Looking for a great night out on the town then Pittsburgh is the best place to be. From a wide range of performance arts available in the area, you are sure to be pleased with the outcome of all of the shows and options that are available to you. Regardless what your favorite type of performance art is you are sure to be excited and thoroughly en

To see a Broadway play or musical is to step into a world that envelops you with an experience you cannot find anywhere else. Theatre has been around since ancient times and for good reason. There is absolutely nothing like watching the actors, hearing the live musical scores and going on a journey with fellow theatre-goers. It makes movies seem li

Have you ever watched dance hall dancing and marveled at the blessing and liquidness of the dancers? Well if you have then you will see that they trip the light fantastic on shoes that are made to take all of the twisting, turn and high kicks that they do at various shows and competitions. Instead of wearing conventional shoes ballroom dancers wear

There are many forms of samba danced in Brazil. The two leading samba types in Rio today are the street samba dance called samba no pe, which is a solo dance and samba gafieiro, which is a partner dance. The conventional type of samba danced during the Rio carnival is samba no pe. But according to some samba dancers there is a slightly differen

To become a backup dancer is a field with a lot of competition. The thing is most people aren't aware of what it takes to become a backup dancer. The tips below will show you what it takes to be a backup dancer for music artists and bands. It shows you the skills that will help you from the initial stages of auditioning through to actually getti

The ligne claire illustrations of the original comic books were very central to the whole ethos of the Tintin world created by Remi. The whole ligne claire look was such a classic that it's inspiration went beyond comics with both Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein both stating it's influence on the pop art scene. Ligne claire (French for "clear l

Performing magic is great way to meet people or to simply impress your friends. There are some magic tricks that look great to other people but are actually easy to perform. 3 easy magic tricks that you can perform are the Water to Ice trick, the Disappearing Coin trick, and the Magically Burned String trick. The first trick is very easy to do.

After taking a few lessons the student may find that he has a hitherto unsuspected talent for the art of ventriloquism, which only needs proper cultivation to be made a source of amusement and profit. As in music, there is a certain technique which must be thoroughly mastered before one can become proficient, and certain exercises conducing to voic

Every now and again a dance workshop or master class will pop up with an expert choreographer or dancer. Are street dance workshops a good way of learning to dance? Better than dance classes? Street dance workshops are very good because you learn a lot of skills from someone who will be able to dance at a high standard and also teach you how to

There are many dance studios that you can go to learn dance. Every one's heard of the best and mainstream ones where all the top dancers, choreographers and pop superstars go. But in many large cities there are a number of underground dance studios quietly doing their business with very high standards of dancers. So how can you find out about th

Many dancer's dream is to do be a backing dancer for their favourite music artists and bands. Whether it's just to be able to meet them up close and personal or just being able to say you're one of Britney Spears' dancers! How is it possible to dance for your favourite artists? Well you could try the luck route. Wade Robson won a competition to

Being a naturally talented dancer has its benefits as well as downfalls. The benefits are that you can of course already dance your own way without needing too much help. The downside is that being naturally gifted stops many dancers from going to dance classes and learning other skills. Many dance jobs and auditions specify for the dancers to b

Tintin is a young Belgian reporter who through heroic action solves mysteries that are presented at the start of each comic book. Tintin was first introduced to the world in Tintin in the Land of the Soviets. Created by George Remi the first adventure was released in a Belgium paper in 1929-1930. Tintin and the Land of the Soviets was a politic

The musical Young Frankenstein open on Broadway in November of 2007, and it was a hit right from the beginning. The musical is an adaptation of the 1974 film by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder. Based on Mary Shelley's horror novel published in 1818, the Gothic story was first made into a science fiction film in 1910. It has since been made int

If you want to become a backing dancer one thing should be clear - you better start practising your dancing. Whereas average dancers or even deliberately bad dancers sometimes get jobs as a backing dancer it is not as common as good dancers usually get the job. When you see the backing dancers on TV you need to be able to dance as good as them.