“In a most telling scene, Bagley, seemingly bereft of joy and happiness, set aflame a metal dollhouse…” Continue reading Sophisticated Choreography Highlights GroundWorks DanceTheater’s Fall Concert Series
“Corning’s performance in Remains — A One-Woman Show was a tour-de-force of well-honed artistic brilliance.” Continue reading Corning Triumphs in One-Woman Show about Loss
“To move on sometimes you need to access the help of your friends and family and the experiences you have had in the past,” says Mineko Williams. Continue reading GroundWorks’ Fall Triple Bill Offers Up Two World Premieres
The work’s thematic questions on existence and humanity’s place in it were a potent heart and mind stimulant Continue reading CorningWorks’ ‘Beckett & Beyond’ an Artistic Triumph
By Steve Sucato Of all Beth Corning’s dance-theater works, none in recent memory has been remounted more often than At Once There Was a House. Choreographed in 2004 for Cleveland’s GroundWorks Dancetheater, the piece was reworked twice for Corning’s former company, Dance Alloy Theater (most recently in 2006), and is being revisited to celebrate her company CorningWorks’ fifth anniversary. A new, hour-long version of the … Continue reading CorningWorks revisits an audience favorite with notable guests
By Steve Sucato The new dance season features milestones for several local companies. Attack Theatre, CorningWorks, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and the Pillow Project all celebrate major anniversaries. They, along with a bevy of other artists, promise even more memorable moments. Here’s a sampling. Opening its fifth season, CorningWorks examines our growing disconnect with traditional interpersonal communication in Parallel Lives (Wed., Sept. 10-14), at the New Hazlett … Continue reading Several Prominent Pittsburgh Dance Companies Mark Big Anniversaries As New Dance Season Begins
“I feel we have gone amok in this information age.” Continue reading CorningWorks’ new dance-theater piece ‘Parallel Lives’ addresses our digital disconnections
By Steve Sucato While life doesn’t come with an instruction manual, the wisdom of those who have come before us is supposed to offer guidance. But what if some of that wisdom — those recipes for happiness, success and fulfillment — turn out to be nothing more than clichés passed from generation to generation? In CorningWorks’ latest Glue Factory Project, Recipes Our Mothers Gave Us, three veteran dancers with … Continue reading CorningWorks’ ‘Recipes Our Mothers Gave Us’ works a cooking metaphor for life
CorningWorks: The Glue Factory Project – Remains New Hazlett Theater Pittsburgh, PA June 5, 2013 Reviewed by Steve Sucato Choreographers as much or perhaps more than any other artists turn to their personal lives for inspiration in creating their works. Veteran dancer/choreographer Beth Corning in her last several productions for her Glue Factory Project – a performance series featuring dancers over the age of forty … Continue reading Corning Masterful in New One-Woman Show about Loss
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