by Hannah Chang Foster | Jan 31, 2016 | Company Life
PBT principal Julia Erickson in shower of pixie dust (2011). Photo by Rich Sofranko, courtesy of PBT. On February 18, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will use the magic of pixie dust (and splendid dancing) to entertain those who otherwise might not know the joy of attending...
by Tiffany Jansen | Dec 14, 2015 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. Not every male dancer gets to take on roles like Swan Lake’s Odette, and Giannina in a restaging of Jules Perrot’s The Naïad and the Fisherman. But Philip Martin-Nielson...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
(Photo via Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre) In 2013, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre premiered a sensory-friendly performance of The Nutcracker. The production was designed to serve audience members with autism, or other sensory sensitivities. This year, the...