Thursday, September 10, 2009
The season in dance
Post Gazette: "If the Pittsburgh dance season could be labeled an indicator, the economy must be on the upswing. The fall portion of the season certainly will be the busiest ever, with an impressive first year for the August Wilson Center that includes three of America's finest black dance ensembles and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's upcoming local premiere, 'Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project,' which will include collaborative performances with no less than 15 arts groups."
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I am so excited for this season's dance schedule. There are so many different offerings throughout the city, but what I'm really excited for is the Pittsburgh Ballet's season. The Nutcracker is always a classic, and I haven't seen that in years, but I have heard great things about Cinderella and Swan Lake. Those are both classic ballets, they have great reputations. Those are shows that are going to draw in those big audiences, and hopefully fill up the seats. Is Pittsburgh Ballet making a safe choice, trying to get ticket sales? I think that with the downturn of the economy that they are playing it safe, which is not a bad thing, but just interesting to see. I would hope that its not a trend that we are going to be seeing regularly, but until the economy picks up and ticket sales rise, I think we may be seeing safe choices regularly.
I love watching professional dance companies perform, but I haven't seen any for a long time, so I'm really excited to see many of these performances. I was researching the August Wilson Center for Basic Design and saw that Philadanco will be there soon, so I really want to go see that, but I'm also interested in performances in as many different venues in Pittsburgh as possible so that I can see more of what the city has to offer.
After doing my first design project on the Andy Warhol museum, I have been fascinated to see some of the Friday night events that the place holds, filled with travelling exhibits, video, music and much more. The fact that dance is also making its way into the scene excites me, and hopefully I'll be able to make it over for that before it ceases to run.
The Holocaust project at PBT also looks fascinating; dance is, for me, one of the most interesting forms of visual art because it is so free yet at the same time so beautiful and pointed. That, and I have always wanted to see professional ballet in Pittsburgh.
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