by Jeff Maisey | May 2, 2019 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston It’s on a rainy Sunday afternoon when I finally get the chance to chat with legendary Dance Theatre of Harlem alum and Norfolk native, Lorraine Graves. Ms. Graves has run her errands for the day, and is now tending to her remarkable mother, a...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 9, 2019 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III One Virginia Arts Festival audience will get the world’s last look at the works of the Jessica Lang Dance Company, as the multiple award-winning troupe wraps up eight years of performing with their final concert as a company. Their Chrysler Hall...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 15, 2019 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III A world premiere by Richard Alston Dance, one of the world’s premiere dance companies, highlights that company’s March 21 Chrysler Hall visit and mingles local talent with its seasoned professionals, even as the troupe approaches its farewell...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 20, 2019 | Dance, Stage & Film
By MICHAEL CURRY The upcoming performances by Virginia Ballet Theatre in its annual Winter Concert at the ODU Theatre promise to be exciting, entertaining and enlightening. Artistic Director Ricardo Melendez has put together an ambitious program of classical and...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 28, 2018 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Michael Curry The Richmond Ballet accompanied by The Virginia Symphony brings its highly acclaimed production of The Nutcracker to Chrysler Hall for the sixth consecutive year, December 7 – 9. The Nutcracker is to ballet what Handel’s...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 18, 2018 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III A lush and accessible production of the Western world’s favorite tragedy of romantic woe, that of Juliet and her Romeo, comes to Hampton Roads in the hands – feet, heads, bodies – of The Birmingham Royal Ballet. The April performances of...
