18 August 2010

Kyle Abraham makes it or breaks it

I enjoyed Kyle Abraham’s “The Radio Show” at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. The dance commemorates the loss of Pittsburgh’s rhythm-and-blues radio station WAMO. [...]

24 December 2009

Say a dance prayer for Gene Kelly in Pittsburgh

Gene Kelly, the proud dancing son of Pittsburgh deserves a statue of recognition in the Steel City. Why can’t he get one? [...]

6 July 2009

Twyla, Laura, and me

A personal memoir of the impact of the strong female choreographers Twyla Tharp and Laura Dean on a young dancer in the late 1970s. [...]

1 February 2009

Nijinsky danced in Pittsburgh

Vaslav Nijinsky and the Ballets Russes danced in Pittsburgh in 1916. [...]

17 June 2008

I met Yves St. Laurent

A story about meeting Yves St. Laurent in Beijing in the early 1980s and then about visiting Andy Warhol’s grave in Pittsburgh. [...]