Verb Ballet Verb Pops & the World Premiere of Super Frie
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:28 pm
The Beck Center for the Arts
presents
Verb Ballets’
Verb Pops
and the World Premiere of
Super Friends
Lakewood, Ohio -- The Beck Center for the Arts presents Cleveland’s National Repertory Dance Company, Verb Ballets, for one weekend only! Verb Ballets continues its fourth triumphant season launching Verb Pops on the Beck Center’s Main Stage January 20-22, 2006. Tickets range from $10 - $20.
The Verb Pops program features a revival of Ian Horvath’s blues ballet, “Laura’s Women,†Verb’s own rock n' roll tribute, “MoonDogg,†and the world premiere of Artistic Director Hernando Cortez’ “Super Friends,†a madcap dance sitcom featuring members of the Westside community. “Our new Pops program highlights our commitment to family enriching repertory.†says Artistic Director Hernando Cortez.
Beck’s Artistic Director Scott Spence says, “It’s a perfect collaboration – the marriage of theater and dance under one roof. I am confident our Westsiders will be thrilled and delighted when they experience Verb’s electrifying energy, it’s infectious.â€Â
Longtime Clevelander and director of Beck’s dance program, Lynda Sackett embraced the collaboration whole-heartedly. “As soon as these talented professionals entered the studios, my students’ drive, energy and work ethic soared. We all know the effect of having professional dancers around dance students, it’s amazing.â€Â
This production is a culmination of a six-week residency hosted by the Beck Center for the Arts with support from the John P. Murphy Foundation and the following sponsors: BFL Communications and ideastream.
Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students (22 and under with I.D.) and $10 for children (12 and under). To reserve your seats contact the Beck Center box office at (216) 521-2540 or visit us online at <http://www.beckcenter.org/>www.beckcenter.org. Discounts are available for groups of ten or more. The Beck Center for the Arts is located just 10 minutes west of downtown Cleveland at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood.
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About THE BECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS
The Beck Center for the Arts is a non-profit, comprehensive performing arts organization dedicated to enriching the quality of life for northeastern Ohioans. We view our unique role as one of creating an audience for tomorrow’s art. We combine professional theatrical productions with curriculum-based education in dance, music, theater, and visual arts. In addition, the Creative Arts Therapies department assists individuals who have a variety of special needs by improving their quality of life through the creative arts. And, in an effort to come full circle with our arts programming, the Beck Center for the Arts welcomes local and regional artists to showcase their work in our Galleria and theater lobby.ÂÂ
About VERB BALLETS
Verb Ballets begins its fourth season under the leadership of Artistic Director Hernando Cortez, Executive Director Margaret Carlson and an energetic staff and board of trustees, who have established it as Cleveland’s premiere contemporary dance repertory company. Verb has been named as one of “25 to Watch in 2004†by Dance Magazine, the country’s leading news magazine covering dance. Verb Ballets discovers, collects, interprets, and stages choreography that matters to the region and to the world of dance. As a curator of expressive movement that is globally connected and nationally respected, Verb Ballets has a mandate to support and foster emerging talent, present excellence in contemporary choreographers, and revive and honor modern dance classics.
About Verb Ballets’ Artistic Director Hernando Cortez
Hernando Cortez was born in Manila, Philippines, and spent his early years in British Columbia, where he began his dance training at Vancouver's Pacific Ballet Theatre. He graduated with Honors from Purchase College Conservatory of Dance in 1985. In 1987, he joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company, performing leading roles in such renowned Taylor repertory as Arden Court, Cloven Kingdom and Company B through 1996. He was featured in two PBS/WNET "Great Performances: Dance in America" specials and has performed with Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project on its national tour in 1998.
A popular freelance choreographer, Cortez continues to be commissioned for new works by regional dance companies and universities nationwide. He has served on numerous panels, most recently as an advisor for the National Endowment for the Arts. He has been on the faculties of Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, The Boston Conservatory, the Joffrey School, and the school of the Paul Taylor Dance Company.
