Dance
KST Presents
August 26 - 27
Choreography Project 2017
Since Exhalations Dance Theatre was founded in 2009, we have always been focused on the power of interpretation. With dance, one can perceive the position of an individual; and allow that consciousness to make a universal statement beyond the boundaries of language. T
KST Presents
September 1
Unblurred Dance Party – September
On the first Friday of each month, people from all over the city come together on Penn Avenue for Unblurred meet artists and encounter works of photography, dance, painting, sculpture, music and spoken word.
KST Presents
September 27
Thrival Innovation Festival Keynote
In collaboration with XPrize, Thrival Innovation addresses, head on, the consequences of an artificial intelligence revolution—ranging from the effects on our day-to-day lives, to the impact on jobs and the economy, to the way government and lawmakers handle automation on a massive scale.
KST Presents
October 6
Unblurred Dance Party – October
On the first Friday of each month, people from all over the city come together on Penn Avenue for Unblurred meet artists and encounter works of photography, dance, painting, sculpture, music and spoken word.
KST Presents
October 13 - 14
Ananya Dance Theatre – Shyamali: Sprouting Words
Ananya Dance Theater’s newest work takes its name from the Bengali work for “dark green,” and draws inspiration from the force that springs trodden grass back to life. In Shyamali: Sprouting Words, choreographer Ananya Chatterjea recognizes proactive dissent as a fuel for growth, and celebrates the courage of women who refuse to be broken, women who speak up, talk back, embody dissent and sustain their communities against injustice.
KST Presents
October 24
Bill Shannon – Residency Showing
As KST’s current Penn Avenue Creative Artist-in-Residence, Bill Shannon offers an in-process showing and conversation about Touch Update, a multidisciplinary work that combines movement, wearable projection technology and video installation to explore the significant and often subtle implications of physical human contact in the digital era.
KST Presents
October 27 - 28
Balafon West African Dance – Black River Dance Festival
Led by revered dance artist Kadiatou Conte-Forte, Balafon West African Dance Ensemble is a Pittsburgh institution, one that combines intricate choreography and elaborate costumes with live music and song
KST Presents
October 28
9th Annual Halloween Mayhem
Zombies, a costume parade, puppets, games and more fill Kelly Strayhorn Theater for our ninth annual Halloween Mayhem.
KST Presents
November 3
Unblurred Dance Party – November
On the first Friday of each month, people from all over the city come together on Penn Avenue for Unblurred meet artists and encounter works of photography, dance, painting, sculpture, music and spoken word.
KST Presents
November 17 - 18
9th Annual My People Series
This year’s My People series explores the life of queer people of color through award-winning films, community conversations and performances to celebrate the rich contributions made by LGBTQIA people of color.
KST Presents
December 1
Unblurred Dance Party – December
On the first Friday of each month, people from all over the city come together on Penn Avenue for Unblurred meet artists and encounter works of photography, dance, painting, sculpture, music and spoken word.
KST Presents
December 9
Let’s Move! Family Dance Party
Warm up the holiday season with a mid-day dance party to get the whole family moving.
KST Presents
December 15 - 16
slowdanger / MICHIYAYA Dance
The culmination of a six-month, bi-city exchange, this evening of experimental and interdisciplinary dance performances explores our identities as constantly shifting states of being, of boundaries defined and refined by the spaces we inhabit.