Sunday, December 13, 2015
Ballerinas make twirling on their toes and emoting to the masses look so easy. In reality, though, it takes being a lot of things to make it happen: an athlete, an actor and even a beauty bu…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSaturday, December 5, 2015
When “I’ve never seen anything like that” is the first thing you hear in the audience when the lights come up after a dance performance on opening night, you know that company is doing…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:59PMSunday, November 29, 2015
It’s one of the most enchanting scenes in the holiday classic “The Nutcracker.” In the heart of the ballet’s first act, the house’s seemingly ordinary Christmas tree begins to…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSunday, November 22, 2015
Curriculum changes, community collaborations, choreographer commissions — that’s just some of what Ruben Graciani has been up to since becoming Point Park University’s dance depar…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSaturday, November 14, 2015
Attack Theatre knows a thing or two about tapping into the pedestrian and making it performance worthy. Its latest creation, “Remainder | Northside,” which premiered Friday night at…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:08PMWednesday, November 11, 2015
“New Horizons” isn’t just the name of the Tamburitzans’ latest show, which can be seen Saturday at West Mifflin Area Middle School. The multicultural music and dance ensemble is navi…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMTuesday, November 10, 2015
Hot on the heels of Philadanco’s performance last month at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, the venue opens its doors to another dance force not seen here in several …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSunday, October 18, 2015
For anyone unsure of the rigor or reputation of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, the company says: Come see this show.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMMonday, October 12, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Surupa Sen is not exaggerating when she says she lives, eats and sleeps Odissi, one of the world’s oldest dance traditions from India.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMFriday, September 25, 2015
In dance, timing is everything. The counts of the steps chart the path for the choreography. The meter of the music does, too. The moving pictures performers bring to life on stage with thei…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThursday, September 10, 2015
For more than 20 years, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Dancers Trust has helped company dancers transition to their next steps in life after retirement. Since then, nearly $100,000 has been a…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:43PMTuesday, September 8, 2015
There’s nothing like a milestone to make you ponder the passage of time: Why are we here? Are we spending our days wisely? What’s the purpose of it all?
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThursday, August 13, 2015
There’s a lot buzzing these days behind the scenes at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. The company is preparing for its premiere performance in Chicago this month and a mainstage season rich wit…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThursday, July 16, 2015
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is hitting the road this summer to make its debut at the Chicago Dancing Festival.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThursday, June 4, 2015
Dance comes in all shapes, styles and sizes. Some kinds are well known. Others, not so much.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSunday, May 24, 2015
Once upon a time, aspiring dancers followed a predictable path in pursuit of their dreams. Move to a big city, audition tirelessly and, if you’re lucky, maybe you’ll land a contract with…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThursday, May 21, 2015
With summer on the horizon, it's time to kick up your feet -- or watch others do it!
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, May 20, 2015
The Pittsburgh Dance Council closed its 2014-15 season on a steamy, Southern high with a spellbinding display of talent and storytelling by the Scottish Ballet in “A Streetcar Named D…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:25AMSunday, May 17, 2015
The talent pool is deep these days at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School — so much so that all of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s latest company hires are alumni of its growing gradua…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSunday, May 3, 2015
Since its inception in 2008, the newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival has been a way for the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater to showcase a slice of contemporary dance’s emerging and established fi…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThursday, April 16, 2015
At a gala marking the final weekend of its 45th mainstage season, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre tonight announced a $20 million campaign that will expand its PBT School and its presence in the r…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:00PMWednesday, April 15, 2015
The dance world is ripe with fresh voices -- and Pittsburgh’s dance audiences are eager to hear what they have to say.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:35AMTuesday, April 7, 2015
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre put its technical and artistic prowess center stage in a meaty mixed repertory program of Pittsburgh premieres in March. Now it’s about to raise the rigor of its …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:05PMSunday, April 5, 2015
Choreographer Pearlann Porter is well acquainted with how time can toy with perspective.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:26PMSunday, March 29, 2015
“Welcome back to the first night of winter,” a man’s voice said jokingly over the loudspeaker as he welcomed the audience to the Union Tanguera performance on an unseasonably cold Satu…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:16AMWednesday, March 25, 2015
Greer Reed isn’t content with plateaus. She’s maintained a viable foothold in the evolving Pittsburgh dance scene over the years by growing and changing with it.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:26AMSunday, March 22, 2015
In their elementary readers, school children of yesteryear saw Dick and Jane run and laugh and play with Spot and Puff. But what ever happened to these cherubic characters and their “…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:55PM 
