Gateway to the Arts
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Pittsburgh, PA 15206

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Holiday Unwrapped

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Artist: Attack Theatre

attack_theatreRunning the gamut from Tchaikovsky, Ellington and Bizet to contemporary music, Attack Theatre’s Holiday Unwrapped is an interactive dance adapted from classical and contemporary holiday fare that invites students to experience the holidays with a fresh perspective. Students will identify the connection of movement language with music, partnering and props and discover how each of these elements help convey expression, images and feelings as a holiday theme is translated into contemporary dance.

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.

Available November 29-December 16, 2011 

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

Arts & Humanities: 9.1 - 9.4

Health, Safety & PE: 10.4 -10.5

History: 8.1, 8.3 - 8.4

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  • 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.