by jvranish | Jul 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sometimes big ideas come in small packages. Such was the case with fireWALL’s latest dance offering, Admission, at the postage stamp-sized off the WALL Theater in Carnegie. It was the fourth piece choreographed by 23-year old Point Park University...
by jvranish | Jun 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
It seemed like a perfect summer evening as Staycee Pearl dance project seemingly set off the summer season with Playground. The parking lot setting outside the SPdp studio was festive with poster boards, like large pages from coloring books with connecting strings of...
by jvranish | Apr 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Most of us have identified with an enthralled Eliza Doolittle, that “Fair Lady,” as she sang I Could Have Danced All Night. But have you? Really? In Buenos Aires, tango enthusiasts have every night available to them, waiting to fill it with dance and greet...
by jvranish | Feb 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
My toes were tapping before it even began. Dance music bubbled through the intimate brick box of the Lester Hamburg Studio Theatre. Dancin’ in the Streets. Guy Lombardo (I think). Some kind of rap — I’m not sure because everyone was talking. Dance to the Music....
by jvranish | Feb 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Family-oriented entertainment takes many forms, from Disney to Stravinsky. “Stravinsky?” you might say.” Ruler of rhythmic diversity? Terrorist with time signatures? Sultan of musical sarcasm?” But Attack Theatre has never let musical complexities get in the way. This...
by jvranish | Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer ©Martha Rial is always pushing the boundaries of her camera lens. So when she went to a dress rehearsal of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Uncommon, which featured works by Mark Morris, Dwight Rhoden and Dennis Nahat to music by...
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