Dance

Monet of the Day: La Chapelle de Notre-Dame de Grace, 1864

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 21:59.
   
   

Lingo from Seattle to Oberlin

Submitted by Susan Miller on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 19:53.
03/13/2008 - 19:30
03/15/2008 - 21:30
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Lingo --- a dance company from Seattle

Thursday: $10

Friday and Saturday: $20 general / $18 students and seniors

Location

The Parish Hall
651 Detroit Avenue (between W. 61st and W. 64th) tickets at cptonline.com
Cleveland, OH
United States
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Monet of the Day: Camille on the Beach at Trouville, 1870

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 13:00.
   
   

Monet of the Day: FROST, 1885

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 22:16.
 
   

A limited palette and an intimate, close up view of nature make this an arresting modern work. In January of 1885 Monet experienced weather something like what we had in Cleveland just two weeks ago. Temperatures in France that month were unusually cold, averaging around 21 degrees and snow altered the landscape close to Monet's home in Giverny. Winter scenes were popular among the Impressionists and Claude Monet had painted his first in 1865, very early in his career.

“Sex Workers’ Art Show”

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 15:10.
02/26/2007 - 20:00
02/26/2007 - 22:30
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Spectrum – the Undergraduate Gay-Straight Alliance of Case Western Reserve University – and Case’s University Programming Board are pleased to bring the “Sex Workers’ Art Show” to Case on February 26, 2007.

Location

Amasa Stone Chapel, Case Western Reserve University
10940 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH
United States

Art opening, PROCESS IN ART: ACCUMULATION AND TRANSITION

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 14:56.
02/27/2007 - 17:00
02/27/2007 - 19:00
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(This opening was rescheduled because of the blizzard February 13th)
The opening reception for “PROCESS IN ART:
ACCUMULATION AND TRANSITION" is tomorrow night (Tues.
Feb 27th) at The Cleveland Foundation from 5-7pm.

Location

The Cleveland Foundation, The Hanna Building
1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1300
Cleveland, OH
United States

Monet of the Day: Garden at Sainte-Adresse

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Wed, 02/21/2007 - 18:00.
   

    Claude Monet's paintings are pretty. For this reason some people love his work and other dismiss it as decorative and superficial. "Monet in Normandy", the exhibition on now at the Cleveland Museum of Art, brings us over 50 works by one of the world's best known painters and presents them in an intellectual manner that may even make you see those water lily tote bags and umbrellas in a different light.

MOMIX to perform their newest magical multimedia piece "Lunar Sea"

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 02/18/2007 - 15:57.
03/09/2007 - 20:00
03/09/2007 - 23:00
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Momix

Photo: Max Pucciariello

MOMIX is returning to Cleveland to perform their newest magical multimedia piece Lunar Sea. The astoundingly creative mind of Moses Pendleton triumphs again with this exploration of the Lunar Sea and the other worldly creatures that inhabit.

Location

State Theater
1501 Euclid Ave Playhouse Square Center
Cleveland, OH
United States

Video dance of the day: Pilobolus on TEDTalks

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 02/18/2007 - 02:14.

Here is the first video dance I've seen packaged up with promo sponsor ads at the beginning and on the player - so, if this funds good content, is that bad? We'll see this tested more and more every day... for now, see what you think of what the sponsors like...

Art of the Day: Sea of Ice/Wreck of the Hope

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Wed, 02/07/2007 - 02:32.

I am posting this in response to Jeff's insightful comments on that warm, colorful painting from SoCal. Your are right, few artists seem to paint the north and south poles.

Double Edge Dance presents Faultlines

Submitted by Susan Miller on Fri, 01/26/2007 - 18:58.
02/11/2007 - 15:00
02/11/2007 - 17:00
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double edge dance
Double-Edge Dance presents an exciting multi-media performance entitled Fault Lines in the big BOX series at Cleveland Public Theatre February 9-11.  

Location

James Levin Theatre/Cleveland Public Theatre
6415 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, OH
United States
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Journeys and Crossroads -- Dance works by MFA candidates DeWitt Cooper III and Kelli Sanford

Submitted by Susan Miller on Wed, 01/24/2007 - 12:25.
03/29/2007 - 20:00
03/29/2007 - 22:00
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  • General admission $10
  • 60+ Adults, Case Faculty and Staff $7
  • Students $5

Location

Mather Dance Center
11201 Bellflower Road
Cleveland, OH
United States
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Special screening at the Cinematheque: Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (1970, 35 min.)

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Tue, 01/23/2007 - 11:21.
01/31/2007 - 18:30
01/31/2007 - 19:35
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Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (1970, 35 min.) will be screened on January 31, 6:30 PM, at the CIA Cinematheque, Aitken Auditorium.

