Steve Sucato
Pittsburgh CityPaper
Cleveland, OH, United States
Contact Steve
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Steve:
An international multidisciplinary dance program based in Pittsburgh
In the era of the “staycation,” many parents are looking to apply that concept to their child’s summer dance education by staying close to home. → Read More
A Letter Compiled From All Letters considers connections and communication in a digital age
The changing landscape of human correspondence and communication has provided fertile material for dance makers in recent years. Locally, The Pillow Projects’ Paper Memory (2010)... → Read More
Wife-Husband team continue big year by producing weeklong dance festival
It’s been a big year for Staycee and Herman “Soy Sos” Pearl. → Read More
Attack Theatre closes season with ambitious amalgam of Rube Goldberg machines and Bach
Attack Theatre closes out its 24th season with one of its most ambitious programs to date, The Rube Goldberg Variations. The 90-minute dance-theater performance combines... → Read More
sym: When science fiction meets modern choreography
As part of Pittsburgh Dance Week, STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos premiere their latest dance work sym, commissioned by and presented at East... → Read More
Inside Texture Contemporary Ballet's Uncharted
Alexander Graham Bell’s adage "When one door closes another door opens,” proved true for Texture Contemporary Ballet’s Alexandra Tiso. The company’s longest tenured dancer came to... → Read More
Preview: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's The Great Gatsby
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre artistic director Terrence Orr is taking another bet with the company’s new ballet adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby. → Read More
Jessica Lang Dance closes out seven-year run with performance at Byham Theater Jan. 26
Awareness of the dearth of female choreographers in dance (especially ballet) has become more widespread in recent years. → Read More
Eight of 2018’s Most Affective Local Dance Performances/Productions
Eight performances that touched area audiences’ hearts and minds in very different ways. → Read More
Best of Touring Dance 2018
This past year was a banner one for touring dance productions gracing Pittsburgh stages. → Read More
Kelly Strayhorn Theater hosts this year's National Performance Network conference
When Janera Solomon was hired as the Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s new executive director in 2008, she was tasked with transforming the floundering rental venue into a viable theater. → Read More
The Nutcracker Returns to Benedum Center
The Nutcracker is a holiday tradition all over the United States, but in some countries, it's just another ballet. → Read More
Attack Theatre reworks In Defense of Gravity
While it is common for a dance company to bring back a work they have previously performed, it’s a bit out of the ordinary to do it the very next season. → Read More
fireWALL Dance Theater explores the past and present with Past Lives
fireWALL Dance Theater is going back to its theatrical roots for its fifth season, with new dance-theater work Past Lives at the intimate Carnegie Stage. → Read More
Titans of the dance world and departing stars highlight Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's 2018-19 season
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre opens its 2018-19 season with a triple-bill of masterworks from two titans of the dance world, George Balanchine and Jiří Kylián. The Mozart in Motion program with the PBT Orchestra — running October 26-28 at the Benedum Center — is particularly significant in that it will be the last for company star Julia Erickson. → Read More
The Blanket channels Passion plays and superheroes in its new production, The Christopher Williams Project
Pittsburgh’s dance-centric organization The Blanket lives up to its name as an organization covering a wide array of dance with its latest production, The Christopher Williams Project, October 26-28 at the New Hazlett Theater. → Read More
After more than 20 years on hiatus, Nick M. Daniels returns
It is said there are no second chances in life. → Read More
Philip Glass and Frightened Rabbit's late Scott Hutchison inspire two premiere works from Texture Contemporary Ballet
Seemingly always looking to one-up themselves, Texture Contemporary Ballet artistic directors Alan Obuzor and Kelsey Bartman are presenting three distinct programs at North Side’s New Hazlett Theater this weekend. → Read More
Previewing Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's 2018-19 dance season
With an unusually hot summer beginning to wind down, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s 2018-19 dance season is poised to begin heating up. → Read More
Bill Shannon’s "Touch Update" headlines the return of KST’s newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival
“The choreography tries to talk about those themes in a way that is about the texture of those moments and not necessarily a direct delineation of sides.” → Read More