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Well, most companies in our small city of Pittsburgh take the summer off. Student intensive courses are poised to begin at Point Park, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Father Ryan Arts Center and at many more locations. But for those in Pittsburgh this summer who want to see some dance, the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater (KST) has come through again.
While many organizations go into organizational mode over …more…
The coming of spring in Pittsburgh triggers a few distinct events. First, there is the flooding of the city with attendees of college graduations. Then there is the emptying of the city as students leave for their hometowns. And when the Pittsburgh natives come out of their winter hiding places, it is time to dance.
Spring, favored by many arts organizations in the area for benefit events concludes with a series …more…
The 53rd annual Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival is underway, and the event promises a chance to view a wide variety of art. Organized by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the festival spreads out over Point State Park, Hertz Gateway Center, and throughout the Cultural District, delivering a number of attractions dedicated to showcasing new and emerging artists.
At the Artists Market, visitors can browse over 300 booths offering original, handmade, …more…
Music and art come together for the opening of the Carnegie Museum of Art’s exhibition Impressionism in a New Light: From Monet to Stieglitz. On May 12, the event will kick off with a performance from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Paris Festival: The City of Light, immersing patrons in one of the most vibrant periods in the history of modern arts and culture.
The pairing of the performance with the exhibition …more…
Assemble, a new gallery at 5125 Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh, PA, has a mission – to provide a place where people can engage their intrigue through hands on activities while making “physical and nonphysical, community connections.” Described as a community space for arts and technology, it seeks to encourage interaction through events such as live performances, weekend workshops, and open studios where visitors can work on projects. This month, they …more…
Image of Black Grace from Cultural Trust website
I am still buzzing from this Dance Council season which ended Saturday with a stunning performance by Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. And now, the Dance Council, part of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, has announced its upcoming season.
The season features crowd pleasers, Les Ballets Trockadero, an all-male group that parodies the ballet and contemporary dance world… often on pointe (pun intended)! Streb, the dare-devil …more…
Image of BLOOM! Dance Collective from KST website
The Kelly Strayhorn Theater will be hosting a number of local, Ohio, Philadelphia and New York choreographers as well as BLOOM! Dance Collective from Hungary as a part of newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival.
The three-day program will feature 16 choreographers, 42 dancers and 5 live musician. For the first time, the festival will also include symposiums, “featuring leaders in the dance community from …more…
Four times a year, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust hosts a free Gallery Crawl where the public can view shows at the many galleries and art spaces in the downtown Cultural District. On April 27, 31 venues will open their doors, enticing patrons with the promise of cutting-edge visual and performing arts and live entertainment.
Among the attractions offered this month is the world premiere of THE NEWS, a 90-minute “reality opera” …more…
In 2001, the Mattress Factory initiated the Gestures exhibition series to present new works by regional artists. On March 30, 2012, the sixteenth installment of the series opened at the museum’s annex gallery located at 1414 Monterey Street on Pittsburgh’s North Side.
The latest installment in the Gestures series, Gestures: Intimate Friction brings together artists, architects, and activists in an exhibition guest-curated by Mary-Lou Arscott of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Architecture. Said Arscott of the exhibition:
“Our physical reality bumps …more…
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Two local companies are presenting new works this weekend in Pittsburgh.
Gia T. Presents, the company of improviser Gia Cacalano, will be performing in BLINK with dancers England/Amsterdam’s Vincent Cacalano, New York’s Wendell Cooper and Philadelphia musician Michael McDermott as well as a cast of local performers–Jil Stifel, Jeff Berman, David Bernabo, Hill Jordan and Dr. Nelson Harrison. BLINK is an interdisciplinary improvised score with live …more…
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The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has done a great job bringing in dance works for the Dance Council season as a part of its Distinctly Dutch Festival–at the end of February, Dance Works Rotterdam’s Anatomica and now the US premier of Last Touch First.
Last Touch First is the work of Jirí Kylián, the former artistic director of Nederlands Dans Theater and Michal Schumacher, an expat well-known for …more…
Spring is upon us, and what embodies the season more than beautiful blooms? Art viewers can get into the season with Native Pennsylvania, A Wildflower Walk, a collection of 36 watercolors on view at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Comumentation, located on the fifth floor of Hunt Library at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). ...more...
Over the past two years, Pittsburgh-based artist Kyle Ethan Fischer’s work has found a home at Boxheart Gallery, a small, unassuming space located on a busy section of Penn Avenue in the city’s Bloomfield neighborhood. This month, he unveils his latest exhibition Sea Creatures and Blood Vessels, a collection of works on paper and sculpture that debuts March 6.
