DanceWorks Week 4: AJAYI DANCE

Ajayi Dance's first-ever full evening of work performed in a traditional stage setting.

DanceWorks Week 5: CHRISTINA LINDHOUT & BLISSED OUT HUMAN COLLECTIVE (DOUBLE BILL)

An evening of powerful and virtuosic movement, weaving together themes of identity, resilience, and repair.

DanceWorks Week 3: BLAKK JAKK DANCE COLLECTIVE

Experience the ancestral connections and similarities of Gumboot dance and Stepping.

DanceWorks Week 2: INLET DANCE THEATRE

Colorful magic realism collides with contemporary dance theatre as Inlet responds to art and societal division.

DanceWorks Week 1: OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET

Dance performances celebrating the iconic and unforgettable musical scores to "Carmen" and "Bolero."

DanceWorks WEEK 4: BLAKK JAKK DANCE COLLECTIVE AND SHRI KALAA MANDIR

DanceWorks WEEK 3: Inlet Dance Theatre

DanceWorks WEEK 2: OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET (FORMERLY VERB BALLETS)

DanceWorks Week 1:AJAYI DANCE, ELIZABETH POLLERT, SARAH HOLMES VILLANUEVA DANCE

DanceWorks part 2 – Week 4: SHRI KALAA MANDIR

DanceWorks Part 2 – Week 3: Mojuba! Dance Collective

DANCEWORKS PART 2 – WEEK 2: Verb, “Ohio Contemporary Ballet”

DanceWorks Part 2 – Week 1: MORRISONDANCE

DanceWorks Part 1 – Week 3: Reflections Dance Theater

DanceWorks Part 1 – Week 2: Inlet Dance Theatre

DanceWorks Part 1 – Week 1: MadJax Dance Company

WEEK 2: Verb Ballets

WEEK 1: Inlet Dance Theatre

[CANCELED] Week 4: Verb Ballets

[CANCELED] Week 3: Mojuba! Dance Collective & ABREPASO Flamenco (Double Bill)

[CANCELED] Week 2: Shri Kalaa Mandir & MorrisonDance (Double Bill)

[CANCELED] Week 1: Inlet Dance Theatre

Week #5: Shri Kalaa Mandir & Terre Dance Collective (Double Bill)

Week #4: Travesty Dance Group & Movements in Motion (Double Bill)

Week #3: MorrisonDance & madcap (Double Bill)

Week #2: Inlet Dance Theatre

Week #1: Verb Ballets

Week #5: Double-Edge Dance

Week #4: Oberlin Dance Project & Marquez Dance Project (Double Bill)

Week #3: Inlet Dance Theatre

Week #2: MorrisonDance

Week #1: Verb Ballets

Week #5: MorrisonDance & Alpha (Double Bill)

Using their signature mash-up of movement styles, MorrisonDance explores a powerful part of the human experience -…

Week #4: Elu Dance Company & Across the Board (Double Bill)

Using visceral dance vocabulary and imagery, Elu Dance Company’s evening-length work seeks to break through barri…

Week #3: Inlet Dance Theatre

Inlet Dance Theatre features three new works and, for the first time, presents a company member’s autobiographica…

Week #2: Verb Ballets with BodyEDT (of Taiwan)

Following an international tour in Taiwan, Verb Ballets returns to feature a dynamic evening of bold artistry highl…

Week #1: Travesty Dance Group & Antaeus Dance (Double Bill)

Two companies join forces to present an evening of engaging and evocative dance, theatre, film and music. Choreogra…

Week #4: Dorrance Dance (NYC) with DANCECleveland.

A showcase of Northeast Ohio's contemporary dance companies premiering new work and reviving celebrated performance…

Week #3: Verb Ballets

Showcase of Northeast Ohio's contemporary dance companies premiering new work and reviving celebrated performances.

Week #2: Inlet Dance Theatre

Showcase of Northeast Ohio's contemporary dance companies premiering new work and reviving celebrated performances.

