by jvranish | Jun 19, 2023 | Dance Beat, STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos
I went to the Kelly Strayhorn’s Alloy Studios for INTERIM! with this in mind: “Co-Artistic Directors of STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos, Staycee and Herman Pearl share an evening of multi-disciplinary collaborative explorations. The evenings include new...
by jvranish | Apr 17, 2023 | Dance Beat, Pittsburgh Dance Council
Ballet Hispanico is a welcome repeat customer at the Pittsburgh Dance Council. Things have changed over for its 50-plus years, though, but for the good. It has always been a strong group, the leading Latino version of Alvin Ailey American Dance Company in the way it...
by jvranish | Jan 18, 2023 | Dance Beat, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
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...
by jvranish | Nov 23, 2022 | Dance Beat
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...
by jvranish | May 5, 2022 | Dance Beat, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
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...
by jvranish | Nov 10, 2021 | Dance Beat, Shana Simmons Dance
Audiences are used to sitting firmly in a chair, with the dance generally unfolding in front of them. For some, that may be enough. Now audiences have a choice where they can find themselves in the midst of all the action. Yes, the future of dance is here. Shana...
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