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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: An Ice Rink, That Is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NARZ1zUDkow Just when you thought it couldn’t be any more cold in Pittsburgh this weekend, Le Patin Libre’s Carte Blanche from Montreal brought all the chills to the iconic PPG Place in downtown Pittsburgh. This company of ex-figure...
On Stage: A Smart Blend of Kathak, Modern
At first they may seem to be an odd couple, modern dance and kathak. Modern dance creates shapes that are born of Western thought. We think of Mary Wigman, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham. Indian dance, in all of its illustrious forms, predates modern by thousands of...
Introducing Pittsburgh Ballet’s Adam W. McKinney
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has announced a replacement for artistic director Susan Jaffe, an internationally-recognized dance figure who moved on to New York City’s American Ballet Theatre. The search committee headed in the opposite direction this time, plucking...
On Stage: Eggar on Attack (Theatre)
Memories came flooding back as Dave Eggar, former Attack Theatre music director, returned for a special event, DEAR Sessions!, at the AT studio in Lawrenceville. Dave Eggar A remarkably talented and versatile cellist, Dave has been an integral part of Attack since...
Dance Notes: Visiting China
Every so often I think back to Ying Li and Jiabin Pan, who graced us as principal dancers at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre for 12 years. They produced vivid memories here and when I visited them in China. They now head the Suzhou Ballet Theatre and have built a solid...
On Stage: PBT
There was a shadow hovering over Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre as it opened its 52nd season at August Wilson Center this fall. Artistic director Susan Jaffe was not physically present, an odd and rare situation, although she purportedly was still doing her PBT job in New...
A Taylor-ed View of Paul
I’ve interviewed and covered Paul Taylor for years. So I was thinking that there wasn’t much that I didn’t know about this modern master of dance. But from the delectable opening moments of a new documentary about the gentle giant, I knew I was wrong. With meditative...
Stargazing Through Dance
https://vimeo.com/694911730 Pearlann Porter is that rarest of choreographers, caught up in her own obsession for the arts of both science and dance. Her chosen path can take multiple forms, from interpreting the movement suggested by a mathematical equation to that...
On Stage: The Jaffe Effect (Part One)
Susan Jaffe is coming full circle in a way. “Swan Lake” was her signature role when she was the face of American Ballet Theatre. Now she completes her first fully-staged season with her own staging of “Swan Lake” May 6-15 at the Benedum Center. That makes it a good...
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