Friday, September 22, 2017
Attack Theatre began its 23rd season by throwing all the rules out the window … for the umpteenth time. The vehicle was their art interaction program, “Some Assembly Required,” which h…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:59PMThursday, September 7, 2017
Beth Corning has always offered a deeply personal approach to dance theater, delving into her family history and bringing thoughtful responses to social issues. But the success of those prod…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:28PMWednesday, September 6, 2017
For 2017-18, Pittsburgh Dance Council will come swiftly out of the season’s gate with Pittsburgh native Kyle Abraham and San Francisco-based Alonzo King, covering the United States in one …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:34PMSunday, August 6, 2017
It was inevitable that Interstate 79 would be built in 1975, given the well-worn path that Pittsburghers had carved to the Chautauqua Institution in New York State, over the years.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSunday, July 30, 2017
An ugly drenching rain may have forced the cancellation of The Blanket’s debut on Friday at Point State Park, but Pittsburgh’s newest dance company could not have asked for a more pitch-…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00PMTuesday, July 18, 2017
Texture Contemporary Ballet’s Alan Obuzor is absolutely submerged these days.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:00AMFriday, June 23, 2017
Choreographer and dancer Elisa-Marie Alaio, now in the opening throes of a young and impassioned career, has taken up the banner of a young feminist full of bravado, self-discovery and, with…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:13PMAt 81 years “and still counting,” Pittsburgh dance icon Larry Cervi saw his name come down this month from the last marquee of what was once his network of six studios.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSaturday, June 3, 2017
For an event often drenched by showers and thunderstorms, the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival had a perfect opening Friday night for its 58th edition, capped by the appropriately titl…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMFriday, May 26, 2017
It’s rare when you find a project that so beautifully illuminates the talents of a rich Pittsburgh artist collective as in “ABBEY: In the Red,” now on view at the August Wilson Center …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:08PMThursday, May 18, 2017
From the start, Attack Theatre has always been the face of founders Michele de la Reza and Peter Kope, with substantial help from their dancers, of course. Now, for the first time since Atta…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSaturday, April 22, 2017
Ending its season on an emotional high, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre unveiled the North American premiere of Derek Deane’s “Romeo and Juliet,” a production that wore its considerable hear…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:09PMThursday, April 20, 2017
There will be a lot to celebrate when BJM Danse caps the Pittsburgh Dance Council season Saturday at the Byham Theater, Downtown. The company itself is the second oldest group (45 years) in …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, April 12, 2017
As a young girl, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre ballet mistress Marianna Tcherkassky used to go on school field trips to the Smithsonian Institution on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, March 22, 2017
Outer space has fascinated choreographer Pearlann Porter since she was a child.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSunday, March 19, 2017
The title for Texture Contemporary Ballet’s latest program may have been “Velocity,” but it mostly centered on introspection, emotion and the mystical, all carefully prepared.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:37PMSaturday, March 18, 2017
It was a grand night for ballet at the August Wilson Center on Thursday, the official start of a two-week partnership between Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Dance Theatre of Harlem.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:51PMMonday, March 6, 2017
As long as he can remember, Travis Wall was a man on a mission. He seemed to have his own “wall” of energy, something that propelled him to New York City and Broadway at age 12 and sent …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, March 1, 2017
It will be an evening of firsts when the Pittsburgh Dance Council partners with the Falcon Archers of Canonsburg. The occasion will be the opening image of “Bow,” part of a program by Be…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, February 15, 2017
It’s hard for dancers, especially young women, to stand out in the crowd of talent currently populating the global scene. But a collection of giant photos at the August Wilson Center for A…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSaturday, February 11, 2017
“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” So goes a line from Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland,” the most quoted of all children’s books and a quintessentially…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:51PMThursday, February 9, 2017
That fungus among us, the dance company endearingly known as Pilobolus, uses a shotgun approach, like its biological namesake, to fling its spores around and grow.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, February 1, 2017
Still looking for ways to get in the swing of things in 2017? Ready to try something new? Why not create a dance sampler for yourself?
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSunday, January 22, 2017
Janera Solomon looked out her front door and saw Uber’s self-driving cars picking up people coming from the nearby Ace Hotel Pittsburgh.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSunday, December 4, 2016
The choreographic assignment for the Point Park University Conservatory Dance Company’s latest program, “Ballet Off-Center,” was to stretch the limits of a classical art form in new wa…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:41PMSaturday, December 3, 2016
It’s hard to believe that Terrence Orr’s sparkling version of “The Nutcracker” for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has been around for 15 years and is once again filling the stage at the B…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:31PMThursday, December 1, 2016
It’s that time of year when “The Nutcracker” rules the local dance scene. But Attack Theatre has always gone its own merry way over the years, most notably with “This Ain’t the Nut…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSaturday, October 29, 2016
It’s that time of year when things go bump in the night and spirits might seem to dance before our eyes. To satisfy any craving for ghostly splendor and yet add a dose of reality, Pittsbur…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:34PMThursday, October 20, 2016
Memory is an inexhaustible part of dance. Not only are the steps committed to it, but also memory was the method, prior to videotaping, where historical works were carefully passed down thro…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSunday, October 9, 2016
Gianna Martello probably knows Abby Lee Miller better than anyone. As an alumnus of the famed Penn Hills studio that is now featured on Lifetime’s TV show “Dance Moms,” she has spent 2…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, October 5, 2016
It's called “Some Assembly Required,” but it’s not a piece of furniture from IKEA. It is an interactive performance that translates a piece of art into music, dance and conversatio…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM 
