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30 October 2011

Jack Cole danced in Pittsburgh

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A vintage program from 1935, a performance of an Austrian operetta by Robert Stolz, “Venus in Satin,” and Jack Cole danced in it. [...]

14 July 2011

A Paul Taylor premiere at ADF, always a joyous event

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A new work by Paul Taylor is always an occasion, and “The Uncommitted,” will be the veteran dance maker’s 18th premiere at the American Dance Festival. An intriguing title from Taylor … [...]

3 July 2011

Docu honors Gospel music, born in America, underpinning jazz and blues

As a teen, I had my first exposure to gospel music listening to Sunday broadcasts on Pittsburgh’s black radio station, WAMO. So I wouldn’t miss the documentary film, Rejoice & Shout:  

  Those beautifully named gospel singing groups — The Mighty Clouds of Joy, The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Soul Stirrers. Why [...]

9 June 2011

Letter from Wuhan

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Wuhan in NOT the Pittsburgh of China, or so it turns out. [...]

11 May 2011

Yo Martha, Martha Graham! Yvonne Rainer wants to teach you something.

happy 117th birthday martha graham. try learning something new from yvonne rainer, martha. [...]

28 March 2011

Get stoned … go higher! See David Dorfman’s “Prophets of Funk”

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Choreographer David Dorfman throws down the gauntlet with his concert-dance homage to the great interracial funk band of the sixties, Sly & the Family Stone. [...]

16 March 2011

Marvelous Marvin Hamlisch takes up Pasadena Pops baton

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An afternoon concert with newly appointed Pasadena Pops conductor Marvin Hamlisch. [...]

24 October 2010

Choreographer Kyle Abraham, Pittsburgh homeboy, BESSIE awardee

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Pittsburgh-born choreographer Kyle Abraham shares one of the Steel City’s great qualities: he’s real. [...]

18 August 2010

Kyle Abraham makes it or breaks it

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I enjoyed Kyle Abraham’s “The Radio Show” at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. The dance commemorates the loss of Pittsburgh’s rhythm-and-blues radio station WAMO. [...]

24 December 2009

Say a dance prayer for Gene Kelly in Pittsburgh

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Gene Kelly, the proud dancing son of Pittsburgh deserves a statue of recognition in the Steel City. Why can’t he get one? [...]