Attack Theatre Swings and Dangles Over Shipping Containers
12 May 2008 by Lauren in News
PITTSBURGH – The contemporary dance daredevils of Attack Theatre save
the Three Rivers Arts Festival in their newest site-specific work, The Heist.
Presented on and among the Festival’s Contained mobile exhibition
galleries on Forbes Avenue between Market Square and Stanwix Street,
The Heist features high-energy dance, over-the-top characterization and
witty physical banter. Catch a free performance at 5:30 pm, Fridays -
Sundays, June 6 – 8 and 13 – 15, 2008, rain or shine. All performances
are free and open to the public.
Attack Theatre performances
balance on the edge of contemporary dance, interactive theater and
narrative storytelling. In The Heist, Three Rivers Arts Festival
audiences are stunned by the theft of a masterpiece from the Contained
exhibitions. Fortunately, Attack Theatre has the solution – which
includes an audience-interactive re-creation of the destroyed work of
art.
“We’ve performed in an abandoned rubber band factory, on
city streets and in ‘regular’ theatres – but this is the most demanding
site-specific work we’ve ever undertaken,” said Attack Theatre
Producing Artistic Director Peter Kope.
Managing Artistic
Director Michele de la Reza added, “Performing for the Festival
audience brings us in contact a new group of art lovers, appreciators
and visitors. We always try to perform in unique and exciting venues,
so this was the perfect opportunity for us.”
“Attack Theatre has
toured world-wide, and they’re highly respected as dance risk-takers,”
said Elizabeth Reiss, Three Rivers Arts Festival executive director.
“We wanted to add a performance element to our new shipping container
galleries, and we knew Attack Theatre would rise to the challenge of
dancing on and around 8-foo-high containers.”
Calendar Listing
The Three Rivers Arts Festival presents Attack Theatre in The Heist.
5:30 pm, Fridays – Sundays, June 6 – 8 and 13 – 15, 2008. Contained
exhibition on Forbes Avenue between Market Square and Stanwix Street.
Rain or shine. Free.
About the Three Rivers Arts Festival
The
mission of the Three Rivers Arts Festival is to connect the community
to the arts. The 49th annual Three Rivers Arts Festival runs from June
6-22, 2008. For more information, call the Festival at 412.281.8723 or
visit our website www.artsfestival.net.