by jvranish1 | Jul 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Okay, so the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera production, Rock of Ages, set me off on a tangent, mining the history of juke-box musicals, where familiar music often spawns the story. The term apparently began in 1969 with the music of Burt Bacharach in the award-winning...
by jvranish1 | Jul 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Springtime in Washington D.C. means cherry blossoms and the New York City Ballet at Kennedy Center. Arguably the greatest company in the world, NYCB not only brings its dancers, but often its own New York City Ballet Orchestra as well, the better to play some of the...
by jvranish1 | Jul 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Blanket has morphed into so many configurations during its brief Pittsburgh life, but never so more as this year. After one of their rehearsal sessions, this one at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s light-filled and spacious studios, the central figures split off...
by jvranish1 | Jun 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
It was being advertised as a duet between machine and dancer. But “Origami,” a featured event at the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival and the official opening for Pittsburgh Dance Council’s 50th anniversary season, was so much more than that. On the surface,...
by jvranish1 | Jun 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Point Park University was aiming to focus on its new facility and the theater program for the upcoming 2019-20 season announcement. But it turned out that the dance department came to the forefront. It began with PPU president Paul Hennigan, who took note of Gabrielle...
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