Since 1993, the Dancers’ Trust Fund has helped retired Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre dancers transition to life after the stage. Continue reading Annual ‘Dancers Trust’ Production Raising Creativity as well as Funds
The program will conclude with a reprise of Mark Morris’ clever masterwork “Sandpaper Ballet” (1999), set to the music of American composer Leroy Anderson. Continue reading Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Annual Free Show at Hartwood Acres includes a Premiere
In a company loaded with talented female dancers, BalletMet newcomer Karen Wing sets herself apart. Continue reading Pointe Magazine 2015 Stars of the Corps Profiles: Karen Wing, BalletMet & Marisa Grywalski, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
“Tennessee Williams decides what you have to do,” says Ochoa about her approach to the ballet’s choreography. Continue reading The Pittsburgh premiere of Scottish Ballet’s acclaimed ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’
Fates collide; hearts are broken; but in the end, love triumphs in this beautiful and technically demanding ballet with more than 100 roles. Continue reading Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre closes its season with its biggest story ballet ever
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 If Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre‘s 45th-anniversary season were wine, it would be a vintage year: Every production is a most desirable bottle, none more so than PBT Premieres, to be performed with the PBT Orchestra, March 6-8 at the Benedum Center. The program of three masterworks by three choreographic giants ranks among artistic director Terrence Orr’s finest offerings in the 18 years he … Continue reading Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre offers 3 masterworks by 3 choreographic giants
By Steve Sucato In his 18 years as Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre‘s artistic director, Terrence Orr has seen the company through myriad ups and downs. They ranged from rough financial periods and a Pittsburgh Musicians Union labor dispute, in 2005, to onstage triumphs, including the first-ever sensory-friendly production of The Nutcracker and the recent expansion of PBT’s Strip District facility. In its 45th season, Orr feels, … Continue reading Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre begins moving up to the majors with ‘Beauty and the Beast’
By Steve Sucato It’s sometimes easy to forget that Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Company is a student troupe. The company so easily appears like a professional one in contemporary and modern dance works. In its latest production, Nicolas Petrov’s Romeo and Juliet, the unforgiving nature of classical ballet technique was a reminder that CDC’s dancers are indeed still students. Nonetheless, as a student production, … Continue reading Burk Shines in Conservatory Dance Company’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’
By Steve Sucato In a great story ballet, the principal roles provide the emotional adrenaline and the corps de ballet the pulse. The corps creates the world for the main characters to play off of, and is integral to advancing the narrative and creating much of the beauty audiences associate with such ballets. What would Swan Lake be without its swans, or Giselle without its ghostly wilis? … Continue reading Pittsburgh Ballet launches its 45th season with ‘The Sleeping Beauty’
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