by jvranish | Aug 29, 2009 | Off Stage, Pittsburgh Dance Companies
There was some extracurricular activity surrounding Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s annual performance at Hartwood Acres. Enjoy! Future Dancers? Share...
by jvranish | Jul 22, 2009 | Off Stage
So the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is celebrating 25 years of performances, workshops and real estate deals that transformed the Liberty/Penn Avenue corridor from seedy to spectacular. With Carol Brown and now Kevin McMahon at the helm, this organization may be the...
by jvranish | Jul 10, 2009 | Off Stage, Pittsburgh Dance Companies
Pearlann Porter is up to her ears in two by fours and running on 12 cups of coffee prior to The Pillow Project’s new season. It’s called Second Saturdays and to Porter, they’re something like “performance happenings.” “Dance tends...
by jvranish | Jul 7, 2009 | 1, Off Stage
It turns out that I’ve known Billy Elliot since he was thirteen years old. Only this guy isn’t British — he’s hometown star Stephen Hanna, who plays Billy’s older self in the current Broadway hit. Back then he was a tiny blond phenom with...
by jvranish | Jun 20, 2009 | Off Stage
On television’s So You Think You Can Dance, Emmy award-winning choreographer and judge Mia Michaels seems undeterred by Nigel Lythgoe, unfazed by the screaming from Mary Murphy and nonplussed by the whole audience scene. Recently the Emmy-winning choreographer...
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