Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Inspired by an old newspaper article, a local choreographer is breathing new life into a dance tradition that had its heyday here in the '90s.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:56PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 22, 2018
"Rushing Horizons" isn't just the title of Texture Contemporary Ballet's last program of its seventh season. It's also a glimpse into what keeps artistic director Alan …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 15, 2018
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre corps de ballet dancers JoAnna Schmidt, Masahiro Haneji and William Moore will be promoted next season, the company announced Thursday. They'll join the rank o…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Who are you when no one's watching? What do you unmask when it's just you, alone, with your thoughts?
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:08PM[SHARE]Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will premiere seven new pieces during the run of its next mainstage production.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AM[SHARE]Monday, March 12, 2018
Dancer, choreographer, tour manager, administrator, soundscape designer, fundraiser " it's all in a day's work for Anna Thompson and Taylor Knight.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Wang Ramirez is known worldwide for bringing hip-hop to concert dance stages, but to call it only a hip-hop act would be selling it short.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre soloist Alexandre Silva will retire at the end of the 2017-18 season, the company announced today.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:27PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 15, 2018
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's 2018-19 season will be marked by new ballets, more live music and a farewell to one of its longtime principal dancers.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:45AM[SHARE]Monday, February 12, 2018
"Swan Lake" has been captivating crowds for more than a century. It has scintillating choreography, an exquisite Tchaikovsky score and a gripping story of love and loss sure to tug at t…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 1, 2018
Principal Julia Erickson, one of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's longest tenured dancers, will leave the company in October, PBT announced Thursday.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:57AM[SHARE]Monday, January 22, 2018
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
At a recent adult dance class at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School in the Strip District, an instructor led a small class through some ballet basics.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Monday, November 27, 2017
There's nothing like a new year to stir thoughts of trying something new or rekindling old resolutions that dropped off during the year.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Celebrated choreographer Kyle Abraham is from Pittsburgh, but these days home is wherever the movement takes him.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 26, 2017
Monday, October 23, 2017
Thursday, October 5, 2017
These days, change is one of the few things that Kelly Strayhorn Theater executive director Janera Solomon can be sure of.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:30AM[SHARE]Monday, September 25, 2017
At age 13, Misty Copeland was an anxious teen in stocking feet, shorts and a T-shirt taking her first ballet class on a basketball court at a Boys & Girls Club in San Pedro, Calif.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:51AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 20, 2017
If we've learned anything about Attack Theatre in its 20-plus years, it's that there's no such thing as an ordinary performance.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 8, 2017
Ballet lovers are in for a treat when Sonia Rodriguez, a principal with the National Ballet of Canada, debuts "A Ballerina's Legacy" at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 31, 2017
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will toast the unofficial start of its 2017-18 season with a new wine tasting tent at its annual "Ballet Under the Stars" event.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 25, 2017
When the burden of student loans became too much to bear, Moriah Ella Mason bared her body in clubs across Pittsburgh.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:28AM[SHARE]Monday, July 24, 2017
Lincoln-Larimer native Kyle Abraham can add "cover star" to his list of accomplishments. Six dancers from his New York City-based dance troupe Abraham.In.Motion are featured o…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:20PM[SHARE]Terrence Orr will continue as artistic director for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, the company announced Monday morning.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:50AM[SHARE]Aspiring dancers know the drill all too well: train to be a performer, then head to New York City or Los Angeles to try to make it happen.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, July 21, 2017
It's a little bit country, a little bit rock 'n roll -" with some Coldplay, classical and Vanilla Ice mixed in for good measure.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:01PM[SHARE] 
