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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!
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....
On Stage: Attack-ing the Pittsburgh Symphony
Family-oriented entertainment takes many forms, from Disney to Stravinsky. “Stravinsky?” you might say.” Ruler of rhythmic diversity? Terrorist with time signatures? Sultan of musical sarcasm?” But Attack Theatre has never let musical complexities get in the...
On Stage: An Uncommon Photographer
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer ©Martha Rial is always pushing the boundaries of her camera lens. So when she went to a dress rehearsal of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's Uncommon, which featured works by Mark Morris, Dwight Rhoden and Dennis Nahat to music by...
On Stage: PBT Brings on 2012-13
You have to give Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre artistic director Terrence Orr credit. Both he and the marketing department feel that PBT audiences fill the houses for full-length ballets, so he is always in the hunt for contemporary works to fill out the thin glossary of...
On Stage: Billy Elliot — Born to Boogie
“Don’t know. Sorta feels good. Sorta stiff and that, but once I get going, then I like, forget everything. And...sorta disappear. Sorta disappear. Like I feel a change in my whole body. And I’ve got this fire in body. I’m just there. Flyin’ like a bird. Like...
On Stage: Peter and "Billy"
Billy Elliot: The Musical comes to town this week, full of a lift-your-spirits warmth, perfect for the winter season. I had a chance to talk with choreographer Peter Darling, who really was during the course of our conversation. He gave a certain insight about the...
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