by jvranish | Sep 28, 2009 | Dance Notes
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. That’s the name of an event at the Andy Warhol Museum honoring Richard Parsakian, who could be considered Pittsburgh dance’s best friend, although many other arts organizations might contest that. Richard has his fingers in so...
by jvranish | Sep 9, 2009 | Dance Notes
ATTACKING THE OPERA. Last week Attack Theatre held an open house at its new digs, Pittsburgh Opera, located at Liberty Avenue and 25th St. in the Strip District. Spirits were high and the opera’s debonair general director Christopher Hahn was very much in...
by jvranish | Aug 23, 2009 | Dance Notes, Pittsburgh Dance Companies
PBT PREPARES FOR HOLOCAUST BALLET. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will fly to Washington D.C. and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum August 25 in preparation for the local premiere of Stephen Mills’ “Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project” in...
by jvranish | Aug 19, 2009 | Dance Notes
I get all warm and fuzzy when someone speaks about dance and the arts with a combination of passion and intelligence. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, a neighbor of national historic dance site Jacob’s Pillow, recently gave a talk there and offered words like these:...
by jvranish | Aug 13, 2009 | Dance Notes, Pittsburgh Dance Companies
CONSERVATORY DANCE COMPANY. Point Park University has announced its dance season and it has some notable programming. Faculty member Keisha Lalama-White will premiere a new work called “The Bench,” for the holiday season. It will celebrate “family...
by jvranish | Aug 12, 2009 | Dance Notes, Pittsburgh Dance Companies
THE MURAL PROJECT. It was a surprise to head to Dance Alloy last Friday. I was expecting to see an unformed dance in rehearsal clothes. But Greer Reed-Jones had groomed her fledgling group, August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble, for its debut performance. It’s...
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