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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 Video: Dance Your PhD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlDWRZ7IYqw
On Video: Lil Buck in "Primetime"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbNC4Gw5ncw
On Stage: Womens' "Admission"
Sometimes big ideas come in small packages. Such was the case with fireWALL's latest dance offering, Admission, at the postage stamp-sized off the WALL Theater in Carnegie. It was the fourth piece choreographed by 23-year old Point Park University graduate...
On Stage: A Very Full Monteverdi
Attack Theater turned schizophrenic this past spring. Co-founder Michele de la Reza was flitting from Pittsburgh Opera's Daughter of the Regiment (see CrossCurrent's April 22 post), where she served as assistant choreographer, to the Hillman Auditorium, where the...
Dance Beat: Bill Shannon, Starz. Flesh and Bone, Bolshoi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-gEu7IAR5A 3RIVERS NEGOTIATION. There was a satisfying conclusion to the Bill Shannon/3Rivers/CREATE2015/Wyndham Grand issue. (See yesterday's post). Bill was able to complete his contract that evening at 6 p.m. during the cocktail...
Dance Beat: Controversy at 3Rivers and CREATE
The waters weren't running smoothly this morning at Three Rivers Arts Festival/CREATE 2015. Resident Pittsburgh genius Bill Shannon showed up at the Wyndham Grand Hotel lobby at 8 a.m. to begin a scheduled pop-up performance in the lobby. Deliberately dressed in a...
On Stage: Staycee Pearl at Play
It seemed like a perfect summer evening as Staycee Pearl dance project seemingly set off the summer season with Playground. The parking lot setting outside the SPdp studio was festive with poster boards, like large pages from coloring books with connecting strings of...
On Stage: The newMoves We Like
Whenever the Kelly Strayhorn Theater chooses to produce its newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival, it has a profound effect on Pittsburgh dance. This time was no exception. Tune in to newMoves via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
On Stage: Dancing in the Regiment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCQYEByNuN4&feature=youtu.be There is always a different flavor to the opera when a choreographer is in charge, in this case Sean Curran at Pittsburgh Opera's Daughter of the Regiment. Maybe it's because his mind's eye sees the...
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