242 stories by "Sara Bauknecht / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"
His final performance will be in "Giselle" with the PBT orchestra, which will open the company's 50th anniversary season in October.Â
This spring marked two years since DanceAfrica's founding father died at age 80, but his mission lives on through the annual event.Â
While many dance companies take a break during the summer, Texture Contemporary Ballet is about to open its 2019-20 season.
The Blanket has enlisted New York City choreographer Beth Gill to create a mashup of dance works to be presented in the Carrie Furnaces.
Don't expect a piece that deals with depression to be, well, depressing, thanks to animation and a funky, gamer-inspired soundscape.
Pittsburgh dancers and others in over 170 cities will hold performances on Saturday in the name of clean, safe drinking water.Â
In "Origami," a dancer scales a huge shipping container as it changes shape. The Point State Park performance is part of the arts festival.
The inaugural edition of the pearlPRESENTS dance festival will bring seven days of programming to the New Hazlett Theater.Â
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From classical ballet to cutting-edge contemporary dance, there's lots to see from early June through the dog days of August.
Workshops and performances will be held through Sunday at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty and The Alloy Studios in Friendship.
While many people know its good-versus-evil tale, what audiences may not know is just how much goes into bringing this ballet to life.Â
A show spotlighting innovative women choreographers and masterworks by current and legendary artists are also highlights of the new season.
Maria Caruso and Bodiography Contemporary Ballet dancers will perform "Steps in the Street" by Martha Graham at Byham Theater.
You could call it a mix between the Hasbro board game Mousetrap and Hitchcock's film "Rear Window," minus the murder.
Attack Theatre pairs the zany world of cartoonist Rube Goldberg with the complexity of Bach's famed "Goldberg Variations."
For its 2019-20 season, Pittsburgh Dance Council ventures beyond Byham Theater and into alternative spaces, including a church and a park.
Dance classes and performances of all kinds will be held across the city Monday through April 14 as part of Pittsburgh Dance Week 2019. Â
Here's a look at three Pittsburgh companies that will debut new shows this month and what went into the process.
With diversity in dance a hot topic, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre collaborates with Dance Theatre of Harlem at the August Wilson Center.
Choreographer Paul Taylor, who was born in Wilkinsburg, died in August at age 88 of renal failure.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre 50th anniversary mainstage season 2019-20
How do you turn a timeless American novel into a bold new ballet? PBT’s “Great Gatsby” has been a work in progress since late 2017.
Yanis Marshall rose to stardom on the TV show “Britain’s Got Talent.” He’ll hold two workshops and a Q&A at Millennium Dance Complex.
2019 is already shaping up to be a dynamic one for dance across the city.
The dance department’s winter concert will be the first official production on the PNC Theatre stage in the new Pittsburgh Playhouse.
