BEST OF 2025 

By Steve Sucato 2025 was a year of experimentation for me as a professional dance writer/reviewer. I launched a monthly Airings digest on my website, artsair.art, featuring select dance news, performance impressions, and upcoming event listings, and expanded my arts coverage to include more non-dance events. So, why not end the year with one more experiment, compiling best-of-2025 lists from the dance productions and dancer … Continue reading BEST OF 2025 

CorningWorks’ ‘Stand By’ Proves a Clever Allegory for our Divisive Times [REVIEW]

CorningWorks – Stand By — an allegoryCarnegie StageCarnegie, PAMarch 28- April 6, 2025 By Steve SucatoThe marquee work on CorningWorks 15th Anniversary Season, Stand By — an allegory, conceived by company director, choreographer, and performer Beth Corning, continued her string of recent productions that have reflected on the world around us.  An allegory, defined by the Oxford dictionary as “a story, poem, or picture that … Continue reading CorningWorks’ ‘Stand By’ Proves a Clever Allegory for our Divisive Times [REVIEW]

CorningWorks’ ‘The Tipping Point’ Brings Home the Global Refugee Crisis [REVIEW]

CorningWorksThe Tipping Point25 CarrickPittsburgh, PAJanuary 27, 2022 By Steve Sucato Postponed since March of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CorningWorks’ The Tipping Point, in collaboration with Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières, is said to have become an even more refined and timely production during its 20-month delay. The long-awaited premiere of it seemed to bear that out. Performed at Pittsburgh’s 25 Carrick Ave, … Continue reading CorningWorks’ ‘The Tipping Point’ Brings Home the Global Refugee Crisis [REVIEW]