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Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company's members are full-time students who receive scholarships for their activities. The Tamburitzans are dedicated to perpetuating international cultural heritage through entertaining performance - while awarding scholarships to talented and deserving students attending a Pittsburgh-based school.
In 1979, he established the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School. During the 1981-82 Season, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre made its New York City debut and toured to 28 states, Canada and the Virgin Islands. In 1982, Loti Falk was appointed executive director and Patricia Wilde was appointed artistic director – a position she would hold for 15 years.
The Kelly Strayhorn Theater merged with the Pittsburgh Dance Alloy in 2011. [8] As a part of the merge, the Kelly Strayhorn Theater continued Pittsburgh Dance Alloy's community education program, The Alloy School. The Alloy School is a creative and non-competitive community for children, families, and adults.
National Dance Week 2007 was from April 20 through the 29th. Activities scheduled for 2007 included community dance performances, free classes, an essay contest, and an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the "Largest Ballet Class a la barre " sponsored by the Oregon Ballet Foundation .
Pittsburgh Playhouse is Point Park University's performing arts center located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.It houses three performance spaces and is home to The Rep, Point Park's resident professional theatre company, as well as three student companies—Conservatory Theatre Company, Conservatory Dance Company, and Playhouse Jr. [1] [2] The Conservatory Theatre Company offers five productions ...
The Pittsburgh Folk Festival is a large multicultural celebration of diverse international ethnic heritages, which has been held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania since 1956. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The festival's early mission statement was described in May 1959, as follows, by The Zajednicar , the official newspaper of the Croatian Federal Union of ...
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust was founded in 1984 by H. J. Heinz II with the principal aim of restoring downtown Pittsburgh as a vibrant cultural destination. [7] Heinz and others, including William Rea and his son, U.S. Senator John Heinz, began with Pittsburgh's first renovated former movie palace, Heinz Hall, (which was built as the former Loew's Penn Theater).
The Pittsburgh Filmmakers by-laws were carried over as the by-laws of the merged organization. In Fall 2010, the combined Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts entered into merger discussions with the Pittsburgh Glass Center. [8] By May 2011, the talks had failed, with the Pittsburgh Glass Center withdrawing from negotiations. [8]