Dance Alloy Theater

Dance Alloy Theater
5530 Penn Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

T: 412-363-4321
F: 412-363-4320
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Audience Reviews:
EVERYONE'S A CRITIC!

After each performance, volunteer "reporters" roam about, asking audience members for their thoughts and insights on what they've just seen. Here's what you had to say!

Read what audiences think of the
Spring 2009 production
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Chelsea,
Pitt student
“Their facial expressions...they were really into it. It wasn't just their body movement, it was almost like acting through their body. [In "becoming angels"], it took you through that. You really felt that. You felt the death. You felt the rebirth and the becoming of angels.”

Lucas,
Bloomfield
“Out of all the work I've seen of Dance Alloy, this is probably my favorite. I really liked the third work... I really enjoyed the puppetry of the first piece. The third work is sort of like a progression through life; you've got religion there, life and death. Really enjoyed the piece.”

Sarah (with Beverly),
Pittsburgh
“The second piece struck me the most ["Dancing to Music"]. I understood the energy better. Really though, I don't have the words yet. It's one of those things you have to digest it more. I will say [in "becoming angels"] I was taken to a place of nature. Visions of various scenes of nature.”

James,
Bloomfield
“It was a wonderful piece of choreography. I studied dance in New York...and this is what theater should be. Entertain, educate, relax. ...It's a great piece for the times...They were superb. They were superb.”

Maighread & Maeve,
Pittsburgh
“I liked the first scene and the last scene of the first piece. I liked the way they moved.”

PAST REVIEWS

Dirty Little Secrets
Feed Your Head Cafe
... A Different Drummer
Fragile

Dirty Little Secrets - Winter 2008

Ashley & Dean,
Pittsburgh
“The second half of the show really stood out. The dirt and the banging intensified the controlled emotions really.”

Jane & Kathy, Squirrel Hill
“The costumes in Camille was my favorite part of the show. I really enjoyed the first half of the show because I was more interested in the narrative aspect of Camille – which was beautiful; however I really liked the dirt in Schakt because we were sitting in the front row, and it made it feel so real and participatory. “

Mark DiSantis & Regina Anderson,
Pittsburgh
“There were no production flaws – just a very well-done production.”

Sarah, Amy & Matt, Pittsburgh
“The story of Three Camilles really struck me – I liked the bit of mystery since we didn’t know the original story. Their actions and their movements in the dancing all seemed mysterious as well. However – the dirt is the most memorable! It made it so creepy!”

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Feed Your Head Cafe - Spring 2008

Carylotta & Debbie,
Pittsburgh
"I could relate to Alice 100%. And I agree, nothing is ever easy."

Veronica Osbourne & Elaine Foley, Oakland
"I like the idea of alternate realities . . . The lighting, costumes and props were all amazing–so eerie."

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... A Different Drummer - Winter 2007

Karen Pollock, Staton Heights
"First of all, this was my first time here. I thought it was amazing. Their talent and strength blew me away."

Mary Jo Kenne, Fox Chapel
"It was a thrill to be here. It was beautiful, sensual, exciting and I loved it. I will come out many more times to see Dance Alloy."

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Fragile - Spring 2007

Sandra Caffo, Stanton Heights
On ARMS & NO CONSOLATION - "I thought that the first two pieces were so much about the world and grief and loss and saying goodbye and trying to join the rest of the world when you don’t feel like it. I just thought it was amazing and so true."

Peter Pawlowski,
Bloomfield
"I actually saw the first two pieces Behind the Curtain and it was interesting seeing them again in the real performance atmosphere with costumes and lighting. I felt like the intimacy was a little bit diminished because there was all the separation between the artists and the performance. I really had an emotional reaction to the Donald Byrd performance the first time and I didn’t have it as much this time."

Saudia Pepper & Desirae Nicole Nance,
Northside
"I really enjoyed the performance. It was my first time seeing a (DAT) show. And my daughter, who is three, really enjoyed it as well. She got up and started doing the dance moves. It was really wonderful."

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