Cortez is the founding director of Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA), a fundraising program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). The funds that DRA raises are distributed to over 400 AIDS service organizations across the United States. In connection with his work at DRA, Cortez was a recipient of the 1996 New York Dance and Performance (aka "Bessie") Award and the 1997 Dance Magazine Award. In 2003, Cortez was nominated for a Northern Ohio Live Award of Achievement in Dance, and won the Award in 2004. Cleveland Magazine voted Cortez one of 30 "Most Important People" for 2005.
presents
Verb Ballets’
Verb Pops
and the World Premiere of
Super Friends
Lakewood, Ohio -- The Beck Center for the Arts presents Cleveland’s National Repertory Dance Company, Verb Ballets, for one weekend only! Verb Ballets continues its fourth triumphant season launching Verb Pops on the Beck Center’s Main Stage January 20-22, 2006. Tickets range from $10 - $20.
The Verb Pops program features a revival of Ian Horvath’s blues ballet, “Laura’s Women,†Verb’s own rock n' roll tribute, “MoonDogg,†and the world premiere of Artistic Director Hernando Cortez’ “Super Friends,†a madcap dance sitcom featuring members of the Westside community. “Our new Pops program highlights our commitment to family enriching repertory.†says Artistic Director Hernando Cortez.
Beck’s Artistic Director Scott Spence says, “It’s a perfect collaboration – the marriage of theater and dance under one roof. I am confident our Westsiders will be thrilled and delighted when they experience Verb’s electrifying energy, it’s infectious.â€Â
Longtime Clevelander and director of Beck’s dance program, Lynda Sackett embraced the collaboration whole-heartedly. “As soon as these talented professionals entered the studios, my students’ drive, energy and work ethic soared. We all know the effect of having professional dancers around dance students, it’s amazing.â€Â
This production is a culmination of a six-week residency hosted by the Beck Center for the Arts with support from the John P. Murphy Foundation and the following sponsors: BFL Communications and ideastream.
Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students (22 and under with I.D.) and $10 for children (12 and under). To reserve your seats contact the Beck Center box office at (216) 521-2540 or visit us online at <http://www.beckcenter.org/>www.beckcenter.org. Discounts are available for groups of ten or more. The Beck Center for the Arts is located just 10 minutes west of downtown Cleveland at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood.
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About THE BECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS
The Beck Center for the Arts is a non-profit, comprehensive performing arts organization dedicated to enriching the quality of life for northeastern Ohioans. We view our unique role as one of creating an audience for tomorrow’s art. We combine professional theatrical productions with curriculum-based education in dance, music, theater, and visual arts. In addition, the Creative Arts Therapies department assists individuals who have a variety of special needs by improving their quality of life through the creative arts. And, in an effort to come full circle with our arts programming, the Beck Center for the Arts welcomes local and regional artists to showcase their work in our Galleria and theater lobby.ÂÂ
About VERB BALLETS
Verb Ballets begins its fourth season under the leadership of Artistic Director Hernando Cortez, Executive Director Margaret Carlson and an energetic staff and board of trustees, who have established it as Cleveland’s premiere contemporary dance repertory company. Verb has been named as one of “25 to Watch in 2004†by Dance Magazine, the country’s leading news magazine covering dance. Verb Ballets discovers, collects, interprets, and stages choreography that matters to the region and to the world of dance. As a curator of expressive movement that is globally connected and nationally respected, Verb Ballets has a mandate to support and foster emerging talent, present excellence in contemporary choreographers, and revive and honor modern dance classics.
About Verb Ballets’ Artistic Director Hernando Cortez
Hernando Cortez was born in Manila, Philippines, and spent his early years in British Columbia, where he began his dance training at Vancouver's Pacific Ballet Theatre. He graduated with Honors from Purchase College Conservatory of Dance in 1985. In 1987, he joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company, performing leading roles in such renowned Taylor repertory as Arden Court, Cloven Kingdom and Company B through 1996. He was featured in two PBS/WNET "Great Performances: Dance in America" specials and has performed with Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project on its national tour in 1998.
A popular freelance choreographer, Cortez continues to be commissioned for new works by regional dance companies and universities nationwide. He has served on numerous panels, most recently as an advisor for the National Endowment for the Arts. He has been on the faculties of Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, The Boston Conservatory, the Joffrey School, and the school of the Paul Taylor Dance Company.
Cortez is the founding director of Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA), a fundraising program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). The funds that DRA raises are distributed to over 400 AIDS service organizations across the United States. In connection with his work at DRA, Cortez was a recipient of the 1996 New York Dance and Performance (aka "Bessie") Award and the 1997 Dance Magazine Award. In 2003, Cortez was nominated for a Northern Ohio Live Award of Achievement in Dance, and won the Award in 2004. Cleveland Magazine voted Cortez one of 30 "Most Important People" for 2005.