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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: Hamilton!
Photos: (c) Joan Marcus Almost four years after its Broadway debut, Hamilton finally made its way to Pittsburgh and an eager audience at the Benedum Center. And even though it was the second time around for me (the first was recently at a Kennedy Center benefit for...
On Stage: Hip Hop Nut
The dance field is getting more crowded around this time of year -- call it a Holiday Rave. There's the venerable Nutcracker at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, something that transcends it all.For musical theater lovers, though, there's Elf. Film buffs...
Video: Love Letter to Dance
Video: Love Letter to Dance
On Stage: “Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins” and more…
As a child, New York City choreographer Christopher Williams would visit the National Zoo in Washington D.C. and, to his parents’ chagrin, develop “an intensive love of creatures that were other than human. I would come home and imitate pigmy hippos and giraffes,” become involved in an “alternate physicality.”
PIFOF: Deborah Colker, In the Tunnel, What’s That?
Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts has been a great megaphone for political/social causes, certainly the best way to express sentiments in today’s politically combustible society.
PIFOF: Mrs. Krishnan, Gab Squad, Blind Cinema
Previous editions of Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts provided a mystical maze that delved into the latest developments in global performance -- all decidedly adult. This year there was a deliberate effort to include children's and family entertainment,...
PIFOF: Cirque Éloize Hotel
Pittsburgh has become a favorite stomping ground for Cirque du Soleil and I have to admit that I have seen virtually everything the venerable Montreal troupe has to offer. So as I took my seat at the Benedum Center for the PIFOF world premiere of Hotel, I wondered...
PIFOF: Manifold
We see plenty of ballet onstage at the Benedum Center, mostly from Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, but we've never seen a ballet (of sorts) projected onto the facade of the former movie palace. Then came Manifold. There it was -- an eight-minute example of projection...
PIFOF: Beyond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTRGJIiVIEs It's the signature face of the Festival of Firsts, a tunnel-like structure that sits in a parking lot across Penn Avenue from the Benedum center. Unlike a tunnel, it's rather transparent, but ringed with lights that have a...
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