Dance

Action/Reaction

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 23:01.
09/23/2007 - 14:00
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The Women's Council Speaker Series Committee is pleased to welcome Dr. Landau, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University. She has taught in the Cleveland Museum of Art/CWRU Joint Program in Art History since 1982, with courses specializing in 20th-century American and European art and theory, particularly Abstract Expressionism. Considered the leading expert on Jackson Pollock, she is the author of the definitive book on the artist (1989).

Location

Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Blvd.
Cleveland, OH
United States

KRUMP DANCING IS COOL

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Tue, 07/31/2007 - 13:43.

I  have been following a thread on BrewedFreshDaily concerning Michael Polensek’s radical letter – and whether recreation centers might make a difference to our kids  Mr. Polensek’s ward has been promising to build a youth rec center for about 17 years but can’t seem to get it done.

Join Katrina for Happy Hour APL Benefit at Light Bistro

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Wed, 07/25/2007 - 00:23.
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My friend Katrina will be guest bartending with Thomas Barbric' the regular bartender at Light Bistro (formerly Parker's) on Thursday, June 26th from 4:30 - 8:00 (Happy Hour) all tips will go to the Cleveland Animal Protective League.  There will be complimentary Tapas as well as a few other appetizers for $5. 

Location

Light Bistro
2801 Bridge Avenue
Ohio City, OH
United States

ERECT MEN AT INGENUITY FEST - DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 11:00.

In geologic cadence Troika Ranch developed their dark on-stage anthropology.   Could also be a display of schizoid spousal personality disorder  - views in a mad house.  Womens' forearms definitely became homo erections;  stiletto pumps – maturing desire or just vertical ambulatory evolutionary expression?

dance video of the day - all play

Submitted by Susan Miller on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 08:49.

All Play are a dance theatre company who perform in any setting, teach workshops to a large range of participants and choreograph original work on any group.

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CLAIRE PORTER'S "INTERVIEW"

Submitted by Jeff Buster on Fri, 07/20/2007 - 11:19.

Wednesday evening Cleveland State University’s Dance Program brought “Words Alive” to the Drinko Recital Hall at CSU.  Performers combined movement with music, or with dialogue.

2007 Midtown Brews Series: Sarah Morrison, founder/director of MORRISONDANCE

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 07/01/2007 - 15:04.
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2007 Midtown Brews Series: Midtown Brews connects innovative thinkers with global perspectives on our regional economy. Join us for our next conversation...Thursday, July 5

Location

Webtego
2530 Superior Avenue, Suite 600
Cleveland, OH
United States

Auction Results: Lots of Great Buys and Great Fun at Gray's Auctioneers!

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Mon, 06/25/2007 - 22:45.

Gray's Auction Action

Maybe you were there at Gray's Auctioneers Inaugural Auction on Sunday June 17th? Doors opened at 10:30 am for one last opportunity to preview the over 200 lots of fine art, furniture and decorative items, and by noon, auction time, the room was packed with excited bidders.  Some of the people in the audience were old pros and others were new to the auction world.  This first auction had something to suit  everyone's taste and price range. Those who attended were glad they did!

dance video of the day Kathy Rose

Submitted by Susan Miller on Tue, 06/12/2007 - 08:27.

You can find lots of video of Kathy Rose on You Tube

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audio tutus return 15 years later

Submitted by Susan Miller on Sun, 06/10/2007 - 10:18.


Ingenuity's Premiere events bring world-class performers to the Cleveland stage
Die Audio Gruppe creates site-specific audio costumes known as "Audio Uniforms" or "Sonic Costumes" that reflect local customs, themes or traditions. These electro-acoustic clothes and dresses make sounds by interacting with their environment. Audio Ballerinas and Audio Geishas will be featured during the festival and brought to life by members of Inlet Dance Theatre.
Audio Gruppe
Baitz, Germany

