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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: 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...
Dance Beat: Let's Hear It For the Girls — Maria, Jasmine, Alexandra
MARIA. Maria Caruso closed one door -- performing with her company, Bodiography, here in Pittsburgh at the Byham Theater -- and opened another, a solo career that will take her far afield. But before we get to that, she choreographed (and will continue in the future)...
On Stage: Premieres!
They weren't world premieres, but this trio of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's local premieres gave the company's repertory a new heft in this unprecedented program. Kylian. Morris. Robbins. A true ensemble experience for the dancers. Read about it in the Pittsburgh...
On Stage: Unveiling Ballet's "Beast"
It's a never-ending search to satisfy America's thirst for full-length story ballets. With only a handful of classically-styled productions from which to choose, directors are pressed to satisfy that thirst, despite the fact that these kinds of ballets are...
On Stage: Putting Her Own Footprint on Dance
My toes were tapping before it even began. Dance music bubbled through the intimate brick box of the Lester Hamburg Studio Theatre. Dancin’ in the Streets. Guy Lombardo (I think). Some kind of rap -- I’m not sure because everyone was talking. Dance to the Music....
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