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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 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...
On Stage: The Pillow at Five
Pearlann Porter is, without a doubt, the busiest choreographer on the holiday scene. (If you missed it, she was part of Dance Alloy's concert at the New Hazlett Theatre, which appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.)After four months of the outdoors Urban Experiment...
Dance Notes: To Nut or Not
I was mildly amused at the extreme opinions expressed in articles by Sarah Kaufmann, who expressed dismay over the Nutcracker in The Washington Post, and Daniel J. Wakin, who reported that there will be a "Nutcracker" smackdown in New York City beginning next year...
On Stage: A New Alloy with Gwen and Pearlann
It was only appropriate that I caught up with Dance Alloy's two newest choreographers on the move during a rainy afternoon. Gwen Hunter Ritchie was driving to rehearsal with the company at the New Hazlett Theatre and Pearlann Porter was waiting for a bus after her...
On Stage: Rockettes on the Retreat?
Shoes can make the woman -- like Prada or Jimmy Choo. But tap shoes? Once a limited territory (strapped heels or, for the young, flat patent leather bow ties), the subject is now open for discussion with a new contender. Prior to their Pittsburgh run, the Rockettes...
Dance Notes: Alloy, PBT and the Studios
TAYLOR-ED. The planets obviously aligned to bring together a favorite Alloy mix, when five former members showed up at the company's Alloy on Alloy program to lend support to Gwen Hunter Ritchie's sneak preview of her premiere for the company. Former artistic director...
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