VERB BALLETS

Ohio Contemporary Ballet, formerly Verb Ballets, will present a delightful twist on a holiday classic in the production of The Little Nutcracker at Firestone CLC Theatre....

Verb Ballets Announces Name Change to Ohio Contemporary Ballet. Stay up to date with the latest news from the ballet company....

GINGER THATCHER will be on the faculty of Ballet Arts, Inc.’s Summer Intensive which will be taking place from June 13-17, 2022 in Jackson, Tennessee. Ms. Thatcher will be teaching musical theater, jazz, and modern dance classes for the participants in this year’s Summer Intensive....

Verb, “Ohio Contemporary Ballet” welcomes dancer Bryan Andres Salinas to Cleveland from Colombia. Salinas arrived in Cleveland this past January as part of Verb's 2022 International Cultural Exchange Program....

Verb Ballets has commissioned choreographer Joshua L. Peugh to create a new evening length ballet Romeo & Juliet. He will be a choreographer-in-residence at Verb Ballets from January 3 - February 26, 2022. ...

Verb Ballets dancers, known for their elegance and versatility, will captivate fans with a powerful virtual program on May 14, 2020 at 7:00pm ET, featuring contemporary works by nationally recognized choreographers. For over eleven years of award-winning works, Chicago-based choreographer Stephanie Martinez has moved her audiences along a journey guided by kinetic momentum. The company will debut a world premiere, World of Another, marked by a versatility that expands the boundaries of contempor...

Verb Ballets reinvents its annual Fresh Inventions project into a live stream performance in-studio featuring works by the dancers. ...

Verb Ballets tours to Havana, Cuba to continue a four-year collaboration with Laura Alonso's ProDanza, as part of The Cleveland Havana Ballet Project. The dancers of Verb Ballets will travel to join ProDanza and together present Romeo and Juliet at The Teatro Nacional de Cuba running February 28 - March 1, 2020. T...

Verb Ballets is honored to be presented on Tuesday Musical's Fuze Series Thursday, October 10, 2019 at Akron's E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall....

Verb Ballets announces the fall Dance for Youth semester schedule. Students ages 3-14 are welcome to study dance at the Verb Ballets Center for Dance located at 3558 Lee Rd. Shaker Heights, OH 44120 inside The Dealership....

Verb Ballets welcomes choreographer Loretta Simonto the studio the week of August 12- 16, 2019. Simon graduate of Youngstown State University has been working in Europe for the last eighteen years....

Verb Ballets performs with the Lakeside Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Meyer at Lakeside Chautauqua in the Hoover Auditorium on Saturday, August 3, 2019, at 8:15 PM. The Lakeside Symphony Orchestra is made up of more than 90 musicians from across the country that have devoted many years of service to Lakeside community. This season Lakeside Chautauqua welcomes New Music Director & Conductor Daniel Meyer to the Lakeside Symphony Orchestra....

Verb Ballets welcome five new dancers to the company. The contemporary ballet company based out of Cleveland, Ohio is currently comprised of dancers, apprentices and trainees that hail from all over the United States and as far as Japan.Meet them below....

Verb Ballets has commissioned The Adagio Reimagined Project in partnership with Jane Startzman featuring collaborating artists Neil Zaza and Sabatino Verlezza. The Adagio Reimagined Project will honor the legacy of Heinz Poll while presenting a bold new reinterpretation of the work featuring musical accompaniment by renowned instrumental rock guitarist, Zaza. The company will remount Poll's Adagio for Two Dancers with permission of Jane Startzman. The original work was created in 1973 to the mus...

Verb Ballets will delight audiences this summer with performances throughout Northeast Ohio with entertaining programming and brilliant dancing. The featured works will range from story ballets to instrumental rock ballets....

Verb Ballets returns to Cain Park on Friday, June 28, 2019 at 8:00pm, with a free performance of Mowgli's Jungle Adventures! The new full-length ballet is based on Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of an Indian boy abandoned by his parents and raised by a pack of wolves....

Children's Concert Society presents Verb Ballets new story ballet Mowgli's Jungle Adventures choreographed by Associate Artistic Director Richard Dickinson on April 17 & 18, 2019 at EJ Thomas Hall in Akron. Shah Capital Management is proud to be the Producer and Exclusive Sponsor for Mowgli's Jungle Adventures. ...

Verb Ballets welcomes the community for the Dance For Everyone Spring Open House at the new Verb Ballets Center for Dance on Sunday, March 24, 2019, from 2:00-4:00pm. The Verb Ballet Center for Dance, located at 3558 Lee Road in Shaker Heights inside The Dealership, is the new home for the professional dance company and community dance program. The Dance For Everyone open house features free class samplers, meet and greet with teachers, studio tours and a performance by the Adverb Project. Verb ...

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