Dance review: Staycee Pearl's '... on being ...' explores self-identity through movement

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: It's rare when a choreographer executes what seems to be a 180-degree turn in her craft. Staycee Pearl gave us "OCTAVIA" last year, a work based on Octavia Butler, a little-known African-American science fiction writer who was a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" recipient. Last weekend at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, audiences found her company, Staycee Pearl dance project, headed along a totally new path with "... on being ...," which dealt with "post-blackness," a wide-ranging term that acknowledges a rich heritage but is not defined by it.