Week #1: MorrisonDance and Elu Dance Company

Showcase of Northeast Ohio's contemporary dance companies premiering new work and reviving celebrated performances.

The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener

In partnership with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, CPT presents The Visual Theatre of Emanuella Amichai, on to…

Week #4: Inlet Dance Theatre

Inlet Dance Theatre premieres Four Elements in its entirety, a work the company has been building for the last thre…

Week #3: Verb Ballets

Back by popular demand, Carmen: The Story of Passion reinterprets the timeless tale through choreography by Associa…

Week #2: Ohio Dance Theatre and Cleveland Dance Exchange (CDX)

Ohio Dance Theatre will present the premiere of Blood Stripe, inspired by the story of an OIF/OEF Marine and his fa…

Week #1: MorrisonDance and The Movement Project

MorrisonDance's eclectic group of movers will share a variety of new dances using metaphor and humor to explore the…

WEEK #4 (MAY 1 – 3): Verb Ballets- Spring Series

"Verb Ballets' Spring Series" will feature the work of Creative Fusion Artist-in-Residence, Ngo Thanh Phuong, fund…

WEEK #3 (Apr. 24 – 26): (DOUBLE BILL) Antaeus Dance and Shen & Bones Performance Group

Antaeus Dance plumbs the depths with two dramatic premieres. Director Joan Meggitt and company member Heather Koni…

WEEK #2 (Apr. 17 – 19): (DOUBLE BILL) Double-Edge Dance and Travesty Dance Group

With Double-Edge Dance, enjoy diverse works choreographed by Kora Radella, ranging from solos to sextets, accompani…

WEEK #1 (Apr. 10 – 12): Inlet Dance Theatre- In Concert

Inlet Dance Theatre returns to Cleveland Public Theatre with three new works by Bill Wade - "Angels Unaware, 10" (a…

Week #5 (Apr. 18 – 20): Verb Ballets

"The Rite of Spring" originally choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky shattered expectations and was a milestone in perf…

Week #4 (Apr. 11- 13): Inlet Dance Theatre

Inlet Dance Theatre returns to Cleveland Public Theatre with a performance that is not-to-be missed! Inlet's aesthe…

Week #3 (Apr. 4 – 6): Double-Edge Dance and Marquez Dance Project

Double-Edge Dance presents works of vigor and fragility in their split bill at DanceWorks 2013. "Cry-i-i-ing", a qu…

Week #2 (Mar. 28 – 30): Without Words Movement and Travesty Dance Group

Compelled to reclaim freedom for those silenced by the global sex trade through the powerful voice of dance, Words…

Week #1 (Mar. 21 – 23): Verb Ballets

Verb Ballets in collaboration with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony presents an evening fusing dance and electronic m…

Week #4 (May 17 – 19): Antaeus Dance

Antaeus Dance celebrates 11 years of dance-making and performance with Vintage Visions, a concert of audience favor…

Week #3 (May 10 – 12): MorrisonDance and Travesty Dance Group

Exploring psychological themes, animal behavior and celestial concepts, Syzygy will include several new premieres i…

Week #2 (May 3 – 5): Inlet Dance Theatre

Inlet will premiere dynamic new works by Artistic Director/Founder Bill Wade in addition to inspiring selections fr…

Week #1 (Apr. 19-28): Verb Ballets

Possession. Passion. The sights, tastes and beauty of Spain. The story moves to Carmen in this timeless, contempora…

Week #5 (June 2 – 5): Mikaela Clark and Mackenzie Clevenger

"Without Words...Moving Against the Sex Trade" is an evoking multimedia dance performance created to inspire audien…

Week #4 (May 26 – 29): Double Edge Dance and Greene- Madcalf Movement

Double-Edge Dance will showcase "Etched in Motion", choreographic intrigues teetering on the brink of emotional bre…