In 1992, my company, The Repertory Project worked with Benoit Maubrey as part of the Cleveland Performance Art Festival. It was a blast. The dancers wore the audio tutus in CPT, at Tower City (where the dancers also dragged garden rakes equipped with pickup mics producing a loud screeching sound that echoed throughout the atrium), in the Halle Building Food Court during lunchtime and at a club in the Flats called Aquilon. There are great black and white photos of the events, but they are tucked away in the archives at the Western Reserve Historical Society (home to the history of the Repertory Project) and the CSU Library (home to the history of the Performance Art Festival). The events took place in March, so the dancers had to rely on batteries more than solar power, but inside Aquilon they stood on the bar and the frequency of the recorded tape loops was controlled by the bartender as he raised and lowered the levels of the lights that hung over the bar. Even in this hip-hop and techno blasting bar scene in 1992, attendees covered their ears and winced as the dancers played the very loud techno recording and screeched in from the freight elevator with the rakes in tow.

I encourage everyone to see the return of Maubrey's audio clothing to Cleveland. Back in the day, the Performance Art Fest and Rep Project were hot topics. Now long in the past, it is good to see Ingenuity hauling out some art and technology collaborations that are still interesting 15 years later. By the way, these were the only tutus Rep Project ever wore. The toe shoes, you might be wondering? We torched them in 1989, like so many bras burned in the 1960s, we had no use for them. The event took place on what is now a parking area just west of SPACES Gallery. Yep, we were a scrappy lot dedicated to new horizons for dance in Northeast Ohio. I still see glimpses of hope for the postmoderns here in NEO, but only glimpses. The majority of the audience seems mired in Taylorism, insipid as it is.  Ingenuity offers a chance to revisit, check out and get tuned into what has been going on in dance for the last uh... 40 years. Get with it NEO, the dance world has passed by here skipping over Cleveland like so many bits of detritus between NYC, Oberlin, Cincinnati, Columbus and Chicago.

Here's more: Sound Junctions

Also see Troika Ranch -- who despite rumor made their Northeast Ohio debut at Oberlin College (go figure) years ago. Thank you, Carter McAdams.

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dance video of the day - motionhouse

Submitted by Susan Miller on Mon, 06/04/2007 - 07:34.

Here's a spot of dance to get your week in motion. Motionhouse The work is called "Driven".

If you enjoyed Wired Aerial, you will be interested to stay with this one for a bit till they get hooked up. It reminds me of a story my husband told about parasailing in the Bahamas. Once in the harness attached to the chute he asked what happened next and the guy beside him on the platform said, "Take two steps and fly, mon!"

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Flower Show time at the Cleveland Botanical Garden

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Thu, 05/24/2007 - 10:46.
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This fabulous biennial extravaganza returns Thursday, May 24 - Monday, May 28 in all its splendor. Tour the designer gardens and fill your mind with dreams and practical ideas of what your own garden could be. Learn about the latest trends in horticulture and flower arranging and take the opportunity to buy live plants, and horticulture related products and gifts from around the world.

Location

Cleveland Botanical Garden
11030 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH
United States

Ask and You Shall Receive: Blue Pike Farm, a great idea becomes reality

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Mon, 05/07/2007 - 15:15.

How many times in the last 10 -15 years I have gotten off the highway at the East 72nd Street exit of the Shoreway and winced at how depressing this mostly post industrial, impoverished landscape looks.

Honoring Honoré

Submitted by Susan Miller on Tue, 05/01/2007 - 13:13.
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Opening Reception -
Saturday, May 19, 5-8 pm, and Sunday, May 20, 2-5 pm. 
 
You are invited to celebrate the artistic life of Honoré Guilbeau Cooke with a retrospective of her work in a variety of media.  If you are not already familiar with Honoré’s art, do visit the murals on the exterior and the interior of the Peninsula Library. http://www.peninsulalibrary.org/mural.php  A beloved and respected member of the Peninsula community, Honoré was a well-known artist and person extraordinaire. She was also one of the founders of the Peninsula Library & Historical Society and a trustee for 27 years. Show runs thru the end of June 2007.
 

Location

Peninsula Art Academy
1600 West Mill Street
Peninsula, OH
United States

Ohio City Escargot

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Sun, 04/29/2007 - 22:21.
   
