Verlezza Dance Concert: Voices June 6, 2009

Verlezza Dance presents two programs of “Voices" . Saturday, featuring Verlezza Dance and guest artists and Sunday which includes students from the School of Verlezza Dance.

Saturday evening highlights the company with the premiere of Sabatino Verlezza’s Winged. Set to original music by long-time collaborator Elliot Sokolov (NYC) Winged explores individual courage and commitment. Guest Claire Porter (NYC) presents one of her critically-acclaimed signature solo works and she and Sabatino Verlezza combine their comedic talents in the dance theatre piece See You Around (2008.) Soprano Marla Berg performs the music of Strauss to accompany Verlezza’s premiere of the third section of his dance, Lasting Songs. Associate Artistic Director, Barbara Allegra Verlezza offers a restaging of her trio, Triptych (2005), with “nothing short of amazing” (The Plain Dealer) guest Allie Friedrich (MO). Additionally, Allegra Verlezza will present her award winning ensemble work, Broken Voices (2008). Company member Sabatino A. Verlezza premieres Maercs (2009) based on Einstein’s thought, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”

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