by jvranish_m | Oct 26, 2009 | On Stage
Susan Gillis, long-time faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Health and Physical Acitivity, where she runs the dance minor program and directs the Pitt Dance Ensemble, forwarded this text of First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech at...
by jvranish_m | Oct 24, 2009 | On Stage
Vijay Paliparty calls himself a “one-man band,” but it has nothing to do with instruments. The former student at Carnegie Mellon University decided to move to the Washington D.C./Virginia area for “a little more career growth.” According to...
by jvranish_m | Oct 16, 2009 | On Stage, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
There aren’t many who have stuck around for the long haul at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. The nature of the ballet company beast would have it so, with the relatively short careers of dancers, the gypsy nature of this artistic business and the small salaries that...
by jvranish_m | Oct 15, 2009 | On Stage, The Pillow Project
Maybe it was the environmental aura about The Pillow Project’s latest installment of its Second Saturday series, but a healthy crowd gathered at The Space Upstairs to sample some “Sophisticated Junk” last weekend. It was the perfect fit, with The...
by jvranish_m | Oct 13, 2009 | Dance Notes
IN A GALA MOOD. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has a lot on its plate this week with the opening of its season with “The Sleeping Beauty” at the Benedum Center on Friday (see Martha Rial’s photos). The Pittsburgh City Council presented a proclamation to...
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