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Annual Faculty Choreography Production Soars to New Heights

Conservatory Dance Company – At Point Park University George Rowland White Performance Studio  Pittsburgh, PA February 22, 2014 Reviewed by Steve Sucato Variety marks the Point Park University Conservatory Dance Company’s annual faculty choreography production. The program, whose six works ranged in style and subject matter from the crucifixion of Christ to a tribute to the late Bob Fosse, led with Keisha Lalama’s “All Together … Continue reading Annual Faculty Choreography Production Soars to New Heights

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Continuum Dance Theater’s ‘Object of DESIRE’ explores the American dream

By Steve Sucato A nuclear family with 2.5 kids, a dog and a house with a white picket fence has been the stereotypical vision of the American dream. But is that vision still relevant? That is the question behind Continuum Dance Theater’s Objects of DESIRE, which the company will world-premiere Sat., Dec. 14, as part of the New Hazlett Theater’s Community Supported Art performance series. The 50-minute, … Continue reading Continuum Dance Theater’s ‘Object of DESIRE’ explores the American dream

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Pittsburgh’s father of professional ballet and Point Park’s dance program retires — Conservatory Dance Company honors longtime teacher by staging his ‘Romeo and Juliet’

By Steve Sucato When Nicolas Petrov assumed the directorship of the Pittsburgh Playhouse‘s ballet school, in 1967, no one could have foreseen that within a few years, the Yugoslavian-born dancer and choreographer would forever alter the Pittsburgh dance landscape by founding two of its major institutions: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Point Park University‘s renowned dance department.  Now, on the eve of Professor Petrov’s retirement from Point … Continue reading Pittsburgh’s father of professional ballet and Point Park’s dance program retires — Conservatory Dance Company honors longtime teacher by staging his ‘Romeo and Juliet’

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