Relévé Dance Company brings its annual spring recital to Rockwell Hall at Buffalo State on Sunday, May 30 — and if you have been looking for a reason to finally check out one of the better performance spaces on the Elmwood strip, this is a good one.
“ClasSix!” says what it is: a showcase built around the six disciplines the studio teaches — ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, fitness, and adult dance. The Clarence Center company is in its fifth year, and the program reflects that — multi-style, multi-age, and driven by the kind of studio culture that earns a hall-of-fame plaque.
Founder Lindsay Mangione started Relévé during the pandemic, converting a former gym on Goodrich Road with family and friends and opening at the end of that first summer. She brings more than 25 years of teaching experience, certifications from Dance Masters of America and Acrobatic Arts, and a competition résumé that runs from Rochester to Pittsburgh. The studio received the 2024 Best of Clarence Center Award in the Dance Company category and was inducted into the Clarence Center Business Hall of Fame — earned recognition for a program that has become one of the more serious youth dance studios in Western New York.
The 2:30 PM show is the second of two performances on May 30 — the first runs at 11:00 AM. Rockwell Hall at 1300 Elmwood Avenue holds 856 seats and went through a 2019 renovation, making it a polished, well-equipped room for a production of this scale. If you are driving in from outside Buffalo, give yourself time before the 2:30 PM curtain.
Tickets start at $24.25. Get tickets here.