by Alice Koeninger
A recent phone conversation with David Shimotakahara, Executive Artistic Director of GroundWorks DanceTheater, was as much about his upcoming collaboration with ChamberFest Cleveland as it was about the process and source of creativity.
GroundWorks is about to kick off its 20th season with its second collaboration
An excerpt by Daniel Hathaway
“…But the principal bow goes to David Shimotakahara, who marshalled multiple dancers (both professional and amateur), soloists, and the children’s chorus into a well-integrated whole, giving everyone meaningful things to do. And the expressive unison movements he assigned to the more experienced dancers were executed with precision.
The capacity audience loved this
By Mike Telin
Next to the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, there is no work for chorus and orchestra more recognizable than Carl Orff’s Carmina burana. The first and last movements, both titled Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World), begin with the popular “O Fortuna,” which has been used a countless number of
By Mike Telin, Cleveland Classical
On Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21at 7:30 pm, GroundWorks DanceTheaterwill bring its Spring concert series to the Breen Center for the Performing Arts at St. Ignatius High School. The performances will include
By Mike Telin, Cleveland Classical
Ghosts from the past, the present and the future were brought to life on Saturday, June 28 in Kulas Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music. But these were not the ghosts made famous by Charles Dickens but rather, through a 4,000
By Mike Telin, Cleveland Classical
Ghosts from the past, the present and the future were brought to life on Saturday, June 28 in Kulas Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music. But these were not the ghosts made famous by Charles Dickens
