Gateway to the Arts
6101 Penn Avenue, Suite 301
Pittsburgh, PA 15206

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Leap Into Action

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Artist: Attack Theatre

attacktheatre_by_martha_rialThis dynamic performance will inspire students to leap into action as athletic dancers create exciting lifts and leaps using weight, balance, momentum, and even ladders and tables! Students will recognize the different forms of inspiration that provide the impetus for this creation of contemporary dance. The dancers’ camaraderie on stage and relationship with the audience provides a fun-filled, interactive glimpse into the creative process.

Under the artistic direction of Peter Kope and Michele de la Reza, Attack Theatre has been making personal, accessible and collaborative dance-based performances for more than fifteen years that create a physically dynamic environment appropriate for audiences of all ages. They combine modern dance, original live music, multimedia and interdisciplinary art forms to present work in traditional and nontraditional spaces both nationally and internationally.

View the Teacher Guide.

Grades: K-12

Site Requirements:

Clean wood floor/stage surface, min. 20’ x 20’ and 13’ ceiling height, access to electrical outlets. 1 hr. between back to back performances.

Audience Limit:

500

Prices:

1 Show
Back-
To-BacK
Allegheny
County

$560

$810

Tier 1

$625

$875

Tier 2

 

$1155

PA Academic Standards:

Science & Technology: 3.4.6 

Arts & Humanities: 9.1 - 9.4 

Health, Safety & PE: 10.4 - 10.5

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Latest Updates

  • November 10, 2011 
    On the Road & On the Air

    Taking the ‘stage’ at the historic Pump House, managed by the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area this past June, Tom Breiding recorded the PHC’s Humanities on the Road episode Steeltowns, Coalfield and the Unbroken Circle, which airs this weekend.


  • December 21, 2011 
    A Whirlwind of Collaboration

    Two densely-scheduled days this November marked the fruition of a collaborative project two years in the making, designed by Gateway to the Arts and the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University. The goal was to assist the graduate chamber music ensembles at CMU in developing dynamic outreach programs for public school students grades K-12. Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, project coordinators Lisa Hoitsma of Gateway and Dr. Natalie Ozeas of CMU enlisted the expertise of the Grammy-nominated African-American woodwind quintet, Imani Winds, known world-wide for their high-quality outreach programming that focuses on excellent musicianship, audience participation and repertoire.