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Keep up with all of my adventures, thoughts, and stories as I actively explore the diverse and exciting world of dance here in Pittsburgh!
On Stage: Water Dance
The Monongahela. It was an impossibly perfect night on a Saturday night in Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River where viewers could take in the debut of the city's newest dance company, The Blanket. Read about it in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Friday night may have...
On Stage: Extra! Extra! Dance All Around It!
As the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera continues its summer of excellence, it turned to yet another Disney production, the second such this year (The Little Mermaid) at the Benedum Center. But where Mermaid swam with bubbly tunes over and under the sea, Newsies...
On Stage: Under the Sea With the CLO
Just call the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera's splashy version of Disney's The Little Mermaid simply bubblelicious. Yes, there are bubbles everywhere -- filling the opening scrim, floating in a tower across the stage, defining the beach where Ariel covets a whole new...
On Stage: Bringing "Paris" Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBOqLRX4xNs Paris is (or should be) on everyone's bucket list, whether it is the City of Light itself or the original movie starring Gene Kelly. Now An American in Paris can come calling to a city nearby. That is, in this case,...
On Stage: Baby's Back!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhZmhIhb6mw It's almost like a perfect storm. Dirty Dancing is on its second national tour. But ABC unveiled its own version starring Abigail Breslin and Debra Messing, which revealed a post-Kellerman life for Baby and Johnny. And if...
On Stage: Missing?
Beth Corning’s latest piece for The Glue Factory, What’s Missing?, was a puzzlement. Performed with noted choreographer and writer Donald Byrd, Missing (as the title indicates) asked more questions than it answered, leaving it up to the viewer to provide a...
Dance Beat: It's South Korea, Not North Korea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9WpthWvQl4 Here we go again! Back around 2010, Pittsburgh Dance Council executive director Paul Organisak was complaining about visa problems for foreign artists from Spain and South America, forcing him to tailor several seasons...
Dance Beat: Helen, Marianna, YAGP
Attack-ing Helen. Attack Theatre was full of surprises for a preview of its new work by Quebec choreographer Helen Simoneau. Former board member Todd Owens was energetically bartending with some home-cooked concoctions -- tequila-based -- to match Moe's deliciosa...
On Stage: Wondering About "Alice"
In that never-ending search for full-length ballets, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre decided to bring back Derek Deane's "Alice in Wonderland" after almost ten years. A lot has happened since then, but there was a lot happening on the stage as well (click on PBT). In fact,...
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