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NKU School of the Arts Hosts Winter Dance Intensive

NKU_SOTA logoHIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY – Northern Kentucky University School of the Arts announces the launch of the inaugural Winter Dance Intensive, a three-day pre-professional Dance Institute for Artists in the Making.

  • What: NKU SOTA Dance Institute – Winter Intensive
  • When: Jan. 15-17, 2022
  • Where: Northern Kentucky University’s campus
  • Registration: nku.edu/wdi (limited to 30 spots) – deadline Jan. 1, 2022

Participants will experience immersive dance training with regional and national guest artists that run their own companies. Throughout the intensive, they will receive industry and technical training in advanced ballet and modern technique and repertory work, and gain insight into multiple performance opportunities in dance. Sessions will be held in a new state-of-the-art dance studio on NKU’s campus.

The registration deadline is Jan. 1, 2022, and is limited to 30 participants. The registration fee is $25, and the program fee is $300 (reduced tuition may be available). Video audition submission is required for participation. The program leads include Tracey Bonner, Megan Flynn, and Missy Lay-Zimmer & Andrew Hubbard.

About NKU: Founded in 1968, we are a growing metropolitan university of more than 15,000 students served by more than 2,000 faculty and staff on a thriving suburban campus near Cincinnati. Located in the quiet suburb of Highland Heights, Kentucky—just seven miles southeast of Cincinnati—we have become a leader in Greater Cincinnati and Kentucky by providing a private school education for a fraction of the cost. While we are one of the fastest growing universities in Kentucky, our professors still know our students’ names. For more information, visit nku.edu.

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Cincinnati Ballet Offers Specialized Classes for People with Parkinson’s

CB_Parkinson ClassTwice-weekly classes designed to improve flexibility, balance, and quality of life

Cincinnati Ballet announces new dance classes for persons living with Parkinson’s Disease. The new program — CB Moves for Parkinson’s — was created in partnership with Dancing with Parkinson’s Cincinnati. The program is based on the Dance for PD methodology created by acclaimed choreographer Mark Morris. Our expert faculty use movement and music to stimulate both the body and mind, providing a supportive forum for fitness, expression, and community for participants of all ages. Dancers are welcome to enjoy class on their own or to invite a companion to participate with them.

Dance might not seem like the obvious therapy for people living with Parkinson’s Disease, who are often known for tremors in their hands and shuffling of their feet. Parkinson’s Disease can also cause muscle rigidity and affect balance, and patients can experience fatigue, mood disorders, and cognitive impairment that can significantly decrease quality of life. Dance therapy has been shown to improve patients’ motor function and well-being. “Dance may be effective in targeting motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease because it incorporates the stretching and strengthening of muscles, and increases flexibility throughout the body, which may help maintain balance in people with Parkinson’s,” researchers at Northwestern University wrote after conducting a 2018 study which evaluated the benefits of dance therapy in Parkinson’s patients.

All Tri-State PD patients and their loved ones are welcome to program. Classes are held at the Cincinnati Ballet Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance in Walnut Hills on Mondays and Fridays and at the Wyoming Fine Arts Center on Wednesdays. Classes are offered on a drop-in basis so there is no advance commitment required. The $10 class fee covers both the participant and a companion. Financial aid is available.

For more information, head to www.cballet.org/cbmoves-for-parkinsons.

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2022-2023 Season Announced by INNOVAtheatre

INNOV_logoINNOVAtheatre is extremely excited to announce their upcoming 2022/23 Mainstage Season. “What’s Behind the Facade!”
All performances will be held at The Historic Sorg Opera House.

JEKYLL AND HYDE the Musical
Directed by Richard Lee Waldeck
Music & Orchestral Direction By Lorri Topping
August 18th-21st, 2022

CLYBOURNE PARK
Directed by Richard Zenk
October 27th-30th, 2022

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
Directed by Aaron Washington
November 10th-13th, 2022

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET the Musical
Directed by Richard Lee Waldeck
December 15th-18th, 2022

OF MEN AND CARS (East Coast Premier)
Directed by Dawn Roth-Smith
January 19th-22nd, 2023

NEXT TO NORMAL
Directed by Anna Rae Brown
February 16th-19th, 2023

For more information visit www.innovatheatre.com

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Cancellation Notice | THE LEGACY TOUR Featuring Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Sat, Nov. 13 – Aronoff Center

CAA_The Legacy Tour promoThe Legacy Tour
featuring Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
CANCELLED

The Legacy Tour, scheduled for this Saturday, November 13 at the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall, has been CANCELLED because the show’s artists, who are travelling from overseas, were unable to obtain visas in requisite time due to travel restrictions and COVID-91 related delays.  Please adjust any calendar listings you may have.

Ticket holders will be automatically refunded in full to the original method of payment.

For additional information, ticket holders may contact the Aronoff Center Ticket Office at (513) 621-2787 [ARTS] or ticketing@cincinnatiarts.org.

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THE LAST FIVE YEARS Returns to Incline Theatre in February

WFIT_The Last Five Years logo2Re-Introducing the new “Season Extra”

Before the pandemic and resulting shut-down, Cincinnati Landmark Productions had announced plans to replace the winter District Series season at the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater with special engagement productions that fit outside the usual programming but could be presented individually.

With that news in mind, Cincinnati Landmark Productions announces its first Season Extra production:

THE LAST FIVE YEARS , one of the most beloved and award-winning modern musicals, will run February 24 to March 13, 2022 at the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater. Tickets are on sale now!

An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their 20s who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, the show’s unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically. The two characters only meet once, at their wedding in the middle of the show.

Note: THE LAST FIVE YEARS was previously produced by Cincinnati Landmark Productions but only ran for 3 performances before being shut down in March 2020 due to the pandemic. Patrons who have ticket credits from that run can redeem them for tickets to this production by contacting the box office at (513) 241-6550.

The cast includes Maddie Vaughn as Catherine Hiatt and – back from the previous production – Elliot Handkins as Jamie Wellerstein. Also back for this production are Tim Perrino (director) and Michael Kennedy (music director). Angelica Ortiz is the production stage manager.

For tickets and more information visit http://www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com/Incline/News3.aspx

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