by jvranish | Aug 14, 2009 | On the Road, Pittsburgh Dance Companies
I came across a little slice of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre history in Chautauqua, where the Dance Circle honored French ballerina and long-time Chautauqua teacher Violette Verdy and featured a new documentary about the former New York City Ballet principal dancer. But...
by jvranish | Aug 13, 2009 | Dance Notes, Pittsburgh Dance Companies
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...
by jvranish | Aug 13, 2009 | 1
Pioneering choreographer Merce Cunningham will live on in the memories of three Pittsburghers who have performed in his company. Read about it in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Share...
by jvranish | Aug 12, 2009 | Dance Notes, Pittsburgh Dance Companies
THE MURAL PROJECT. It was a surprise to head to Dance Alloy last Friday. I was expecting to see an unformed dance in rehearsal clothes. But Greer Reed-Jones had groomed her fledgling group, August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble, for its debut performance. It’s...
by jvranish | Aug 9, 2009 | On Stage, Pittsburgh Dance Companies
It seems that audiences are getting comfortable with The Pillow Project’s conceptual evenings of multi-media art. Running from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., people come and go at will, converse lightly during the course of a performance, even get a “live” chair...
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