On Stage: Inside Women

by | Jul 9, 2016 | Uncategorized

We all know that women wear many faces while they perform many things — nurture children, run a home, hold down a job and create new and wonderful things. But it’s great to see younger women realizing this, as in Elisa-Marie Alaio’s feminist-inspired...

On Stage: Dance Recitals 2016

by | Jun 22, 2016 | Uncategorized

Congratulations to all the dance studios in the Pittsburgh area for another stellar year. Dance Showcase made its recital Destination Dance, while West Point Ballet followed the yellow brick road to its own destination with a new production of The Wizard of Oz....

On Street: Spawning an Ellipses Condition

by | Jun 8, 2016 | Uncategorized

Pearlann Porter and John Lambert threw out a colorful and meticulous tease of their fall series of events designed to puzzle and delight onlookers in Downtown Pittsburgh. Pearlann talked about it in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and John apparently chalked himself into,...

Dance Beat: Following a Tune

by | Jun 5, 2016 | Uncategorized

I’ve never had a true Bucket List — I tend to live in the present, which is all that matters for the dance that I have watched for 40-plus years. But when I was in my 20’s, living without Internet and with Pittsburgh dance still in its infancy, I...

On Stage: Waltzing "Matilda"? No Way!

by | Jun 4, 2016 | Uncategorized

    Matilda the Musical might be based on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book, but its transformation to the stage, a co-presentation of the Pittsburgh CLO summer series and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh, is...