by jvranish1 | 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 jvranish1 | 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...
by jvranish1 | Apr 17, 2023 | Dance Beat, Pittsburgh Dance Council
Ballet Hispanico is a welcome repeat customer at the Pittsburgh Dance Council. Things have changed over for its 50-plus years, though, but for the good. It has always been a strong group, the leading Latino version of Alvin Ailey American Dance Company in the way it...
by jvranish1 | Mar 26, 2023 | On Stage, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Michael Pink’s DRACULA, recently given its local premiere by the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, might not have had Ben Stevenson’s glam, almost fairy tale approach to the classic vampire tale that the company has presented. This was a surprising jolt of a ballet, quick to...
by jvranish1 | Feb 2, 2023 | On Stage, Shana Simmons Dance
At first they may seem to be an odd couple, modern dance and kathak. Modern dance creates shapes that are born of Western thought. We think of Mary Wigman, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham. Indian dance, in all of its illustrious forms, predates modern by thousands of...
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