by jvranish1 | Apr 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
For years I have watched women choreographers play second fiddle to their male counterparts. Fewer females. The lack of respect they received. The scant opportunities at hand. So it was easy to see that the upcoming performance at the August Wilson Center, “Here +...
by jvranish1 | Mar 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
You would think that we would learn from our mistakes. Just the fact that choreographer Beth Corning addressed the abuse of women back in 1996 with LEGAL INNOCENCE should be enough. But it is ongoing because some of us still haven’t learned. However Corning has. She...
by jvranish1 | Dec 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Staycee Pearl truly found her groove recently at the August Wilson Center. The inspiration might have been #BLACKGIRLMAGIC, but magic was the key word. We discovered so many parts put together with uncommon ease by a woman whose range has become something to behold....
by jvranish1 | Oct 25, 2021 | Corningworks, On Stage, Uncategorized
Beth Corning enters and sits on a table, one of 10 or so dotting the stage at the New Hazlett Theater. She looks up… So do I, marveling at dozens of white shoes suspended from the ceiling. As the sound score begins throbbing, she initiates a slow table dance, her arms...
by jvranish1 | Sep 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Attack Theater didn’t waste any time sharing its new home in Lawrenceville. Located at the corner of Butler and 42nd Street, just across from New Amsterdam restaurant, the new location was the result of years of searching, with actual tours of 150 possible locations....
by jvranish1 | Aug 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
It was a warm summer evening at Hartwood acres, time for Ballet Under the Stars. Maybe Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre should rename it Ballet With the Stars, because the company, under the superb direction of Susan Jaffe, is on its way to developing a cadre of sparkling...
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