Dance Currents
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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: Dance Recitals 2015
It's grand to note the growth of area dance recitals year upon year. Both business-wise and artistically they contribute so much to the Pittsburgh area. If you have a chance, catch a couple of performances during the recital season. The enthusiasm is contagious! Click...
On Stage: Swedish "Snow"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goytv7H1xrw It was our second confrontation with Pittsburgh Dance Council snow. Not the kind you shovel, but the kind you watch in wonder. The first came during the autumn of 2008, when the Inbal Pinto, ironically from Israel,...
Dance Beat: PBT — Bourree-ing Confidently into the Black (and Gold)
In the final weekend of its 45th season, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre had plenty to celebrate...and did it in style! GALA. It began Thursday with the dress rehearsal of La Bayadere. Guests arrived for the 45th Anniversary Season Finale Gala at the Benedum Center,...
Dance Beat: Dirty Ball, Indian Festival, Dancing
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 to...
On Stage: Baby and Johnny Dance Again
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 and only...
On Stage: Dancing All Night…Tango Style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6xYcaPSHl0 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...
Dance Beat: PBT, CLO Dance Seasons Plus, Jacob's Pillow
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...
Dance Beat: YAGF, Chloe
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 Pittsburgh's...
On Stage: Beth's Families
We have been watching Beth Corning slowly reveal her own family history during her years in Pittsburgh, show by show, step by step. But she has constructed a special dance family around her personal family via the Glue Factory Project, designed specifically for...
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