   

Terry Schwarz talks about "Shrinking Cities" at SPACES

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Sun, 04/29/2007 - 01:04.

Friday night I attended a reception and lecture at SPACES Gallery for select Cleveland organizations with interest in urban planning and sustainability. The current exhibition at Spaces, Shrinking Cities, explores strategies for post-industrial urban areas and should be of great interest to anyone interested in urban planning and sustainability. Terry Schwarz, Senior Planner at the Urban Design Center of Northeast Ohio, was to give a tour of the exhibition. My affiliation? I am an energy ambassador at Case. I am also an art historian, and although there are some witty, beautiful and innovative works represented in the exhibition the theme and the messages of the show truly over power the aesthetics. One could easily forget they are in an art exhibition.

Lessons from Peter B. Lewis and Frank Gehry

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Fri, 04/27/2007 - 15:10.

Wednesday night's lecture at the Cleveland Clinic with Peter B. Lewis and Frank Gehry was everything I had expected and more. I doubt an audience member left without a new appreciation for the  positive,  transformative power of architecture, friendship and collaboration. It was inspiring just to be in the same room with two people who had made such great contributions to architecture. It was also inspiring to see two people, two friends, who worked so well together as client and architect. A testament to Gehry's fame, the lecture had very few visuals – only a few slides of his most famous buildings such as the Disney Concert Hall in LA, The Experience Museum Project in Seattle, the Guggenheim Bilboa and the unbuilt Peter B. Lewis residence were shown.  Peter Lewis and Frank Gehry each spent 15 minutes discussing some of the highlights of their lives and careers and then they took questions from the audience.

How will you spend arbor day?

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Thu, 04/26/2007 - 16:40.
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We live in "Forest City" so Arbor Day should be an important holiday in Cleveland. Here is one idea how you might celebrate ...

Location

Cleveland Botanical Garden
11030 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH
United States

Peter B. Lewis and Frank Gehry to speak at InterContinental

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 09:20.
04/25/2007 - 17:30
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Cleveland Clinic, Ideas for Tomorrow - a speaker series, Free event featuring: Peter B. Lewis,Chairman of Progressive Corporation & Frank Gehry, world-renowned architect

Location

Bank of America Conference Center InterContinental Hotel
9801 Carnegie Avenue
Cleveland, OH
United States

Come Closer: The Inaugural Exhibition of the Wooltex Gallery

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Sat, 04/14/2007 - 17:19.
04/20/2007 - 17:00
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Location

The Wooltex Gallery, Tower Press Building
1900 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, OH
United States

From Psychology to Industrial Design: The Shifting Landscape of Art History

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Fri, 04/13/2007 - 00:12.
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Location

Mather House, next to Church of the Covenant on Euclid Avenue
Euclid Aveneu
Cleveland, OH
United States

Free screening: THE BERNADETTE CORPORATION, Get Rid of Yourself

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Tue, 04/10/2007 - 22:12.
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The question "Am I possible?" is the beating heart of Get Rid of Yourself, and it echoes throughout Bernadette Corporation's existence on the borders of fashion and art.  The group is influenced by Vivienne Westwood, Malcolm McLaren, and Jean-Luc Godard. They are also interested in new immigrant cultures surrounding their loft "headquarters" on the Bowery in New York City. Bernadette Corporation's interventionist projects function as a critique of our global culture, which constructs identity through consumption and branding.

Location

Cleveland Institute of Art, Aitken Auditorium
11141 East Blvd.
Cleveland, OH
United States

The 18th Annual Harvey Buchanan Lecture: bringing great art and ideas to Cleveland

Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Mon, 04/09/2007 - 23:16.

The Asian art collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art may be in storage, but this past Saturday, April 7th, Clevelanders had an exciting opportunity to learn about ancient and contemporary Chinese Art and a leading scholar's recent work in that area through the eighteenth annual Harvey Buchanan Lecture in Art History and the Humanities.

wind turbine dance video

Submitted by Susan Miller on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 00:11.

It is easy to see why this might be difficult from onboard a barge. It must have been an amazing dance out there in the southwest where there are the massive farms Jeff pictured here on realneo.

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