Best Dance Performances of 2009

Post Gazette: "Local dance organizations came up with a creative response to the economic downturn in 2009. Several were big ticket items such as Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's comprehensive 'Light/The Holocaust and Humanity Project,' the Kelly Strayhorn's dance festival and Conservatory Dance Company's warm-hearted 'The Bench.' Others, such as Attack Theatre, found low-cost solutions by sharing space with Pittsburgh Opera (and art galleries in 2010). By stepping out on a limb, PBT came out on top with a pair of contemporary ballets that paid huge artistic dividends -- the aforementioned 'Light' and the pick of the year, 'Romeo et Juliette.'"