FEED YOUR HEAD CAFE: weekend 3 comments

The third weekend for Feed Your Head Cafe was a great finish to a successful run. Through word of mouth and rave reviews, this weekends crowds were the largest over the past three weeks.

This week's feature guest artist was Greer Reed-Jones. The featured queen was Eda Bagel. They were both truly stunning.

Here is what this weekend's audience thought:


We really liked how it’s completely up to you how to interpret it but its very jam packed with emotional response. The lack of talking and when it did it was very relevant to the movement that was going on.
Michael Kelly & Alexa Pontzer, Children's Institute, Pittsburgh & Northwest, PA


I liked the show. It was different and creative. I liked the leggings and the male Alice. I thought it had a message for all audiences, not just female Alice’s.
Asia, Roger's School, Beltzhoover



The music and costumes were great. It was very interesting to think about the tea party, and how we bring tea parties into our adult lives.
Stephanie, Student in Toronto, Forest Hills



I liked the costumes. It was a little scary.
Shiana, Brandi & Joshua, Allegheny






The choreography was different and it was really intriguing.
Ashya, Student, New Jersey







I could relate to Alice 100% and we’re all confused at least I’m not alone this time. And I agree, nothing is over easy.
Carylotta and Debbie, Pittsburgh





I liked the stage, I liked the black and white on the stage. Really nice use of the space. The music was great. It was just beautiful.
Andrew, Time & Kristen, Pittsburgh & New Jersey

FEED YOUR HEAD CAFE: weekend 2 comments

The second weekend for Feed Your Head Cafe was great. The reviews from opening weekend came pouring in. The critics had great things to say. There is one weekend left, so don't miss your last chance to see a truely amazing performance!

This week's feature guest artist was Karla Boos of Quantum Theatre. The featured queen was Marsha Mellow. They were amazing. Don't forget, there is a different featured guest artist and featured queen each weekend.

Here is what this weekend's audience thought:


I was really uncertain of what to expect, but when I got it in and saw the setting, I was really surprised and couldn’t tell what was about to happen next, but we were having a fun time trying to figure out who was what character and see if there was any symbolism taking place. Justin Chesarek, Student, Slippery Rock



I like the idea of alternate realities. . . The lighting, costumes, and props were all amazing – so eerie. Veronica Osbourne and Elaine Foley, Students, Oakland



My impression of the whole piece was realizing one’s mortality and what could have been: regrets, and loves and losses… The three person waltz was just unbelievable. I was just thinking that… in modern dance, when you have something with surreal, random, and abstract elements, for it also to have so much heart and healing in it -- that’s so often the missing element. I just think to be able to bring those things together is phenomenal. Jeff Nytch, Musician/Composer/Conductor, Northside


I think the thing that struck me most about it was just the way that all of the dancers moved around the theater. They were in front of you ...I felt like I was there on the floor ...but not just that: moving around in the balconies and the different catwalks, I thought that was pretty cool. Jessica, Web Designer, South Hills


I remember all the different things that Alice fell in love with, as she went down the rabbit hole. Heather, Freelancer, East Liberty


I think the space was great, and what it allowed the theater group to do. What can I say? The props, lighting, even the tables suspended from the ceiling – I liked that a lot. Adele, DJ, South Hills

I thought the staging was beautiful. I thought the performers were really top-notch; I liked the way they put their own expression into the theme. It was really, really beautiful. Renee, Photo Journalist, Southside

FEED YOUR HEAD CAFE: weekend 1 comments

We had a great turnout for the opening weekend of Dance Alloy Theater's FEED YOUR HEAD CAFE! Opening night was SOLD OUT, Saturday's Cupcakes with the Cast was fun for all, and Sunday's Matinee was great for families and students.

This week's feature guest artist was Aaron Ingley of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. The featured queen was Jezabel D'Opulence. They were amazing. Don't forget, there is a different featured guest artist and featured queen each weekend.

