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Look out Lestat. Beware Edward Cullen and Bill Compton. A vampire rival has emerged, and he's gliding across the floorboards of Geva Theatre, fanged bared. As Dracula, the prototype for all of today's young vampiric upstarts, Darren Stevenson of PUSH Physical Theatre bestows his considerable gift for movement upon Vlad, imbuing
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If there's one dance event not to miss in Rochester this year, it's the world premiere of the latest piece by Garth Fagan Dance (454-3260, garthfagandance.org) at the unveiling of the $10 million Nazareth Arts Center on Saturday, September 26. Garth Fagan Dance will perform Tony and Olivier Award-winning
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The April sun shone brightly outside the Draper Dance Studios on University Avenue on a recent Sunday afternoon while, inside, the dancers rehearsed in the dark, illuminated only by handheld flashlights. The company was rehearsing "LumaVoce," one of five pieces Rochester City Ballet will perform at Canandaigua Academy this
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Audiences will gain a glimpse into the personal world of Garth Fagan - Tony Award winner, modern dance icon, and Rochesterian - with the local premiere of his revealing new work, "Phone Tag, Thanks & Other Things," this weekend. The dramatic action and emotional content of the piece evolves from
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It was in an Iowa City bar in 1973 that Bill Evans first heard a bluegrass band play the ballad "Hard Times," which was part of the inspiration for his modern dance of the same name. It's a piece that today's audiences, burdened by their own economic woes, may well
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A collaboration between Park Avenue Repertory Dance Company and select Torontonian dancers and choreographers, ROTO 3 - RO(chester) TO(ronto) Contemporary Dance Series - will bring an edge to the local dance scene this weekend. "Toronto's dance scene is so vibrant, fresher than New York City's right now," says Christine Fendley, artistic
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It's nearly autumn in upstate New York, and the local dance scene is polishing up as brightly as the apples. Besides the always gratifying annual Garth Fagan Dance Rochester premiere, this fall brings a performance by Rochester Dance Collective, a relatively new company with burgeoning talent that demands notice. RCDC
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On a recent afternoon, Garth Fagan Dance was rehearsing in their Chestnut Street studio, a loft-like space with sumptuous high ceilings, stained glass windows, and lots of light. Fagan presided from behind an old wooden desk, his dark eyes sparkling beneath a black-and-white-striped knit cap. A convivial quiet, accented by
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If you've seen Garth Fagan Dance or The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform, you've seen elements of African dance - but just the elements. Both of these companies ingeniously weave African steps together with other dance forms to create their own unique styles. Fagan's is based on modern/contemporary dance,
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Rochester City Ballet is growing, and artistic director and choreographer Jamey Leverett wants to ensure that audiences comprehend the scope of the company's dancing. That's the part of the impetus behind "Raw, Real and Revealed," a combination lecture/performance this weekend at Nazareth Arts Center. "Some people have a very distinct
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Winter has already wrapped Rochester in its heavy white arms, but Ballet Hispanico's performance at Nazareth College Arts Center this month promises to transport the city to the steamy warmth of Cuba and beyond. The sensuality and raw energy of "Club Havana," choreographed by Pedro Ruiz and premiered at The
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This weekend, SUNY Brockport's renowned dance faculty teams up with some of the department's most accomplished dance majors to present original faculty choreography in "Danscore 2007: Moving to Make Things Whole." African and Irish dancing as well as modern and rhythm tap are slated for this annual talent showcase.Bill Evans,
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Like a pair of excited sparrows, the slender-fingered hands of Jamey Leverett, artistic director of the Rochester City Ballet, repeatedly flutter up from the conference table, conveying her excitement as she describes her newest ballet during a recent interview. As yet unnamed, the four-part, contemporary ballet was choreographed by Leverett
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SUNY Brockport's dance faculty can boast some top names --- Garth Fagan taught at the school for 30 years --- but, according to chair of the department Darwin Prioleau, talented potential students are lost every year due to lack of scholarship funds."Students are attracted to Brockport because of our acclaimed
