Forty years ago, Chuck Davis -" affectionately known as "Baba Chuck" -" created the festival DanceAfrica to celebrate and preserve African dance traditions and culture. It started in Br…
Beauty, sex, predator culture, feminism " potent subjects don't faze fireWALL Dance Theater.
One of the highlights of the dance programming at this year's Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, is Blue Lapis Light " an aerial dance tro…
Choreographer Staycee Pearl and her husband, sound designer/​producer Herman "Soy Sos" Pearl, have long loved the music of American jazz singer/​songwriter and activist Abbey L…
Get ready to dance the summer away!
Before Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre marks the unofficial start of its season at Hartwood Acres in late August, it will head to southwestern New York for a one-night performance at the Chautauqu…
After a year as the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's director of dance programming and special projects, Randal Miller's vision for the position has stayed true to what it was on Day 1: make danc…
It's been a season of milestones for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: a new "Giselle" production, a blockbuster collaboration with Dance Theatre of Harlem and the 15th year for its signature "Nutc…
Each spring, the Byham Theater showcase presented by Point Park University's Conservatory Dance Company is considered a crowning moment for student dancers. Oftentimes, it's their first tast…
After four years with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, corps de ballet dancer Diana Yohe will be promoted to soloist for the 2017-18 season, the company announced.
Watching dance can be like looking through a kaleidoscope. It refracts and reflects the world in extraordinary ways.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder " but what about truth?
When a distinguished physicist compares the make up of the early universe to "a steaming hot dance floor," you know you're in for an entertaining evening.
"Velocity" isn't just the name of Texture Contemporary Ballet's latest mixed repertory show, which opens Friday at the New Hazlett Theater on the North Side. That word also describes th…
When Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's dancers take to the stage this week, they'll have company: the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
In the early 1990s, London's English National Ballet was at a crossroads.
As Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre eyes its 48th season, don't expect it to coast into its golden years.
How do you mark a milestone: with a special event, creating something new or maybe even taking a trip? Bodiography Contemporary Ballet has all of this and more in store to commemorate its 15…
An Attack Theatre performance is a little like a roller coaster, filled with twists, turns and thrills.
Few things are as quintessentially Christmas as "The Nutcracker." In 1816, E.T.A. Hoffmann penned the beloved tale of a young girl's favorite toy coming to life and whisking her away on…
Ballet is often synonymous with tutus, pointe shoes and old master choreographers such as George Balanchine " but it's so much more than that.
In time for "Nutcracker" season, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is adding another dancer to its roster, the company announced Monday.
At just 14, Murrysville native Maddie Ziegler wears a lot of hats: dancer, reality TV star, budding actress and muse to Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Sia, to name a few. This fall, she …
When Christopher Budzynski left Boston Ballet for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, he thought he might dance professionally for only three more years.
The classic "Giselle," ripe with romance and drama, is a tried and true way to open the curtain on a new season. But when Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre stages it to kick off its 47th season, it …