by jvranish1 | Jan 18, 2023 | Attack Theatre, On Stage
Memories came flooding back as Dave Eggar, former Attack Theatre music director, returned for a special event, DEAR Sessions!, at the AT studio in Lawrenceville. Dave Eggar A remarkably talented and versatile cellist, Dave has been an integral part of Attack since...
by jvranish1 | Jan 16, 2023 | Off Stage
Every so often I think back to Ying Li and Jiabin Pan, who graced us as principal dancers at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre for 12 years. They produced vivid memories here and when I visited them in China. They now head the Suzhou Ballet Theatre and have built a solid...
by jvranish1 | Dec 12, 2022 | On Stage, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
There was a shadow hovering over Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre as it opened its 52nd season at August Wilson Center this fall. Artistic director Susan Jaffe was not physically present, an odd and rare situation, although she purportedly was still doing her PBT job in New...
by jvranish1 | Nov 23, 2022 | Dance Beat
I’ve interviewed and covered Paul Taylor for years. So I was thinking that there wasn’t much that I didn’t know about this modern master of dance. But from the delectable opening moments of a new documentary about the gentle giant, I knew I was wrong. With meditative...
by jvranish1 | Nov 22, 2022 | The Pillow Project
Pearlann Porter is that rarest of choreographers, caught up in her own obsession for the arts of both science and dance. Her chosen path can take multiple forms, from interpreting the movement suggested by a mathematical equation to that pale blue dot, described so...
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