by Jeff Maisey | Feb 17, 2017 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Ricardo Melendez “Shakespeare in Motion” is a combination of two of my greatest passions: the power and wit of Shakespeare’s stories and my dedication to the awe- inspiring beauty and physicality of the language of Dance. When art inspires art there is both a...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 20, 2016 | Dance, News, News & Views
Compiled by Staff Masterworks: Lily & the Gypsies October 7-8 Sandler Center This is a story ballet about a beautiful young girl who suffers the loss of her parents and is sent to live at fancy private girls’ school only to be bullied into running away....
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 21, 2016 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Jim Roberts It’s no secret that Busch Gardens’ “Celtic Fyre” show was inspired by “Riverdance,” which debuted in 1995 and popularized Irish stepdancing all over the world. Lesser known is the fact that Maggie Darlington, who danced lead in the original...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 21, 2016 | Dance
By Jerome Langston Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people. ~Alvin Ailey “I take probably even more risks,” remarks Robert Battle, artistic director of Alvin Ailey American...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 10, 2015 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Jeff Maisey When Todd Rosenlieb arrived in Hampton Roads, modern dance was a rarity experienced only when the Virginia Arts Festival brought in a nationally touring company such as Mark Morris from April to May. While Michael Curry scheduled an occasional...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 7, 2015 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III Ballet Hispanico’s visit to the Virginia Arts Festival swirls (and leaps, struts, slides and lifts) through a Latino flavored look at matters as tangible as a kiss or as surreal as a Magritte painting. The sweet and spicy Salsa vocals of...
