Wednesday, 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 12:00AMThursday, September 29, 2016
British pop singer Adele has inspired Los Angeles-based artist Will B. Bell to choreograph “All I Ask,” which has garnered well over a million views on YouTube.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, September 28, 2016
Pittsburgh native Martha Graham remained a towering figure in modern dance for 65 years until she died in 1991 at age 96. She changed the landscape of dance, many say, much like artist Pablo…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThursday, September 8, 2016
Audience members got a shock when they entered the New Hazlett Theater for “Remains,” Beth Corning’s encore performance of her one-woman show.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:31PMFriday, July 22, 2016
Half of the fun in watching Texture Contemporary Ballet’s annual summer explosion — seeing a handful of resident company artists turn into a viable mid-sized company of 17 — is watchin…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:42PMThursday, July 21, 2016
“Interfusion” is yet another appropriate title for Texture Contemporary Ballet’s latest summer venture at the New Hazlett Theater. Founder Alan Obuzor is reaching out once again to the…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, July 20, 2016
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Choreographer Elisa-Marie Alaio had a secret. She recently revealed an eight-year struggle with an eating disorder at a benefit for The Emily Project, a national organization that has opened…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSaturday, June 11, 2016
Drag queens and ordinary folks won’t be the only ones dancing in the streets Sunday at PrideFest.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThursday, June 9, 2016
“Right now I’m really in an amazing place, personally and professionally,” Greer Reed says as she looks around the bright lobby of her new dance studio, Bell Arts Academy.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThursday, June 2, 2016
Director/dancer Pearlann Porter calls her latest project “a meditation, a Downtown Zen.”
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMMonday, May 9, 2016
The Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty, continues to grow into a true Pittsburgh success story, one built on a wide range of arts presentations as well as a strong sense of community. I…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThursday, May 5, 2016
Many of us have meandered among the floating metallic pillows in the “Silver Clouds” exhibit on the fifth floor of The Andy Warhol Museum, an early example of interactive art.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSunday, April 17, 2016
Attack Theatre’s latest project, “Laws of Attraction,” may have been inspired by a third grade science class, but it ventured far afield to embrace a wide swath of humanity and history…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:47PMSunday, April 10, 2016
The men are brandishing their scimitars at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre studios, preparing for adventure on the high seas in the company’s upcoming debut of “Le Corsaire” (“The Pira…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMFriday, April 1, 2016
The seemingly ageless Beth Corning, artistic director of The Glue Factory Project, has always ventured boldly into theatrical dance adventures and openly posed universal questions that the r…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, March 16, 2016
Dancers are surrounded by reflections, rehearsing before mirrors that expose every flaw. But it goes much deeper than that, an eternal search to achieve artistic perfection.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMFriday, March 11, 2016
Mixed bills in dance are just that — a blend of mood, time and balance in an engaging, ideally thought-provoking evening designed to suit just about everyone. Even though the Pittsburgh Ba…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:01PMThursday, February 25, 2016
When multi-award winner Louise Lecavalier brings “So Blue” to her Pittsburgh Dance Council debut at the Byham Theater on Friday, she plans to take things to the extreme.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, February 24, 2016
Sunday, February 7, 2016
For those with a desire for dance, the biggest must-see in Pittsburgh may be located at Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Company. With the latest in American choreographic trends…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:11PMWhen Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s “Peter Pan” returns Friday to the Benedum Center for a rare two-week run, the title character will still be flying through the air with the greatest of…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, January 27, 2016
Because it exists within the moment and is never performed the same way twice, dance is always, in a way, “Unseen,” the title of Bodiography’s latest program at the Byham Theater.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:13PMIt’s a seemingly impossible journey to make from Soweto to “Swan Lake,” from the grounded realities and poverty of the famed African township in Johannesburg to the fantastical storybo…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSaturday, December 5, 2015
It’s that time of year when the world seems to fall in love with “The Nutcracker” and local fans flock to Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s annual production at the Benedum Center.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:08PMWednesday, December 2, 2015
The older we get, the more we are awash in memories. So it is with director/choreographer Pearlann Porter, who is reviving “Paper Memory” as she transitions from The Pillow Project …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSaturday, November 21, 2015
Downtown Pittsburgh is bursting with stage venues that both entertain and excite audiences. But to get into the thick of the action, try the art galleries.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, November 11, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
East meets West in a fresh new way as the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust continues its India in Focus series. Brilliant young talent Aakash Odedra will unveil some of the latest developments in h…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSaturday, October 24, 2015
Any one of the three works on Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s season opener would be cause for excitement. But when put together — the unabashed joy of Jiri Kylian’s “Sinfonietta,” the…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:39PMWednesday, October 7, 2015
Kelly-Strayhorn Theater’s executive director Janera Solomon is determined to create a win-win situation for artists and audiences this fall with its KST Presents programming.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM 
