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The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust 2009-2010 Season

First Commonwealth is proud to be the season sponsor of the 2009 – 2010 Pittsburgh Dance Council. Get ready for another thrilling season of the best in contemporary dance. Subscribe and receive exclusive benefits, opportunities to meet dancers and choreographers, and secure some of the best seats in the theater.

Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet

Presented by: Pittsburgh Dance Council
Venue: Byham Theater
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $19.50 - $42.50

Encompassing a far-reaching aesthetic vision and expression, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s sophisticated repertoire is inspired by some of the world’s foremost choreographers. The performance includes Sue’s Leg, one of Twyla Tharp’s earliest commissioned pieces. Set to the music of Fats Waller, Sue’s Leg re-jigs tap and the Charleston with a scampering, luxurious flavor.

Complexions

Presented by: Pittsburgh Dance Council
Venue: Byham Theater
Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $20.50 - $50.50

Two of the greatest virtuosos ever to emerge from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Complexions' founders Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden, along with their New York City-based company of 16 dance phenoms, have awakened audiences to a new, exciting genre that combines the best of athleticism, lyricism, technical training and experience.

BJM DANSE

Presented by: Pittsburgh Dance Council
Venue: Byham Theater
Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $19.50 - $42.50

BJM DANSE Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal is known internationally for their bold, ambitious repetoire grounded by the dancers' outstanding technique and strength. The performance features Jack in a Box, an exuberant work about growth, etiquette and power by acclaimed choreographer, Aszure Barton. A rising star of contemporary choreography, her work is known for its intense musicality and kinetic emotional power.

Vincent Dance Theatre

Presented by: Pittsburgh Dance Council
Venue: Byham Theater
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $19.50 - $42.50

Broken Chords is a striking portrait of breaking up and breaking down. Heartbreaking in its honesty, full of dark humor, sublime dancing, virtuoso musicianship and playful theatricality, Broken Chords charts choreographer Charlotte Vincent’s devastating divorce with rebellious and hysterical results. Broken Chords shifts effortlessly between the bleakly comic and the beautifully tragic.

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