
Steve Sucato
A former dancer turned arts writer and critic living in Cleveland, Ohio, Steve performed classical and modern works during his dance career, sharing the stage with noted dancers Robert LaFosse, Antonia Franceschi, Stacy Caddell, Joseph Duell, Robert Wallace, Sandra Brown, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Steve has a degree in Communications from The Pennsylvania State University and is Chairman Emeritus of the Dance Critics Association, an international association of dance journalists.
His writing credits include articles and reviews on dance and the arts for over twenty regional, national, and international publications, including The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), Dance Magazine (New York), Pointe Magazine (New York), Dance International (Vancouver), Broadway World (New York), Fjord Review (Toronto), DanceTabs (London), and CriticalDance (Seattle).
Steve was also an Associate Editor at ExploreDance.com and is the creator of the arts website artsair.art and the Facebook groups Arts Air NE Ohio - Dance Community Hub and Arts Air Dance Ohio.
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Previews: ICONIC WORKS at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
June 21, 2026

Review: ICONIC WORKS at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
July 14, 2026

Review: THE GREAT GATSBY: A NEW MUSICAL at Connor Palace
June 12, 2026

Previews: HANDEL'S MESSIAH at KeyBank State Theatre At Playhouse Square
March 18, 2026

Review: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY - GRAHAM 100 at Playhouse Square's KeyBank State Theatre
February 4, 2026

Preview: OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET at HEINZ POLL SUMMER DANCE FESTIVAL
July 22, 2026
Cleveland’s Ohio Contemporary Ballet (OCB) will open the 52nd Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival this weekend at Akron, Ohio’s Forest Lodge Park with a stylistically diverse mixed repertory program including a tango-inspired world premiere.

Previews: Inlet Dance Theatre Celebrates its 25th Anniversary at Cain Park's Evans Amphitheater
July 20, 2026
Inlet Dance Theatre’s performances at Cleveland Heights’ Cain Park and Akron’s Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival last summer gave audiences a preview of the company’s 25th-anniversary season and featured works from its rich repertoire.

Review: ICONIC WORKS at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
July 14, 2026
For her final production as Artistic Director of Washington, D.

Previews: DISNEY'S THE LION KING at KeyBank State Theatre At Playhouse Square
June 30, 2026
The winner of six Tony Awards ® including Best Musical, Best Choreography, and Best Scenic, Costume, and Lighting Designs, Disney's beloved musical THE LION KING returns to Cleveland and Playhouse Square's KeyBank State Theatre, July 6 - August 8, 2026.

Previews: ICONIC WORKS at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
June 21, 2026
The contemporary ballet company, Chamber Dance Project (CDP): Its bringing together of soloist-level professional ballet dancers during their lay-off periods from major professional companies and partnering them with equally talented musicians and boundary pushing choreographers.

Previews: HALF THE SKY at Westfield Studio Theatre
June 15, 2026
Dancer-choreographer Melissa Ajayi's interest in creating her own dance works came at a young age in her hometown dance studio in New Philadelphia, Ohio.

Review: THE GREAT GATSBY: A NEW MUSICAL at Connor Palace
June 12, 2026
THE GREAT GATSBY: A NEW MUSICAL is Surprisingly Great

Previews: LADIES OF THE ’80S at Mimi Ohio Theatre
June 5, 2026
Cleveland’s Dancing Wheels Company goes back to the future for its upcoming 45th Anniversary Gala Benefit Production, Ladies of the ’80s.

Previews: CHOREOLAB at Near West Theatre
June 2, 2026
Cleveland Ballet’s company dancers will stretch their choreographic wings once again in the third annual ChoreoLab, an evening of dance for and by the dancers.

Previews: COUNTERPOINT OF CHAOS at His Majesty’s Theatre
May 19, 2026
Humanity's evolving relationship with artificial intelligence in our lives and the growing fears surrounding it are the themes of dancer, choreographer, and actress Maria Caruso's latest evening-length solo work, Counterpoint of Chaos.

Interview: Erinn Crittenden of CINDERELLA at Mimi Ohio Theatre
May 14, 2026
For almost as long as this current iteration of the Cleveland Ballet has existed, dancer Erinn Crittenden has been a fixture.

Previews: CINDERELLA at Mimi Ohio Theatre
May 11, 2026
For Cleveland Ballet Artistic Director Timour Bourtasenkov’s new production of Cinderella, premiering May 15-17, 2026, at Playhouse Square’s Mimi Ohio Theatre, he incorporated much of that tradition while crafting a ballet uniquely his own.

Previews: SPRING REPERTORY CONCERT at Lorraine And Bill Dodero Center For Performing Arts
May 6, 2026
City Ballet of Cleveland, the pre-professional student company in residence at Cleveland City Dance, will present its 17th annual Spring Repertory Concert on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at the Lorraine and Bill Dodero Center for Performing Arts at Gilmour Academy.

Previews: FOOLISH ASSUMPTIONS at George Rowland White Theatre
May 4, 2026
Veteran dancer-choreographer Beth Corning doesn’t wear her heart on her sleeve; it is reflected in her choreographic works if you look with intent.

Review: YY DANCE COMPANY at Mimi Ohio Theatre
April 29, 2026
DanceCleveland’s 69th season came to a satisfying close Saturday night at Playhouse Square’s Mimi Ohio Theatre with the Northeast Ohio debut of YY Dance Company.

Previews: ARCADIA at Kelly-Strayhorn Theater
April 15, 2026
Maria Caruso’s Bodiography returns to Pittsburgh’s Kelly-Strayhorn Theater this weekend, April 17-19, 2026, for Arcadia, a mixed repertory program of past company favorites and new works, all choreographed by company Founding Director Maria Caruso, including the world premiere of the program’s

Review: FOR THE LOVE OF DANCE at Davidson Theatre At The Riffe Center Theatres
April 10, 2026
'Alexi Ratmansky’s 'Seven Sonatas' was a cut above anything I have seen from BalletMet in recent memory.

Previews: BALLET UNBOUND at Mimi Ohio Theatre
March 23, 2026
Premiered in February in Akron, Ohio Contemporary Ballet’s Ballet Unbound now moves to Cleveland at Playhouse Square’s Mimi Ohio Theatre on March 28, 2026.

Previews: HANDEL'S MESSIAH at KeyBank State Theatre At Playhouse Square
March 18, 2026
Cleveland Ballet continues its 11th season with Handel’s Messiah this weekend at Playhouse Square’s KeyBank State Theatre.

Interview: Lauren Stenroos of HANDEL'S MESSIAH at KeyBank State Theatre At Playhouse Square
March 16, 2026
After a 20-year professional performance career, Cleveland Ballet’s Lauren Stenroos is retiring from the company as a dancer this weekend, following the company’s performances of Handel's 'Messiah' with the Cleveland Chamber Choir and BlueWater Chamber Orchestra at KeyBank State Theatre in Cle
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