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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: A Well-Deserved Bow (Or Curtsy)
I first wrote an introduction to Dancing Classrooms on CrossCurrents in September and started visiting six Pittsburgh elementary schools in October. It was undeniably seductive as the students moved from barely being able to touch and interact to a level of...
Off Stage: Not Just a Classroom
Dance studios all have the a sense of sameness, much like McDonald's or Friday's. In the case of a studio, you have the barre, the mirrors, a music source (and a piano if you're lucky) and perhaps a few chairs. But set a photographer loose and, all of a sudden, there...
Off Stage: Ten Best from the 2K Decade
As 2000 approached we dreaded the Y2K millenium bug, supposedly residing in all of our computers. But we "Ought" not have dreaded the first decade of a new century -- at least dance-wise. Dance was beginning to explode in many ways, and while we didn't have a Martha...
Off Stage: Dance MVPs 2009
In you case you missed it, my Top Ten in dance appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in December. Now we can discuss the performers who infused that choreography and their considerable contributions to a vibrant local dance scene. Kudos to the women, who were...
Dance Notes: First Night, Kennedy Center, Tome
DANCE OUT THE OLD. Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's First Night festivities will include diverse interests in dance like Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, featuring Christine Schwaner and Alexandre Silve with PBT grad students (Byham Theater, 7 p.m.), Attack Theatre's Bag Attack...
Dance Notes: Corning, Dey, School Updates
THE GLUE FACTORY. Former Dance Alloy Theater artistic director Beth Corning is up and moving again. She has resurrected THE GLUE FACTORY, a project that she initiated in Minnesota and is now resurrected here in Pittsburgh under the aegis of her new company, CORNING...
On Stage: Five Go-o-olden Years
They were selling Christmas trees outside Construction Junction, but The Pillow Project already had its own, a remnant from its "Sophisticated Junk" concert in October. It was a Charlie Brown tree, decorated with electrical cords and computer odds and ends. The real...
On Stage: "Bench" Marks the Holidays
"The Bench" isn't your normal holiday treat full of tinsel, glad tidings and mistletoe. But it does provide a sense of family, which is what the holidays are all about, from Thanksgiving to New Year's and everything in between. Kiesha Lalama-White's production for...
Dance Notes: Point Park, Trust Ballroom, W.Va. Ballet
GOING GREEN. Point Park University has received the Trane Energy Efficiency Leader in Education Award for its new dance complex, which opened in 2007. If you haven't seen it, plan a visit. Your best bet might be a performance at the George Roland White Performance...
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