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Upcoming & Recent Performances
February 26-27, 2010: Performance at Hathaway Brown School Dance Concert
Verlezza Dance presents Dead Can Dance with Hathaway Brown dance students and Lasting Songs featuring Tracy Pattison, Sabatino Verlezza and, Soprano, Julianna Tauschinger-Dempsey.
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February 19, 2010: Lecture Demonstration at Fairfax Elementary
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December 18, 2009: Performance in New York City
New York City premiere of Sabatino Verlezza’s Winged. This new work supported by The O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance
Foundation and set to original music by long-time collaborator Elliot
Sokolov Winged explores the individual’s courage and commitment to defy gravity, the odds of success, and the question “flying or falling?”
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November 10, 2009: Performance at Joseph-Beth Booksellers
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November 5-8, 2009: Returning
The Dance Program  Department of Theater and
Dance
Mather Dance Center
An evening of dances featuring a new work co-choreographed by Gary Galbraith and Karen Potter to
original ragtime music composed by Ross Petot. Also on the program will be a
work by noted Cleveland artist, Sabatino Verlezza, in addition to Presently Gone
by guest artist James Hansen and Journey, a duet from SEVEN choreographed by
Dance Program alumna Linda Kahn.
Time: November 5-7, 2009, 8:00pm
November 8, 2009, 2:30pm
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November 7, 2009: Young Choreographers Brown Bag Series - Tracy Pattison
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October 25, 2009: Fern Jennings & Friends - First Unitarian Church of Cleveland Concert Series
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October 10, 2009: Performance at That All May Worship Conference
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September 30, 2009: Performance at Kent State University DisAbility Awareness Month
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June 6-7, 2009: Voices
 Saturday evening highlights the company with the premiere of Sabatino Verlezza’s Winged. This new work supported by The O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation and set to original music by long-time collaborator Elliot Sokolov (NYC) Winged explores the individual’s courage and commitment to defy gravity, the odds of success, and the question “flying or falling?” Joining the company are special guests and friends. Claire Porter (NYC) and Sabatino Verlezza combine their comedic talents in the dance theatre piece See You Around (2008) On Saturday, Porter also presents one of her critically-acclaimed signature solo works. Soprano Marla Berg performs the music of Strauss to accompany Verlezza’s premiere of the third section of his dance, Lasting Songs. Associate Artistic Director, Barbara Allegra Verlezza offers a restaging of her trio, Triptych (2005), with “nothing short of amazing” (The Plain Dealer) guest Allie Friedrich (MO). Additionally, Allegra Verlezza will present her ensemble work, Broken Voices (2008), following the recent honor of being chosen to represent Kent State University at the Gala Performance of the 2009 North Central Regional American College Dance Festival Association. Company member Sabatino A. Verlezza premieres Maercs (2009) based on Einstein’s thought, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” On Sunday afternoon, The School of Verlezza Dance and its outreach programs, supported by the professional company and guests, will perform explorations of world rhythms and voices in new works by the faculty, Artistic Director Sabatino Verlezza, Assistant Artistic Director, Tracy Pattison, Jill Forster and Sabatino A. Verlezza. The combination of the company, guest artists and students represent the many Voices of Verlezza Dance, reflecting the company’s rich history, its ongoing work with people of all abilities and its deep roots in the classical modern dance tradition.
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December 6-7, 2008: New Tales, Old Tales, Snow Tails
When: Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 7:30pm ♦ Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 2pm
Where: The Performing Arts Center Tri-C Eastern Campus 4250 Richmond Rd. Highland Hills, OH 44122 For directions click here
Tickets: Adults: $18 ♦ Students & Seniors: $10 Call 216.314.0900 for reservations and information
The concert will feature “new” choreographic ventures, “old” repertory favorites and a concert form of excerpts from the company’s wintertime tradition Snow Tails. The company holds the unique distinction of having three members of one family contributing to its choreographic voice with the fourth member as a performer. Additionally, the faculty will contribute original “new” and “old” works for the students of the School of Verlezza Dance as well as the senior adults from the Euclid Adult Activities Center through the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
The concert will include:
Songs for the Jaguar (1988) is Sabatino Verlezza’s visually rich interpretation of Aztec and Mayan patterns and traditions set to the exquisite score of Missa Criolla. Created for the original Verlezza Dance company in New York, the piece returns to company repertory after 20 years of being restaged for schools and universities in the USA.
Lunar Leap (2006) Barbara Allegra Verlezza’s “…most inventive…” abstract work for seven dancers and physio-balls, which was cited as one of The Plain Dealer’s Terpsichorean Highlights of 2006, returns in “sculptural and kinetic motion…[which] never resorts to gimmickry.” Donald Rosenberg, The Plain Dealer. The dancers meld with their props to evoke images of earth, moon, and stars. Originally created on students of Kent State University, the work has been restaged for Verlezza Dance.
