Monday, October 03, 2005

Weekend Perspectives: The band must play on

Weekend Perspectives: The band must play on: "The Pittsburgh Ballet's hard decision to forsake live music should sound the alarms

Saturday, October 01, 2005
By Alan Fletcher

The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's decision to present live dance performances with recorded orchestral music is the result of wrenchingly difficult choices about the future of this great organization, whose 2005-06 season opens Thursday. It would not do to be naive about their problems, and they surely did not come to this step lightly. But anyone deeply concerned about the future of the performing arts will deplore the decision personally, professionally and artistically."

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