by Jeff Maisey | Mar 19, 2026 | Dance, Featured, Stage & Film
(Ariana Dickerson and Micah Bullard. Photo by Nir Areli) By Jerome Langston “We are preparing for our tour to France, which is about to happen right now. And then we follow that up by coming to Lorraine Graves’ hometown,” said Robert Garland, the artistic...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 2, 2026 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III Sensual and athletic, classically trained and purposefully innovative, Philadelphia’s much praised contemporary ballet company, BalletX, joins the long list of exceptional dance troupes brought to Hampton Roads by the Virginia Arts Festival....
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 25, 2025 | Dance, Stage & Film
Ballet Virginia’s “Nutcracker” performance by professional dancers. By Jeff Maisey If you can’t get enough of the holiday season “Nutcracker” ballet, you’re in for a treat in Hampton Roads with several productions scheduled, each with its own unique...
by Jeff Maisey | May 26, 2025 | Dance, Stage & Film
(“Black Sabbath – The Ballet” features music from the legendary British heavy metal band, Photo by Johan Persson.) By Montague Gammon III In yet another coup for the Virginia Arts Festival and its Perry Artistic Director Rob Cross, Norfolk hosts the...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 16, 2025 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III Virginia Arts Festival’s entrancing presentation of MOMIX: Alice hits all the marks for dance and theater fans, for people who delight in beauty of all sorts, for parents who want to entertain offspring – provided mom and dad do not mind being...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 27, 2024 | Dance, Stage & Film
(Dance Theatre of Harlem Company in Sounds of Hazel. Photo by Jeff Cravotta) By Jerome Langston “He taught me that it’s bigger than the art. It’s about people,” says Robert Garland, the new artistic director of Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH), referring to the legendary...