Location

CIA Cinematheque, Aitken Auditorium
11141 East Blvd.
Cleveland, OH
United States

Process in Art: Accumulation and Transition

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Mon, 01/22/2007 - 22:12.
02/13/2007 - 17:00
02/13/2007 - 19:00
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This exciting exhibition showcasing emerging artists is a collaborative project of The Cleveland Foundation, Case Western Reserve University and The Cleveland Institute of Art. The Cleveland Foundation is providing the venue -- thier offices at The Hanna Building, 1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1300, the curator, Indra K. Lacis is a graduate student at Case Western Reserve University in the Department of Art and Art History, and the arts: Nick Adorni, Laura Bell, Nick Moenich, Ryan Pattison, Samantha Schartman, Kyle Erich Schulz, Tom Spoerndle and Leah Tacha are students at The Cleveland Institute of Art.

Location

The Cleveland Foundation, The Hanna Building
1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1300
Cleveland, OH
United States

Contact Improvisation Jams in Cleveland

Submitted by Colleen Clark on Mon, 01/22/2007 - 00:16.
01/21/2007 - 13:00
01/21/2007 - 15:00
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Jams are held every Sunday from 1:00-3:00 pm.
Usually at 2026 Murray Hill Road-Room 207-Laura Chapman's Studio
Once a month (the 3rd Sunday) at Mather Dance Center-CWRU

Location

Murray Hill Galleries/room 207 or Mather Dance
2026 Murray Hill Road Mather Dance=behind Church of the Covenant in University Circle
Cleveland, OH
United States
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Jamming at Mather Dance Center

Submitted by Colleen Clark on Sun, 01/21/2007 - 18:40.

 

 

So today we had our monthly Contact Improvisation jam at Mather Dance Center at CWRU, and Larry Muha & I were the only 2 to show up, which has pretty much been the status quo for awhile now.

Contact is a form that allows the dancer to truly be who/what/how s/he is and be it with others.  We lay on the floor, breathe, allowing the weights of our bodies fall into gravity, releasing tension and tightness into the floor.  And the floor at Mather Dance is one of the most receiving and beautiful floors in the universe to do that.  So many dancing moments, hours, days, weeks, months and years of dancing have gone into the woodgrain that the floor itself is a magnificent partner.

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Where is a Guardian Angel When You Need One?

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Sat, 01/20/2007 - 16:05.

I heard a fascinating, heartwarming and inspiring story on WCPN's Weekend America early this afternoon. It was about a fantastic sculptural building in Brooklyn called Broken Angel, the life's work of a unique romantic visionary, Arthur Woods. Outsider architecture might be a term used to describe his style. Woods is a self-trained architect and painter.

GroundWorks Dancetheater Performs at Cleveland Botanical Garden

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 01/18/2007 - 12:43.
01/26/2007 - 19:30
01/28/2007 - 16:00
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January 26-28 featuring “Major to Minor” and “The Music Room” by Artistic Director David Shimotakahara and “New Work Premiere” by Amy Miller.                                        

Location

Cleveland Botanical Garden
11030 East Boulevard Underground parking available
Cleveland, OH
United States

Opening at Spaces: "Legal Aliens: Changing Territories, Shifting Identities, Moving Images"

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Thu, 01/18/2007 - 10:31.
01/19/2007 - 17:00
01/19/2007 - 21:00
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Curated by:
Ofri Cnaani
Rotem Ruff

Artists:
Dan Acostioaei, Romania
Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, New York, NY
Francisca Benitez, New York, NY
Gautam Kansara, New York, NY

Location

Spaces Gallery
2220 Superior Viaduct
Cleveland, OH
United States

dancer of the day

Submitted by Susan Miller on Sat, 12/30/2006 - 11:44.

My hero, the man whose ideas expanded my own is interviewed here about his life and work. I had the opportunity to work with one of his very first dancers, Albert Reid when I was a 15 year old bunhead at a summer ballet school in Saratoga, NY. Needless to say, it changed my life and the course of my life’s work and world view.  So now that I have ended my career as artistic director of a modern dance repertory company here in Northeast Ohio, I, like Merce, am still dancing and still seeing dance even though I may not be entering theaters to do so as often as before. Now for example I head out for the dance of dog walking. Today, the lighting design is especially brilliant.

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John James Audubon Exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Fri, 12/29/2006 - 19:09.
02/01/2007 - 10:00
02/01/2007 - 18:00
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The work of John James Audubon, the most famous painter of birds will be on view beginning February 1st in an Exhibition at the Museum of Natural History.

Location

Museum of Natural History
University Circle
Cleveland, OH
United States

Art of the Day: Ardnamurchan Zillij by Simon Fildes and Katrina McPherson, and you or me

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 12/26/2006 - 22:05.

 Ardnamurchan Zillij image by Norm Roulet

This is too cool! I was exploring a site linked to realneo called Left Luggage, and came across a project created by Simon Fildes and Katrina McPherson as part of their hyperchoreography initiatives, described as "An interactive moving mosaic for the web." I can't recall any so engaging places on the web, where an individual creates a new art form - a dancing mosaic. I'll let words from the Ardnamurchan Zillij website describe this further, below, and strongly suggest you check it out - my first effort is shown in a screenshot above, but what I created was actually a living, moving work of art... each of the images that make up the mosaic are short video loops, so each of the images and the overall composition are constantly moving and changing - as a Flash file, I didn't know how to save it, so it was temporary and so personal... give it a try here.