Photo by Joshua Sweeny / Courtesy of Attack Theatre
Attack Theatre is that rare established Pittsburgh arts group that moved its headquarters during the coronavirus pandemic. Now it’s showing off its new home in a short film whose production was itself an adaptation to the era of physical distancing. Attack Theatre presents Janessa Clark s I : I : 7:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 22, and 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 23
“I : I” is a collaboration between the long-running contemporary dance company and Janessa Clark, a filmmaker and choreographer with international credits. (She said the title is a graphic that can be pronounced “One to One, “I to I or however one prefers.)
Maria Baranova Suzuki
I : I director and choreographer, Janessa Clark In the midst of the pandemic, Attack Theatre relocated from the Strip District to 212 45th St. in Lawrenceville. Now just a few months after its big November move, the dance company will introduce audiences to its new space with the premiere of
, a film made in collaboration with Brooklyn-based choreographer Janessa Clark. Streaming Fri., Jan. 22 and Sat., Jan. 23, the film was shot and set in the Attack Theatre space, and was “conceived, devised, created and captured in the difficult year of 2020,” according to a press release. The film was directed and choreographed by Clark, and features Attack Theatre co-founder and artistic director Michele de la Reza, and company dancers Simon Phillips, Dane Toney, and Sarah Zielinski.