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A bright red container that housed a fearless woman who embraced the slowly moving parts beneath her.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:56PMSunday, March 17, 2019
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Thursday, December 13, 2018
Pittsburgh isn’t the only city that adds its own spice to the beloved “Nutcracker” ballet.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:01PMSunday, October 28, 2018
The PBT opening performance was also a farewell to outgoing principal dancer Julia Erickson.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:27PMWednesday, October 24, 2018
For its second showcase, The Blanket will present the works of renowned choreographer Christopher Williams.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AMWednesday, September 5, 2018
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
The music coming from the rehearsal at Studio 19 Dance Complex in Adams was a mashup of Broadway, rock, disco and just about anything else under the sun. But that’s nothing new for Texture…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AMTuesday, June 12, 2018
Dance recital season, usually between April and June, is big business. With an estimated 100 studios located in Western Pennsylvania, thousands of teachers and students are busy these days p…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:06AMWednesday, June 6, 2018
In the early years of the Three Rivers Arts Festival, the most memorable and compelling dance focused on experimental artists like composer/mover Meredith Monk, spinning queen Laura Dean and…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AMMonday, May 7, 2018
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre might have closed its season at the Benedum Center this weekend with the birthday centennial of a great American choreographer in Jerome Robbins, as well as compose…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:00AMWednesday, April 18, 2018
Instead of browsing the artificial flowers at Michael’s, shoppers at The Waterfront in Homestead might be lured away by a dance encounter for the next few weeks.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:30AMThursday, April 12, 2018
Most people like to linger in their comfort zones, knowing the dimensions of their spatial blueprint and its corresponding boundaries.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:30AMTina Berkett was in the middle of a homecoming for her Post-Gazette interview last Saturday. The native of Queens had accompanied her Los Angeles-based repertory company, with the oh-so-appr…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:00AMSunday, March 18, 2018
With March Madness upon us, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre could have created its own artistic turmoil by presenting no less than seven world premieres, all created by company members.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:38PMMonday, March 12, 2018
Forty may be the operative number for the latest Glue Factory Project. Not only is this the 40th year in artistic director Beth Corning’s vast dance journey, but also her host and collabor…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:30AMSunday, March 4, 2018
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Tales of doomed lovers amid castles and forests and seductive mists — it’s the perfect setting for a classical ballet, particularly around Valentine’s Day. There are a few choices to b…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:40PMMonday, February 12, 2018
We know that the Pittsburgh Dance Council tries to stay ahead of the trends. But executive director Randal Miller couldn’t have predicted that Diavolo: Architecture in Motion, a Los Angele…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:00AMThursday, February 8, 2018
“I’d come to that point of my career where I was feeling stale,” says Bodiography artistic director Maria Caruso, who was closing in on 100 choreographic works in her career. “I want…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AMFriday, January 12, 2018
When Grupo Corpo takes to the Byham Theater stage on Wednesday, it will celebrate both past and present. For over 40 years, the company whose name translates as “Group Body” has been a s…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:09PMTuesday, January 9, 2018
“It started with six celebrities and became a national phenomenon,” stated a television ad about the upcoming finale of “Dancing with the Stars” during its first year in 2005.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:12PMMonday, December 11, 2017
While the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s production of “The Nutcracker” is undeniably a family treat, it’s the matinees that truly bring out Marie wannabes and Sugar Plums aplenty in th…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMWednesday, December 6, 2017
Choreographer Pearlann Porter and partner John Lambert were up until 5 a.m. for a nightlong brainstorming session, leaving her with a “jazz cold.”
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AMWednesday, November 29, 2017
“Once a Marine, always a Marine.” Pittsburgher Jimmy Cvetic is all that and more — a retired policeman (uniformed, detective and undercover), founder of the Western Pennsylvania Police…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:16PMSaturday, November 11, 2017
There was a reception committee for native son and international choreographer Kyle Abraham onstage Friday night at the August Wilson Center. Along with Pittsburgh Dance Council executive di…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:02AMSaturday, October 28, 2017
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s opening production, “Dracula,” is obviously inspired by Bram Stoker’s Gothic novel, allowing audiences to view a sampling of the count’s reign of terror…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:52PMThursday, October 5, 2017
When Alonzo King LINES Ballet opens the Pittsburgh Dance Council season at the Byham Theater, it won’t be the only local organization to be attracted to the distinctive San Francisco-based…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWednesday, September 27, 2017
Dance is built on connections. We see them onstage, as performers link and unlink in choreographic ways. But others are behind the scenes, where even the national dance community seems small…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:00AMFriday, 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 01:59PM 
