by jvranish | Jan 19, 2010 | 1
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet came to the August Wilson Center last weekend. In case you missed it, here’s my review (click on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). And, in case you missed visiting the August Wilson Center, certainly a must, check out the schedule, which...
by jvranish | Jan 15, 2010 | August Wilson Center, On Stage
These days dance aficionados are questioning, “Is it ballet or contemporary dance?” With true blue ballet choreographers at a premium — I’m referring to hot commodities like Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon, although neither might...
by jvranish | Jan 11, 2010 | Ballroom, On Stage
I first wrote an introduction to Dancing Classrooms on CrossCurrents in September and started visiting six Pittsburgh elementary schools in October. It was undeniably seductive as the students moved from barely being able to touch and interact to a level of...
by jvranish | Jan 8, 2010 | Off Stage, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Dance studios all have the a sense of sameness, much like McDonald’s or Friday’s. In the case of a studio, you have the barre, the mirrors, a music source (and a piano if you’re lucky) and perhaps a few chairs. But set a photographer loose and, all...
by jvranish | Jan 6, 2010 | Attack Theatre, Dance Alloy Theater, Off Stage, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Dance Council
As 2000 approached we dreaded the Y2K millenium bug, supposedly residing in all of our computers. But we “Ought” not have dreaded the first decade of a new century — at least dance-wise. Dance was beginning to explode in many ways, and while we...
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