Week #3 (May 19 – 22): Antaeus Dance

Antaeus Dance premieres "Prospect & Refuge", a captivating performance that explores the confluence of the infinite…

Week #2 (May 12 – 15): Inlet Dance Theatre

Inlet will premiere dynamic new works by Artistic Director/Founder Bill Wade in addition to inspiring selections fr…

Week #1 (May 5 – 7): Verb Ballets

Cleveland's National Repertory Dance Company will premiere "Fresh Inventions", featuring Northeast Ohio choreograph…

Week #3 (Apr. 15 – 18): Antaeus Dance and Travesty Dance Group

How do we reconcile the infinite - prospect - with the intimate - "refuge"? Antaeus Dance Director Joan Meggitt and…

Week #3 (Apr. 15 – 18): MorrisonDance

MorrisonDance will take you through several worlds of ancient mystery: real, interpreted, and imagined. "Mysterious…

Week #2 (Apr. 8 – 10): Verb Ballets

Cleveland's National Repertory Dance Company returns to DanceWorks with Fresh Inventions! Northeast Ohio artists ar…

Week #2 (Apr. 8 – 10): Inlet Dance Theatre

Don't miss Inlet Dance Theatre in another sure-to-sell-out DanceWorks engagement. Inlet will premiere dynamic new w…

Week #1 (Apr. 1 – 4): MegLouise Dance

"Outside the Lines" is a response to the seemingly harmless social systems that perpetuate a tendency toward discon…

Week #6 (May 21 – 24): Open Window Dance Company

Open Window Dance Company makes its regional debut in the final weekend of DanceWorks with a premiere performance o…

Week #5 (May 14 – 17): Double-Edge Dance

"XspanD" is a series of solos and duets formed around the spans of time, memory and relationships. Expand as you wa…

Week #4 (May 7 – 10): Ohio Dance Theatre

Ohio Dance Theatre's diverse repertory and theatrical style reflects the best and confronts the worst of the human…

Week #3 (Apr. 30 – May 3): Antaeus Dance

Antaeus Dance unveils another compelling evening-length dancework by Director Joan Meggitt. MOLT explores the trans…

Week #2 (Apr. 23 – 26): Inlet Dance Theatre

Inlet Dance Theatre returns to CPT to add to its history of thrilling, sold-out DanceWorks performances. Acclaimed…

Week #1 (Apr. 16 – 19): Verb Ballets

Cleveland's National Repertory Dance Company opens up Danceworks by going into the lab like a group of mad scientis…

Week #6 (Apr. 17 – 20): MorrisonDance

From waiting tables to eating pomegranates, the dancers will perform a delicious range of styles that are sure to d…

Week #5 (Apr. 10 – 13): Double-Edge Dance

Double-Edge Dance (DED) works with contradiction and juxtaposition, idiosyncratic movement invention, contemporary…

Week #4 (Apr. 3 – 6): Tikvah Company of Artists

Conceived from seven verbs common to the human condition, Tikvah Company of Artists, an ensemble of dancers, actors…

Week #3 (Mar. 27 – 30): Inlet Dance Theatre

Inlet Dance Theatre will perform a wide variety of works that are personal, regional, and global in content. Repert…

Week #3 (Mar. 27 – 30): GroundWorks DanceTheater

GroundWorks presents new work by Artistic Associate Amy Miller, the Cleveland Premier of "Sweet" by David Shimotaka…

Week #2 (Mar. 20 – 22): Not Exactly DanceWorks

"Not Exactly DanceWorks" presents the internationally acclaimed Juggling Show Spectacular Extravaganza of Object Ma…

Week #1 (Mar. 13 – 16): Lisa K. Lock

"Fear of Falling" is a multimedia dance project inspired by contemporary ballet, performance art, subcultures and d…

Week #1 (Mar. 13 – 15): Lingo

Join Lingo and CPT for a social art feast has "left critics and audiences beguiled" (Seattle Magazine) and allows g…