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Sunday, December 05, 2021

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

When You Need to Take Time Off for Your Mental Health

Dance Magazine: In the dance world, most companies and training programs have resources to support injured dancers. However, the same standards are not always in place for dancers who need time off for mental health reasons. "It's hard enough to take time away for a physical injury," says former Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre dancer Casey Pentrack. In 2016, although she had been poised for a long, promising career, she quit dancing due to challenges with depression and an eating disorder. "For something that's so unseen as a mental injury," she says, "it can be difficult to convince yourself or communicate to others that time off might be necessary."

Immersive Exhibit offers wall-to-wall-to-wall-to-wall Van Gogh in Pittsburgh’s North Side

Visual Art | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: The key word is “experience.” The Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit is not an exhibition of paintings, but a 35-minute “immersive digital art experience,” designed by Massimiliano Siccardi with a significant assist from Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890). In a repurposed warehouse on the North Side, visitors stand or sit in a darkened room while a steady stream of digitally projected images drawn from dozens of Van Gogh paintings unfold across a seamless four-walled screen and the floor.

Insider tips for the 10 best holiday light displays in the Pittsburgh region

nextpittsburgh.com: From out-of-town destinations to favorite destinations right here in the city, Pittsburgh is filled with incredible holiday light displays. Check out our top 10 places for holiday light experiences this year.

How Theatre Training Works in Football!

Dramatics Magazine Online: My early theatre training and experience gave me the groundwork for the adventures I’ve had. My entertainment career has been a wild roller coaster ride of travel, working with amazing actors, directors, designers, and technicians, and more.

Lighting for musicals: an interview with Emanuele Agliati & Oscar Frosio

et cetera...: Emanuele Agliati and Oscar Frosio are two lighting professionals from Italy with an abundance of experience, especially in the world of musicals. Emanuele is an esteemed lighting designer and co-founder of k5600 Design – an associate studio of lighting designers focusing on visual lighting design projects. Oscar is a lighting designer and programmer and works in close collaboration with Emanuele as the main lighting programmer and engineer for k5600 Design. Additionally, Emanuele and Oscar teach lighting design and lighting programming respectively at La Scala Academy (Accademia Teatro alla Scala) in Milan.

 

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