Here is what this weekend's audience thought:

...actually what this tells me, what this shows me, was sort of a sadness of what we go through in life, and some of the pleasures, and some of the needs, and some of the wonder, and I think it was all there in that performance – I really, really do.

Helen Corning, Beth's Mother, Washington, D.C.

It didn’t strike me as odd, I don’t think. I thought it was pretty powerful. I thought it was, like, very adult. It made me think a lot. There is no determining life!

Debbie, Waitress, Mt. Washington

...But overall, I liked the symbolism about life in general, I thought it was really good. And especially since I was a former waitress, too, so I thought it was interesting.

Jenny, Sales Rep, North Hills

I thought it was fabulous; it was like being in a dream.

Bernie Hanlon, Self-employed, Monroeville

I thought it was fantastic, it was really superb. And it was so interesting, and I loved the musical choices… I loved when they all came on in tutus with the stripes, and the piece where they come in holding the women on their backs.

Verity Stevens, Student, Highland Park

I thought it was quite interesting. But I just didn’t understand all of it. You know what I mean? There were some parts I liked extremely well…I loved it. And some parts went really slow for me. But that’s to be expected. But all in all, I enjoyed it…I loved the costumes, the music was really interesting.
PJ, Northside

I liked the swinging part, I loved that climbing wall. I tell you what, lots and lots of props make me nervous: like what’s not going work, what’s going fall over. Loved the cigarette lighting, loved the dynamite, and just the repetitive nature of that. But I also really liked when she talked. I thought that that put an interest context to it. And I liked that Alice wasn’t the youngest dancer. When she reveals herself it’s like whoa, Alice in the future!

Christine, Edgewood

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The show continues for the next two weekends at the New Hazlett Theater on the Northside. Next weekend's (April 4-6) featured guest artist is Karla Boos of Quantum Theatre. The featured queen is Marsha Mellow.

Tickets still available. Save $2 by purchasing early. Call 412-363-4321 for details and to purchase.

Behind The Curtain with BETH CORNING

Another fantastic turnout for the March 7th Behind the Curtain! Those in attendance got a sneak peek at exerpts from FEED YOUR HEAD CAFE, Beth Corning's new evening length work opening March 28 at the New Hazlett Theater.

In addition to Beth and our five amazing dancers, tonight's showing featured students from CAPA High School.

As always, the reporters gathered the comments of the audience members:

“I’ve come to a couple of these, more than a couple actually, and I’m beginning to recognize the signature style for the company itself, and I also really appreciate the experimentation and especially the collaboration with younger people.”

-Gordon Hodnett, Interviewer, Beltzhoover

“I liked it. I didn’t know what to expect, although I heard hints of it from my daughter who’s in it. You know, so I’m looking at it from the point of view of: What is the experience for her? What does she get to do?...She’s enjoying it, I enjoyed it. I will see it more than once, I’m sure, and it will be interesting to see it more than once, because there are so many different ways you can look at this.”

-Viveca Meyer, Physician, Fox Chapel

“…I don’t want to play favorites, but Stephanie and Michael both were really at the best of their form, and it was hard to keep your eyes off them. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I’m coming to see the performance.”

-John Reynolds, CMU Professor, Shadyside

Mark your calendars!

FEED YOUR HEAD CAFE
New Hazlett Theater
March 28 - April 14
CLICK HERE for tickets and more information.

A bit Alice In Wonderland, a little bit Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and a little bit Alice’s Restaurant; a bit Hollywood, a bit Off-Broadway; definitely surreal. Complete with interactive sets, a few screaming queens, a 21 member cast including a different guest performing local celebrity each week - Aaron Ingley, of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (March 28-30), Karla Boos, of Quantum Theatre (April 4-6), Greer Reed formerly of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (April 11-13), as well as dance students from the Creative And Performing Arts High School and a few screaming queens, this multimedia event is Dance Alloy Theater, like you’ve never seen it before.