PIFOF: Quantum Theatre

PIFOF: Quantum Theatre

The Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts comes around once every five years and I’ve seen virtually everything that its sponsor, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, has had to offer. I feel like it’s taken me around the world and transformed the way I...

Dance Beat: New Security Regulations

FYI Arts Lovers: The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will be instituting new security measures in the near future. Below are the details from the Trust:  After a thorough benchmarking and vetting process against numerous performing arts venues across the country, the...

Dance Beat: An Exciting Dance Fall (Part 2)

Last time, the dance roster included what might be termed the major players, given budget and presence. But it is the small arts initiatives, driven by individual passion and imagination, that give Pittsburgh its richness, its true essence. Try to take in a...

Dance Beat: An Exciting Dance Fall (Part I)

The fall has a special place in dance. Not the season upon us, but the purposeful way of quickly changing levels and embracing the floor. However, Fall 2018 may truly become a singularly memorable time in Pittsburgh dance. Various organizations in the dance community...

Dance Beat: Paul and Arthur, Arthur and Paul

How sad that two dance giants chose to make their exit in such a quick succession! Paul Taylor is one of two modern dance choreographers born in the Pittsburgh area (the other being Martha Graham). He told me that he lived here in early childhood, but now his...

Dance Beat: A New Space Downtown

Point Park University has done it right. It has finished a substantial expansion to its Downtown campus — the new Pittsburgh Playhouse, a theater complex just across from the Tower at PNC Plaza that will add to Pittsburgh’s already vibrant growth. Through...