Members of Attack Theatre
Attack Theatre has been making personal, accessible and collaborative dance-based performances with “ninja-like intensity” (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) for over a decade. They combine modern dance, original live music, multimedia and interdisciplinary art forms to present work in traditional and nontraditional spaces throughout the United States and around the world. They have collaborated with major regional theaters (Quantum Theatre), NYC Broadway productions (Squonk), museums (Carnegie Museum of Art, Andy Warhol Museum, Frick Art Museum, Mattress Factory), symphonies (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra), operas (Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh, Spoleto USA) and international dance companies (Japan’s Nibroll Collective and Belgium’s Compagnie Matteo Moles), presenting nearly 100 original works in theatrical and site specific settings. While maintaining a loyal audience in their home base of Pittsburgh, they have toured Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina, D.C., Texas, Washington and New York; and internationally, throughout France, Monaco, Germany, Switzerland, Indonesia, Turkey and Japan.
Attack Theatre also conducts residencies in contemporary dance, creative movement and aesthetic education in universities, primary and secondary schools, arts festivals and community centers. The company’s outreach programs focus on demystifying the artistic process and building community. In 2004, the Governor of Pennsylvania’s Silver and Gold Award recognized Attack Theatre’s excellence for innovative services for the elderly and has been named five times as one of the Top 50 Cultural Leaders of Pittsburgh by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2002-2006).
Attack Theatre operates a rehearsal and performance studio in the Bloomfield/Garfield area of Pittsburgh that serves small arts groups and the neighboring community as, “an important training ground for the next generation” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). The company’s arts education residencies and touring are made possible through their active participation with the PA council in the Arts – Art in Education Roster (AIE), Gateway to the Arts, PennPAT, and the Arts Education Collaborative.
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