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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: PearlArts Festival
Dance festivals are a whole different animal. They typically don't allow the audience to luxuriate in a lengthy work, allow it to wash over them, ruminate on what it all means. The festival formats generally celebrate the dance. To my surprise, though, PearlArts Dance...
On Stage: Rock of Ages
Okay, so the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera production, Rock of Ages, set me off on a tangent, mining the history of juke-box musicals, where familiar music often spawns the story. The term apparently began in 1969 with the music of Burt Bacharach in the award-winning...
On Stage: Kyle at the Kennedy (and more)
Springtime in Washington D.C. means cherry blossoms and the New York City Ballet at Kennedy Center. Arguably the greatest company in the world, NYCB not only brings its dancers, but often its own New York City Ballet Orchestra as well, the better to play some of the...
On Stage: The Blanket’s “Yolk & Grove” by Beth Gill Demands (And Rewards) Repeat Viewing
On a warm overcast evening I hustle up a long metallic ramp that runs alongside the factory floor of Carrie Blast Furnace in Rankin. Entering the large repurposed space I see two long rows of folding chairs facing one another and separated by an equally long cardboard...
On Stage: The Blanket
The Blanket has morphed into so many configurations during its brief Pittsburgh life, but never so more as this year. After one of their rehearsal sessions, this one at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's light-filled and spacious studios, the central figures split off in...
On Stage: To the Point
It was being advertised as a duet between machine and dancer. But “Origami,” a featured event at the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival and the official opening for Pittsburgh Dance Council’s 50th anniversary season, was so much more than that. On the surface,...
Dance Beat: Point Park
Point Park University was aiming to focus on its new facility and the theater program for the upcoming 2019-20 season announcement. But it turned out that the dance department came to the forefront. It began with PPU president Paul Hennigan, who took note of Gabrielle...
On Stage: A Heartfelt “Come From Away”
When the planes flew into the World Trade Center, we did not/could not look past New York City for a long time. But the truth be told, there were numerous stories stemming from the residual impact of that searing, impossible-to-forget event. Searing it might have...
2018: VIP Dance Moments
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