There’s something about the dead center of winter that brings out the best in humanity. It might be the desire to stay huddled around the fire, TV, or kitchen table, when your people begin to look more like fellow travelers in life rather than the people constantly...
Circadian, a performance by Karar Dance Company inspired by Fan Ho's photography of 1950s Hong Kong, will light up Dogtown Dance Theatre this weekend with performances in the round. This past weekend and this coming weekend, Dogtown Dance Theatre is hosting its annual Presenter’s Series. This year’s featured artist is Kara Robertson, the Artistic...
Virginia's foremost crew of horror aficionados, the Red Vein Army, return all this month with their fourth year of painstakingly-crafted terror at Hanover Vegetable Farm. If you find yourself near Hanover Vegetable Farm in Ashland any weekend this month and you hear a chorus of blood-curdling screams, don’t be alarmed -- it’s just the sound of...
At the opening performance of Richmond Ballet's 2019-2020 season, prima ballerina Maggie Small gave a heartfelt farewell performance as new dancers made a strong first impression. This past weekend kicked off the 2019-2020 performance season of Richmond Ballet, the state ballet of Virginia, with Contemporary Classics at the Dominion Energy...
Before her final performance this weekend, longtime Richmond Ballet dancer Maggie Small shares her thoughts about a career spent on her toes. For the season opener of the Richmond Ballet’s 2019-2020 performances, the company presents Contemporary Classics at the Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts this weekend, Friday, September 27...
This summer, Virginia Rep presents an original production of The Wiz, the African-American musical reimagining of fantasy classic The Wizard Of Oz. The latest and final production of Virginia Repertory Theatre’s 2018-2019 Signature Season is The Wiz. This fantastical modern retelling of The Wizard of Oz hits the November Theatre with aplomb. For...
RVA Dance Collective capped off their 12th season with a striking performance at Dogtown Dance Theatre. Christopher McDaniel tells us all about it. On Friday May 31 and Saturday June 1, RVA Dance Collective held their twelfth annual concert, entitled Four Seasons, at Dogtown Dance Theatre. The concert encapsulated their twelfth season as a...
For the 6th annual Richmond Dance Festival’s finale, the third weekend’s performance on May 10 and 11 sported heartwrenching and joyous solos. The first show incorporated many different forms of dance, and the second show strongly hosted a majority of modern duets and company pieces. The final weekend differed only in terms of the number of...
The second weekend of the Richmond Dance Festival at Dogtown Dance Theatre was different from the previous weekend, with major diverging forms of modern dance being prevalent throughout. The audience was still able to experience some diversity in dance, from one piece of contemporary ballet to one piece of salsa bachata, but the varying takes on...
This past weekend, Dogtown Dance Theatre hosted the first weekend of its annual Richmond Dance Festival, a comprehensive three-weekend festival bringing together Richmond’s top local choreographers, alongside national and international dance artists, in the heart of historic Manchester. The festival exists as an initiative for Dogtown Dance...
