by jvranish | Dec 11, 2023 | On Stage, Pittsburgh Public Theater
Voting for BroadwayWorld’s Pittsburgh Awards 2023 continues through December 31. Billy Strayhorn: Something to Live For was a new musical for Pittsburgh Public Theater and there was widespread anticipation before anyone took the stage in October. Just for a...
by jvranish | Jun 19, 2023 | Dance Beat, STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos
I went to the Kelly Strayhorn’s Alloy Studios for INTERIM! with this in mind: “Co-Artistic Directors of STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos, Staycee and Herman Pearl share an evening of multi-disciplinary collaborative explorations. The evenings include new...
by jvranish | Jun 7, 2023 | Behind the Scenes
I still remember Kyle Abraham’s solo at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in The Radio Show, so full of personal and Pittsburgh references, where we caught our first real glimpse of a young man who would go on to alter the course of dance by speaking his own truth. He was...
by jvranish | May 14, 2023 | On Stage, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
The stars of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Modern Masters program were the choreographers themselves, as I had anticipated. But we also saw a galactic display of celestial dance events, from the orchestral accompaniment to the movements of the dancers. All in all, this...
by jvranish | Apr 21, 2023 | Corningworks, On Stage
Bolstered by her deep-seated passion, Beth Corning is the most politically astute choreographer working in the local dance field today. She spent much of her career in autobiographic dance theater, where we watched her personal and universally memorable images — the...
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