Broken Voices (2008) by Barbara Allegra Verlezza, performed by the thirteen women of the Kent Dance Ensemble under the Artistic Direction of Kimberly Karpanty, is an exploration of “the relentless inner dialogue” that plagues one during times of heartbreak and sorrow. The haunting text by Leonard Cohen provides the musical backdrop for the work inspiring suggestions of dark metaphors, the external investigation of individual suffering versus collective grief, and the internal pursuit to quiet the “broken voices.”
Between the Two (Premiere), choreographed by Sabatino A. Verlezza, is a contemporary exploration of the conflicting ends of the spectrum of life. The absence of a middle ground leads the quartet on a journey though emotional, physical, and social extremes.
Snow Tails (2005) returns as a suite of excerpts from the original story ballet created for the School of Verlezza Dance by Sabatino Verlezza and Tracy Pattison in 2005. New works will be included in the suite of student offerings, representing the future dancers of Verlezza Dance. Much beloved music, including “The Nutcracker” and other holiday time favorites, will be appreciated.
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November 21-23, 2008:Dance '08 Excellence in Motion Kent State University
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October 16, 2008: Performance at Kent State University DisAbility Awareness
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October 12, 2008: Percussion Workshop with Alessandra Belloni
ALESSANDRA BELLONI is a singer, percussionist, dancer and actress who stands as one of the most important voices of traditional Southern Italian music and dance today. As artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Belloni is Artistic Dir. and Founder of I Giullari di Piazza (Players of the Square). Acclaimed as one of the greatest living percussionists in the world, she has also designed tambourines for Remo Inc. Learn more about Alessandra Belloni visit www.alessandrabelloni.com
Verlezza Dance presents a workshop to introduce the rich tambourine and dance traditions of Southern Italy and the Tarantella, an ancient ritual performed to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula. Students will learn the techniques of Tarantella tambourine playing, and the truly healing and stress relieving effect of these rhythms and dance, and the history of this ancient tradition.
Where: The School of Verlezza Dance
21600 Shaker Blvd. Shaker Heights. OH 44122
When: 1:00-3:00 pm
Fee: $25
For reservations call 216.314.0900
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October 11, 2008: Masquarade della Luna
With special guest ALESSANDRA BELLONI
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September 27 & 28, 2008: Up is Down
The company is joined by all four members of the Verlezza family, three as choreographers, in two world premieres, flanking two recently acclaimed works.
The concert will feature:
The Secret Story, choreographed by Sabatino Verlezza and Barbara Allegra Verlezza. This new work is a dramatic exploration of the detention and internment of 100,000 Italian Americans during World War II set to the exquisite music of John Corigliano.
The Golden Mean, which uses contemporary mixes of traditional music from different faiths, and is Verlezza’s Socratic pursuit of tolerance and inclusion through the balance of faith, passion and spirit.
In Blank Canvas, Sabatino Alexander Verlezza, explores the elements of de-humanization in a Hip-Hop style quartet. His Moments in Balance, an offering from the critically acclaimed community event “In Concert with Ludlow”, searches for equilibrium and stillness in relationship to community, self, and the intimacy of two people.
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August 28, 2008: Kent State University - The Roe Green Center in the School of Music & Dance Groundbreaking
Sabatino Verlezza Artistic Director of Verlezza Dance presents Pas dé Shovel: Ode to Roe with Kent State University Dance Students. Visit http://www.theatre.kent.edu/RoeGreenCenter.htm for more information
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May 31, 2008: Illuminations
“Illuminations”
is a concert that celebrates the unique work of choreographer Sabatino
Verlezza Verlezza Dance offers a thought- provoking concert with
diverse repertory addressing the wide range of emotions inherent in the
human condition and music to satisfy wide musical tastes. Verlezza
Dance company premieres “Bachianas Brasileiras" featuring Soprano,
Marla Berg with eight cellos as a chamber ensemble, and a re-staging of
May O'Donnell's "Homage to Shiva". The students of the School of
Verlezza Dance will also perform in “Spring is Bach 2008"
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March 9, 2008: In-Concert with Ludlow
The Shaker Arts Council in
association with Verlezza Dance is presenting a benefit concert. The
concert responding to the recent developments in the Ludlow community
celebrates the history of Ludlow in support of our neighbors. The
concert will feature Verlezza Dance, including critically acclaimed
work "Tobi Roppo", premiere of two works "Moments of Balance" and
"Rodeo" Additionally, several professional musicians including Marla
Berg, William Clarence Marshall, Madeline Levitz, Luiz Coelho will
preform Gershwin and Copeland. The Shaker Heights High School A
Cappella chior, jazz and theater ensembles will also perform.
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