by jvranish | Apr 16, 2015 | Attack Theatre, Dance Beat, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Years. When The Dirty Ball first began, we didn’t know what to expect as we headed to one city apartment where the Attackers danced in the bathroom and a raw shell of another where we told our dirty secrets and drank dirty martinis. After a decade we know what...
by jvranish | Apr 8, 2015 | On Stage
Now that Patrick Swayze is gone and Jennifer Grey’s career continues to be defined by it, Dirty Dancing has remained, for the past 28 years, frozen in time. Following the movie’s release in 1987, author Eleanor Bergstein chose to keep the story under wraps...
by jvranish | Apr 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Most of us have identified with an enthralled Eliza Doolittle, that “Fair Lady,” as she sang I Could Have Danced All Night. But have you? Really? In Buenos Aires, tango enthusiasts have every night available to them, waiting to fill it with dance and greet...
by jvranish | Mar 30, 2015 | Dance Beat
PBT. As it nears the finish of its 45th season, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre seems to be casting its sights on the 50th. For the first time in recent memory it is presenting two mixed repertory nights. The first, with George Balanchine’s Western Symphony, William...
by jvranish | Mar 28, 2015 | Dance Beat
YAGF. Youth America Grand Prix, the world’s largest international student dance competition, has expanded its network of competitions to Pittsburgh for a second year of semifinals (and moved to the larger Byham Theater), which says a great deal about...
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