The Notario Dance Company draws from choreographer Brook Notary’s colorful past in gymnastics, the circus, and martial arts. The most striking numbers use costume and props to turn the human body into ...

Many of us find ourselves looking to connect with our family histories. One man's family history happens to be especially ...

Red haired Amsterdam native Inez Courtney was 15 when she performed a specialty dance act during a three day run in 1923 in a vaudeville show at the Rialto Theater on Market Street, part of the Keith ...

When the pandemic shut down venues where local burlesque dancers perform, Aria Delanoche didn’t let the time go to waste. “During Covid, for shits and giggles, I created a costume out of 4,000 ...

If clothes make the man—or woman—can a building make a dance? In the case of the stately Scottish Rite Cathedral downtown, a building can and did. The Grand Parlor, a theater inside the main hall ...

Foot juggling is an old Chinese and Russian circus trick. It’s not very common in the U.S. Ethiopian-born performer Helen Wonjila learned foot juggling in China, at a school outside of Beijing. She ...

“I am not a Vassar girl. I never went to school a day in my life. I was raised, if you wish to call it that, in vaudeville, going from town to town, playing with musicians, acrobats, dancers, even ...

Alison Cullen Cressey teaches dance to kids in the 2023 Camp Vaudeville at the Smoot Theatre in Parkersburg. Registration is underway for the 2024 camp from July 8-13. Cressey returns as an instructor ...

PARMA, Ohio — Inside the Donna Smallwood Activities Center in Parma for seniors ages 55 and up, you'll find a group of local dancers. Otherwise known as the Raisin' Canes. “The Raisin’ Canes were ...

While it’s possible to enjoy the experience as a whole, saying “I love the Oregon Country Fair” does raise the question: Which one? OCF offers music, food, vendors, community and a portal to a ...