According to his artist statement, Fischer explores artistic control physically by “mimicking …more…
Karole Armitage, known for her punk approach to classical dance, will present the work Three Theories this Saturday as part of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Dance Council season. Armitage’s company Armitage Gone! Dance is known for their exciting speed of movement and their ability to contrast the fractured lines and asymmetrical forms of the choreography with the continuous and symmetrical forms of ballet.
Three Theories is based on the best-selling book …more…
The Warhol, a favorite Pittsburgh museum and namesake of Pittsburgh native and revered pop artist Andy Warhol, will be including dance among its offerings for the 2012 Off the Wall series. Butoh-trained and Bessie award-winning dancer/choreographer Kota Yamazaki will be performing a work inspired by an essay entitled In Praise of Shadows. ...more...
Art exhibitions aren’t usually known for their PG rating, but the Frick Art and Historical Center has a show that’s appropriate for all ages. Opened on February 11, Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustrations highlights generations of story art, from the humorous drawings of 19th-century artist Randolph Caldecott to modern selections from Chris van Allsburg of “The Polar Express.” But it isn’t the artwork that makes …more…
On February 5, The Warhol Museum will open Warhol and Cars: American Icons, the first exhibition to examine Warhol’s lifelong fascination with automotive vehicles and their role as products of American consumer society. Much like Canis Major: Andy Warhol’s Dogs and Cats (and other party animals), a collection of various animal pop portraits and other work that ran from January until May of 2008, it delves into the artist’s obsessive …more…
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In an uncommon move, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) will stage its first work in partnership with August Wilson Center for African American Culture. The show, Uncommon, will open the post-holiday season for the well-established Pittsburgh company and will feature a world premiere by Complexions Contemporary Ballet‘s Dwight Rhoden.
Uncommon will be performed with a live chamber orchestra that will play works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. The show …more…
Dance Works Rotterdam from Pgh Cultural Trust website
Coming to a theater near you! Not only an internationally renowned company, but a US premiere. The Pittsburgh Dance Council, a branch of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, will host Dance Works Rotterdam‘s ANATOMICA at the Byham Theater at 8pm on February 18th.
The performance, the first and third piece of a triptych by artistic director André Gingras, explores the “danger, beauty, and consequences …more…
It’s the halfway mark for the Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Art (CMA), which means there’s still plenty of time to take in photos by one of the century’s most influential artists in the medium. Put on display after 10 years of careful research and planning, the event is not to be missed.
The retrospective of photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris includes hundreds of his …more…
The Dynamic Women of Dance ~ photo: Cassie Kay Rusnak
It’s for a good reason that Dance Magazine has placed AWCDE on their top 25 list for 2012. This Pittsburgh, PA company has been astounding audiences with its highly trained dancers who, in the words of Director Greer Reed-Jones, are “hungry, committed, and passionate.”
With their first season in 2009-2010, the company demonstrated its commitment to bringing different ethnicities together to …more…
Downtown Pittsburgh will play host to some of the city’s emerging artists this month when Future Tenant opens Distillate. Located at 819 Penn Avenue, the non-profit art space showcases work that offers a cutting edge perspective on the local art scene, and the new exhibition is no exception.
Distillate includes past participants of The Brew House Distillery Residency, which has helped emerging Pittsburgh artists for nearly ten years. The program is part of the Brew House Association’s …more…
While there is some post-holiday downtime in the Pittsburgh dance scene, I thought I’d take the time to highlight some Pittsburgh dancers who have great historical significance for both the city and American dance as a whole. First, one of my childhood favorites, star of Singin’ in the Rain and other hit shows, Gene Kelly.
Gene Kelly was born in 1912 in Highland Park. While he was initially resistant to dance …more…
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The holiday dance shows are wrapping up in Pittsburgh. Uniquely Pittsburgh in flavor, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater’s The Nutcracker closed on December 23rd with great reviews from local critics for revisions by choreographer and artistic director of the company Terrence Orr.
Attack Theatre’s contemporary take on seasonal dance, Holiday Unwrapped finished its short run for the public in early December. The company will not perform …more…
Since its founding in 1977, the Mattress Factory (MF) has reached out to the Pittsburgh community with a variety of unique contemporary art exhibits and arts-related events. To follow up the success of its annual Black Friday Family Day, the Mattress Factory (MF) gets into the holiday spirit on December 30 when the museum hosts its all-ages ART pARTy! ...more...
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