by jvranish1 | 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 Adrian Green | Mar 13, 2023 | On Stage, Pittsburgh Dance Council
Just when you thought it couldn’t be any more cold in Pittsburgh this weekend, Le Patin Libre’s Carte Blanche from Montreal brought all the chills to the iconic PPG Place in downtown Pittsburgh. This company of ex-figure skaters and one hockey player effortlessly...
by jvranish1 | Jan 22, 2020 | On Stage, Pittsburgh Dance Council, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
In the futuristic love story, The Terminator, Kyle passionately uttered, “I came back for you Sarah.” Maybe I didn’t pass through time for L.A. tap dancer Sarah Reich, but I did go back to see a second of her Pittsburgh Dance Council performances at...
by jvranish1 | Sep 7, 2015 | Pittsburgh Dance Council
With its unbridled passions and slow descent into madness, all set against the gradual decay of the Deep South, Tennesse Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire could be adapted into The Great American Ballet. As it turned out, two European companies, Hamburg Ballet and...
by jvranish1 | May 4, 2015 | On Stage, Pittsburgh Dance Council
It was our second confrontation with Pittsburgh Dance Council snow. Not the kind you shovel, but the kind you watch in wonder. The first came during the autumn of 2008, when the Inbal Pinto, ironically from Israel, introduced us to Shaker, a piece inspired by a snow...
by jvranish | Feb 25, 2010 | On Stage, Pittsburgh Dance Council
We’ve heard of Aspen, home of the rich and famous, in Colorado. We’re also well aware of Sante Fe, New Mexico, home of the artistically rich, playground of George O’Keefe and the third largest art market in the United States. The two cities share a...
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