The City of Asylum is celebrating "Ten Years of Giving Voice." Most famously known for its work in supporting writers who are living in exile, it also has reached out to Pittsburgh immigrant…
"It's strange for us to be coming to America with such a well-known American title," quips Scottish Ballet artistic director Christopher Hampson of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Des…
In 2009, the Kelly Strayhorn Theater's executive director Janera Solomon began newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival. It's a massive undertaking, with an array of workshops and panel discussi…
Dance is cherished for many things. But the fact that it exists only in the moment, destined to change with each succeeding performance, sometimes mightily, gives this physical art form a un…
With "Swan Lake" and "The Sleeping Beauty" topping the list of classical ballets, some people may forget about Marius Petipa's "La Bayadere," an exotic foray into ancient India.
You can always "Expect the Unexpected" in dance, as Chartiers Valley Performing Arts wants to demonstrate at its annual showcase this year. Or like Yanlai Dance Academy's "The Chinese Nutcra…
The title of Beth Corning's latest work for The Glue Factory Project, a reworked and expanded "at Once there was a House," might be misleading. Currently puzzling audiences at the New Hazlet…
Art will imitate life when the French-Argentinian ensemble Union Tanguera seductively makes its way to the Byham Theater on Saturday night. Presented by the Pittsburgh Dance Council, the sev…
Since its inception, Point Park University's Conservatory of Dance Company has prided itself on a diversity that was mostly geared toward commercial work or easy-on-the-eyes physicality for …
Texture Contemporary Ballet is closing out its fourth season. In that relatively short period of time, the prolific young company has given its enthusiastic Pittsburgh audiences 55 new dance…