by jvranish1 | Jul 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Springtime in Washington D.C. means cherry blossoms and the New York City Ballet at Kennedy Center. Arguably the greatest company in the world, NYCB not only brings its dancers, but often its own New York City Ballet Orchestra as well, the better to play some of the...
by Moriah Ella Mason | Jul 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
On a warm overcast evening I hustle up a long metallic ramp that runs alongside the factory floor of Carrie Blast Furnace in Rankin. Entering the large repurposed space I see two long rows of folding chairs facing one another and separated by an equally long cardboard...
by jvranish1 | Jul 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Blanket has morphed into so many configurations during its brief Pittsburgh life, but never so more as this year. After one of their rehearsal sessions, this one at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s light-filled and spacious studios, the central figures split off...
by jvranish1 | Jun 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
It was being advertised as a duet between machine and dancer. But “Origami,” a featured event at the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival and the official opening for Pittsburgh Dance Council’s 50th anniversary season, was so much more than that. On the surface,...
by jvranish1 | Jun 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Point Park University was aiming to focus on its new facility and the theater program for the upcoming 2019-20 season announcement. But it turned out that the dance department came to the forefront. It began with PPU president Paul Hennigan, who took note of Gabrielle...
by jvranish1 | Apr 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
When the planes flew into the World Trade Center, we did not/could not look past New York City for a long time. But the truth be told, there were numerous stories stemming from the residual impact of that searing, impossible-to-forget event. Searing it might have...
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