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Cincinnati Ballet The Nutcracker at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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The Holiday Season continues at Mark on the Arts with the season’s seminal dance classic, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s immortal masterpiece, The Nutcracker, performed by the prestigious Cincinnati Ballet, with stunning choreography by Artistic Director Emerita of the company Victoria Morgan. Tchaikovsky’s opus is based on Alexander Dumas Pere’s revised edition of E.T.A. Hoffman’s The Nutcracker … Read more

Riverdance 30–The New Generation at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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Ireland, the Emerald Isle, is full of magical, mystical, colorful traditions. Leprachauns. Shamrocks. Corned beef and cabbage. Red-headed lasses named Colleen. And for the last 30 years, completing that list is the international entertainment sensation Riverdance, a fast-paced, invigorating celebration of the art of Irish Dance. Just in time to set the scene for a … Read more

Message in a Bottle at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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The Kennedy Center opens a different and exciting new work this week with the high-power dance extravaganza, Message in a Bottle. I have a vast background in theatre and performing arts and it’s rare when an offering comes through the national tour circuit that I am not at least familiar with. But that can be … Read more