by jvranish_m | Jan 8, 2010 | Off Stage, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Dance studios all have the a sense of sameness, much like McDonald’s or Friday’s. In the case of a studio, you have the barre, the mirrors, a music source (and a piano if you’re lucky) and perhaps a few chairs. But set a photographer loose and, all...
by jvranish_m | Jan 6, 2010 | Attack Theatre, Dance Alloy Theater, Off Stage, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Dance Council
As 2000 approached we dreaded the Y2K millenium bug, supposedly residing in all of our computers. But we “Ought” not have dreaded the first decade of a new century — at least dance-wise. Dance was beginning to explode in many ways, and while we...
by jvranish_m | Jan 4, 2010 | Attack Theatre, Dance Alloy Theater, Off Stage, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, The Pillow Project
In you case you missed it, my Top Ten in dance appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in December. Now we can discuss the performers who infused that choreography and their considerable contributions to a vibrant local dance scene. Kudos to the women, who were...
by jvranish_m | Dec 28, 2009 | Attack Theatre, Dance Notes, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, The Pillow Project
DANCE OUT THE OLD. Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s First Night festivities will include diverse interests in dance like Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, featuring Christine Schwaner and Alexandre Silve with PBT grad students (Byham Theater, 7 p.m.), Attack Theatre’s...
by jvranish_m | Dec 26, 2009 | Dance Notes, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
THE GLUE FACTORY. Former Dance Alloy Theater artistic director Beth Corning is up and moving again. She has resurrected THE GLUE FACTORY, a project that she initiated in Minnesota and is now resurrected here in Pittsburgh under the aegis of her new company, CORNING...
by jvranish_m | Dec 15, 2009 | Ballroom, Dance Notes, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Point Park University
GOING GREEN. Point Park University has received the Trane Energy Efficiency Leader in Education Award for its new dance complex, which opened in 2007. If you haven’t seen it, plan a visit. Your best bet might be a performance at the George Roland White...
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