CLEVELAND BALLET IN THE NEWS
Updated as of September 26th, 2022
VALENTINA KOZLOVA: "I WANT TO BE HAPPY"
Bakhtiar Bakhtiarov, Prospect
September 2022
I entered the ballet hall and froze in astonishment: beautiful young dancers flying in an endless string, following a huge circle. In the center of this whirlwind stood a smiling, slender beauty, controlling this vortex with light movements of her flexible arms. It was the legendary Valentina Kozlova, ballerina, choreographer, teacher, producer. For half a century, she tirelessly continues to amaze the cultural world with her art and her ideas.
CLEVELAND BALLET IS OPENING ITS NEW SEASON
Bakhtiar Bakhtiarov, Prospect
September 2022
Cleveland Ballet will begin its 8th season with an open dress rehearsal of a new production of Swan Lake.
"SWANS" TO GRACE VERMILION AS CLEVELAND BALLET GLIDES INTO TOWN TO OPEN SEASON
Rini Jeffers, The Chronicle-Telegram
August 6, 2022
The renowned Cleveland Ballet will open its 2022-23 season with two special performances of “Swans on the Lake” in Vermilion this month. The performances are excerpts from the iconic “Swan Lake,” which will be the company’s premiere performance this October in its Playhouse Square home. Last fall the ballet company announced it would make Vermilion’s Harbourtown Fine Arts Center in Vermilion its summer residence.
OPERA IN THE ITALIAN GARDEN
Joyce Mariani, La Gazzetta Italiana
July 14, 2022
This live family-friendly concert highlights two of Italy's greatest cultural arts: opera and ballet, featuring famous music from well-known operas, Broadway musicals, and popular Italian songs by The Cleveland Opera and Cleveland Ballet
CLEVELAND BALLET PRESENTS SWANS ON THE LAKE
Discover Vermilion
July 14, 2022
For the first time, Cleveland Ballet will take up a summer residency at the wonderful Harbourtown Fine Arts Center in Vermilion! To correspond with this occupancy, there will be a dazzling presentation by Cleveland Ballet with their program Swans on the Lake
OPERA IN THE ITALIAN GARDEN RETURNS JULY 24
cleveland.com
July 13, 2022
This family-friendly concert of famous music from well-known operas and Broadway musicals is a perfect summer evening, featuring two of Cleveland's most prestigious artistic organizations - The Cleveland Opera and Cleveland Ballet
CLEVELAND BALLET
Destination Cleveland
July 13, 2022
As the fastest-growing classical ballet company in the nation, Cleveland Ballet is presenting world-class dance on stage and ensuring that ballet is accessible to all. With 33 dancers from 9 different countries, their upcoming season - held exclusively at Connor Palace - is sure to impress!
CLEVELAND'S SUMMER OF ARTS AND CULTURE: A CULTURAL EMPOWERMENT MASTERPIECE
Karen Maristani, Destination Cleveland
July 11, 2022
Ballet in Cleveland is like nothing you've ever seen before. The level of talent and skill on display is truly breathtaking, and the productions are always top-notch. During the 2022-23 season, the Cleveland Ballet presents world-class ballet with a distinctly Cleveland flavor.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Bakhtiar Bakhtiarov, Prospect
June 25, 2022
We are in the Mimi Ohio Theater at the Playhouse Square, filled over capacity.
The audience slowly falls silent in anticipation of immersion into the Dream. But instead of a fairy tale, cruel reality and pain burst into the hall.
CLEVELAND BALLET ANNOUNCES 2022-23 SEASON AT PLAYHOUSE SQUARE
Cool Cleveland
June 23, 2022
Cleveland Ballet has just announced its full 2022-2023 season, giving area dance lovers an idea of what they can look forward to, with two beloved classics and a program of company debuts.
HAPPENINGS - WHAT'S COMING UP IN NORTHEAST OHIO STARTING MAY 20
The Morning Journal
May 18, 2022
Cleveland Ballet presents Swan Lake, Oct. 21 and 22 at Playhouse Square's Connor Palace; The Nutcracker, Dec. 15 through 18 at Playhouse Square's Connor Palace; Serenade and Spring Collection, April 21 and 22, 2023 at Playhouse Square's Connor Palace.
WOMEN TRANSFORMING TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BALLET: SUSAN JAFFE AND TAMARA ROJO
Alastair Macaulay
May 13, 2022
There is, heaven knows, vast scope for transformation. In the last century, George Balanchine said that "Ballet is woman," but he invited very few women to choreograph for New York City Ballet; and he seems never to have considered any woman to be his successor in running his company.
DANCE MAGAZINE'S 2022-23 PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM GUIDE
Dance Magazine
May 6, 2022
Ready to take your training to the next level? Browse our list of conservatories and company academies offering rigorous pre-professional programs.
