242 stories by "Sara Bauknecht / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"
It's not easy being an up-and-coming dance company. How do you stand out? How do you attract an audience? How do you make your mark?
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will make history Thursday when it opens its latest mixed repertory program. It will be the first time that a work choreographed by a current company member will de…
A turning point in Pittsburgh dance took place Saturday night inside The Space Upstairs in Point Breeze. After more than a decade as the home of Pearlann Porter's Pillow Project dance compan…
The Pittsburgh Dance Council announced today that Friday night's performance of Canadian artist Louise Lecavalier's "Fou Glorieux" at the Byham Theater has been canceled.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has been hard at work lately expanding the rigor of its repertoire with contemporary masterworks by the likes of Mark Morris, William Forsythe and Jiri Kylian. But …
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre still is in the thick of its 2015-16 season, but the next one is already shaping up to be a good one.
At a recent rehearsal, a huddle of Point Park Conservatory dancers worked on a sequence of steps while maneuvering through a web of thick red straps that bound them together. In another…
Paging through a recent issue of Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit or some other national performing arts publication, you'll likely come across more than one mention of Pittsburgh connection.
For its latest mainstage offering, Bodiography Contemporary Ballet gave us "Unseen" this weekend at Byham Theater -- where there was plenty to be seen.
Ballerinas make twirling on their toes and emoting to the masses look so easy. In reality, though, it takes being a lot of things to make it happen: an athlete, an actor and even a beauty bu…
When "I've never seen anything like that" is the first thing you hear in the audience when the lights come up after a dance performance on opening night, you know that company is doing somet…
It's one of the most enchanting scenes in the holiday classic "The Nutcracker." In the heart of the ballet's first act, the house's seemingly ordinary Christmas tree begins to grow up, …
Curriculum changes, community collaborations, choreographer commissions " that's just some of what Ruben Graciani has been up to since becoming Point Park University's dance department …
Attack Theatre knows a thing or two about tapping into the pedestrian and making it performance worthy. Its latest creation, "Remainder | Northside," which premiered Friday night at the…
"New Horizons" isn't just the name of the Tamburitzans' latest show, which can be seen Saturday at West Mifflin Area Middle School. The multicultural music and dance ensemble is navigating u…
Hot on the heels of Philadanco's performance last month at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, the venue opens its doors to another dance force not seen here in several ye…
For anyone unsure of the rigor or reputation of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, the company says: Come see this show.
Philadanco is proof that age is just a number.
Joan Myers Brown has a soft spot for Pittsburgh.
Surupa Sen is not exaggerating when she says she lives, eats and sleeps Odissi, one of the world's oldest dance traditions from India.
In dance, timing is everything. The counts of the steps chart the path for the choreography. The meter of the music does, too. The moving pictures performers bring to life on stage with thei…
For more than 20 years, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's Dancers Trust has helped company dancers transition to their next steps in life after retirement. Since then, nearly $100,000 has been awa…
There's nothing like a milestone to make you ponder the passage of time: Why are we here? Are we spending our days wisely? What's the purpose of it all?
There's a lot buzzing these days behind the scenes at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. The company is preparing for its premiere performance in Chicago this month and a mainstage season rich with …
Sometimes dreams are uncovered in unexpected ways.
