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Upcoming & Recent Performances
July 16, 2010: Lecture Demonstration at Hawken School
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April 23-25, 2010: Verlezza Dance Presents Claire Porter

The Master Claass at Kent State University is at the E. Turner Stump Theatre click here for directions Click here to visit Claire Porter's website
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ANNOUNCEMENT Exciting New Partnership with The Ratner School
Verlezza Dance announces an exciting new partnership with The Lillian and Betty Ratner School, a private Cleveland area school known for enriching and rigorous academic programing for grades pre-school-8. Each year The Ratner School chooses specific school programs and projects to fund. This year, Verlezza Dance has been given this prestigious honor along with the Ratner Student Art Gallery.
In past years, the Fund-A-Project initiative has supported the following Ratner projects:
- Reading Software
- The School Library
- Scholarship Funds
- The Garden
To kick-off this new partnership, Verlezza Dance will performat The Ratner School's annual benefit, Create a Scene, on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 7pm. The evening will feature Ratner School'sfirst Student Art Show and the choreography of Sabatino Verlezza, Barbara Allegra Verlezza, Sabatino Alexander Verlezza. New York based guest artist Claire Porter will present her hilarious solo The Fundraiser.
, Please donate, or attend the benefit to help continue The Ratner School’s partnership with Verlezza Dance visit http://www.createascene.org/ and follow the links provided, so that quality dance classes, performances, and art can flourish. Your contribution is tax deductible. SUPPORT DANCE in our COMMUNITY!
Sam Chestnut, Head of School Mary Ann Breisch, Associate Head of School
Sabatino Verlezza, Artistic DirectorBarbara Allegra Verlezza, Associate Artistic DirectorTracy Pattison, Assistant Artistic Director
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April 13, 2010: Lecture Demonstration at The Ratner School
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March 22, 2010: Lecture Demonstration at East Clevelad Adult Activities Center Inservice
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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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