CONSERVATORY DANCE COMPANY. Point Park University has announced its dance season and it has some notable programming. Faculty member Keisha Lalama-White will premiere a new work called “The Bench,” for the holiday season. It will celebrate “family and what makes us who we are” in a multi-media format with a real family affair, including an original score by David Lalama and live orchestra featuring Grammy Award-winning artist Ralph Lalama. The annual performances at the Byham have a plenty of name recognition in the line-up, with ballet choreography by The Joffrey Ballet co-founder Gerald Arpino and hot ballet commodity Trey McIntyre, plus contemporary works from Daniel Ezralow, David Parsons and Doug Varone. Pittsburgh Connections will feature Point Park alumnus Marissa Balzer, former Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist Jeffrey Bullock, former Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre artistic director Patrick Frantz and Kristofer Storey, alum of Point Park and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School and winner of Hubbard Street 2’s 2000 National Choreographic Competition. The season opens with Student Choreography Project, Oct. 2-4, followed by Pittsburgh Connections, Nov. 13-15 and 20-22; The Bench, Dec. 11-13 and 18-20 and Conservatory Dance Company at the Byham, Feb. 11-13. It ends with Let’s Dance, featuring Point Park faculty members Doug Bentz, Judith Leifer, Peter Merz, Nicolas Petrov and Ron Tassone, Apr. 9-11. For more information, call 412-621-4445 or visit www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.
ZAFIRA. Belly-dancing apparently is attracting more and more world-wide recognition. Pittsburgh’s Zafira has plans to tour Moscow (Sept. 11-22), Australia (Sept. 22-27), Barcelona (Oct. 23-26), Ukraine (Oct. 31) and Amsterdam (Nov. 21). If you’re in the vicinity, they will be a little closer to home in Boston (Dec. 12-13) and Evergreen, Colorado (Apr. 29-May 2, 2010). Check the Zafira dance website for more information.
MOONWALK. Moriarty Consultants and Mark C. Productions will present the Michael Jackson Tribute Competition: Celebrate the King of Pops Legacy at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater August 15 at 5 p.m. The winner of the talent competition, inspired by Jackson’s music and dance, will receive $2,000. For more information, call 412-734-1067.
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