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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.
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When a young member of Borinquen Dance Theatre arrived late for a recent evening rehearsal, slipping silently into the spacious studio at Hochstein School of Music and Dance, artistic director Nydia Padilla-Rodriguez didn't let the tardiness go unchecked. In Spanish, she gently admonished the girl, then urged her to hurry
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Michael Butterman credits George Eastman's legacy for his unique position as the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra's principal conductor for education and outreach, the only position of its kind in the nation. Eastman believed that the orchestra had the responsibility to bring music to all Rochesterians, including children, Butterman told City recently,
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Squeezed between University and Atlantic avenues on tiny Elton Street, an old red brick building reverberates with rhythm. Follow the music into the building and upstairs into a high-ceilinged loft and you'll find a diverse bevy of performers - some enthusiastically drumming away on African drums, others undulating to the
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The New York critics have been exuberant in their praise of Garth Fagan's new piece, "Mudan 175/39," and they are decidedly not an easy lot to please. This may well be Fagan's best new work in years. After initially debuting at the Nazareth Arts Center gala opening in September,
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Look out Lestat. Beware Edward Cullen and Bill Compton. A vampire rival has emerged, and he's gliding across the floorboards of Geva Theatre, fanged bared. As Dracula, the prototype for all of today's young vampiric upstarts, Darren Stevenson of PUSH Physical Theatre bestows his considerable gift for movement upon Vlad, imbuing
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If there's one dance event not to miss in Rochester this year, it's the world premiere of the latest piece by Garth Fagan Dance (454-3260, garthfagandance.org) at the unveiling of the $10 million Nazareth Arts Center on Saturday, September 26. Garth Fagan Dance will perform Tony and Olivier Award-winning
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The April sun shone brightly outside the Draper Dance Studios on University Avenue on a recent Sunday afternoon while, inside, the dancers rehearsed in the dark, illuminated only by handheld flashlights. The company was rehearsing "LumaVoce," one of five pieces Rochester City Ballet will perform at Canandaigua Academy this
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Audiences will gain a glimpse into the personal world of Garth Fagan - Tony Award winner, modern dance icon, and Rochesterian - with the local premiere of his revealing new work, "Phone Tag, Thanks & Other Things," this weekend. The dramatic action and emotional content of the piece evolves from
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It was in an Iowa City bar in 1973 that Bill Evans first heard a bluegrass band play the ballad "Hard Times," which was part of the inspiration for his modern dance of the same name. It's a piece that today's audiences, burdened by their own economic woes, may well
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A collaboration between Park Avenue Repertory Dance Company and select Torontonian dancers and choreographers, ROTO 3 - RO(chester) TO(ronto) Contemporary Dance Series - will bring an edge to the local dance scene this weekend. "Toronto's dance scene is so vibrant, fresher than New York City's right now," says Christine Fendley, artistic
