I’m always inspired by people who overcome whatever obstacles are thrown at them, and choose instead to live their lives according to their dreams. That’s why I find Mary Verdi-Fletcher’s […]
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Dancing Wheels Introduces Dance to Renovated Allen Theatre (review)
Posted onThe renovated Allen Theatre in PlayhouseSquare opened last fall by welcoming Cleveland Play House into its intimate and hospitable environment. Dancing Wheels, the Cleveland company for dancers with and without […]
Dancing Wheels Celebrates 30th Anniversary in Style at Cleveland Agora (review)
Posted onBy the end of Dancing Wheels’ 30th anniversary extravaganza Saturday at the Cleveland Agora, the event’s theme couldn’t have been missed if you tried. The company, dressed in glittery costumes, […]
Dancing Wheels Company celebrates 35 seasons with performance honoring the Americans with Disabilities Act
Posted onBy Jonathan Tressler, The News-Herald A woman in a wheelchair gets on a bus… Although those words don’t seem like it nowadays, 30 years ago they very well could have […]
Dancing Wheels Founder was Bound to See Her Dream Dance (preview)
Posted onMary Verdi-Fletcher was all of 3 when she decided she might want to spend her life as a dancer. Only one thing loomed as a potential obstacle: spina bifida, the […]
Dancing Wheels packs tons of Ellington activity into its gala performance (review)
Posted onThe wheels have been turning for almost three decades. They certainly were busy Saturday at the State Theatre in PlayhouseSquare. The evening was a gala presented by the Dancing Wheels […]
Working with Dancing Wheels ‘Eye-Opening’ for Noted Choreographer Donald McKayle (preview)
Posted onWhen Donald McKayle spent three weeks in Cleveland last fall creating a piece for Dancing Wheels, he had no idea the experience would be so revelatory. The celebrated choreographer, working […]
All Sorts of Steps, Strutted for a Cause
Posted onTo judge by the postshow conversation, the audience loved “Dance Rocks,” a benefit for Career Transition for Dancers on Monday night at City Center. More than $1 million was raised […]