the flourishing dance scene in Rochester. The five groups in the event are Bill Evans Dance, BIODANCE, FuturPointe Dance,
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Garth Fagan is an uncontested great in the field of contemporary dance, a choreographer whose body of work will retain lasting impact in the world of dance. Throughout his life, Fagan has surrounded himself with greats from other artistic spheres; he counts the late painter Romare Bearden and jazz
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Quintessential post-modern dance was on display in all its abstract glory at Nazareth College Arts Center's Callahan Theater Friday, July 12, as the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company performed to nearly a full house as the headliner of the Art Center's 2011 Dance Festival. Repetition, repetition, repetition was the
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If you've got an appetite for dance, the 2nd Annual Nazareth College Arts Center Dance Festival will keep your plate full from this weekend through next. The nine days and nights of this year's festival offer up an array of events, including outside performances, lectures, discussions, master classes, community
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There is a new vampire in town, and she's wearing pointe shoes. Stately, seductive, and self-assured, she is the blood countess, the title character in the original, full-length ballet by Jamey Leverett, artistic director of Rochester City Ballet. In rehearsal at the company's University Avenue studio last week, even without
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Forty years old is a venerable age for a modern-dance company, and Garth Fagan, himself age 70, has every reason to be proud of his company's achievements as it celebrates four decades in existence this month. Fagan has led the Rochester-based, internationally acclaimed company for more than half of his
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Geva Theatre is hosting not one, but two young Rochester dance companies, on its Nextstage over the coming two weekends. The work of both FuturPointe Dance and Biodance represents an emerging trend in dance - the inclusion of multimedia, particularly video imagery, in performances. The dance styles of the two
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The Rochester International Jazz Festival - which wrapped its ninth edition last month - has become the pride and joy of Rochester. The community embraced it from the beginning and helped it become a roaring success. Is Rochester ready to open its heart to another performing-arts festival? Especially - gulp!
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Doubters of dance's escalating clout in the Rochester arts scene should check out Geva Theatre's performance schedule for the next two weeks. Geomantics Dance Theater, a Rochester-based company, is booked for eight performances of its show "Do Animals Meditate?" as part of Geva's SpringFest. Heady stuff in the dance world.
