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  • Revisiting Bach's Air on G String, from a singing and dancing viewpoint · musicBaroqueJohann Sebastian BachAir on G StringChristopher HogwoodsingingdanceDoris HumphreyviolinYehudi Menuhinrecorder · Jun 10, 2015
  • Copland's Appalachian Spring danced by the orchestra musicians: confronting my memories of boredom four years ago · musicdanceAaron CoplandAppalachian SpringPittsburgh Symphony OrchestraCarnegie Mellon UniversityballetMartha Graham · May 28, 2014
  • My first time at an English country dance music jam · English country dancedancetraditional dancerecorderfluteBaroque fluteimprovisationPittsburgh · Jan 25, 2014
  • Watching "Hable con ella" ("Talk to her") (2002): thoughts on art, crime, and ethics · filmPedro Almodóvarrapebullfightingpaso dobleLatin danceballroom dancedancegender roles · Dec 26, 2013
  • 100th anniversary: remembering the first time I heard Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" · musicdanceballetIgor StravinskyThe Rite of Spring · May 29, 2013
  • Another exciting concert at Bar Marco: Chris Norman and the Chatham Baroque playing a tasty assortment of dynamic music · musicPittsburghBar MarcoChris NormanChatham BaroqueflutedanceBaroqueScottish Baroque · Feb 28, 2013
  • Pittsburgh Contras and Squares Holiday Ball 2012 · musicflutetin whistleIrish flutemelodicamandolinPittsburgh Contras and SquaresHoliday BalldancePittsburghcontra dance · Dec 14, 2012
  • Dan Possumato and friends playing Irish, Scottish, French music · Carnegie Library of PittsburghPittsburghmusicIrish musicaccordionDon PossumatoScottishFrench dancedancewaltz · Nov 25, 2012
  • Preparing to play Irish flute in the Holiday Ball · musicfluteIrish fluterecordertin whistlePittsburgh Contras and SquaresHoliday BalldancePittsburghcontra dance · Nov 24, 2012
  • Classical Revolution: Pittsburgh's AquiTango delivers passionate traditional tango · musicPittsburghtangoAquiTangoBar MarcodanceLatin music · Nov 14, 2012
  • French music jam with unexpected new musicians · musicfluteIrish flutedanceFrench dancetraditional dancePittsburgh · Oct 15, 2012
  • My first contra dance workshop: unexpected fun! · dancecontra danceFrench dancePittsburghCarnegie Mellon Universitymusic · Oct 7, 2012
  • Another French music jam; also, announcing CATS Dance · musicfluteBaroque fluteIrish flutedanceFrench dancetraditional dancePittsburghCarnegie Mellon Universitycontra dance · Sep 28, 2012
  • My second French music jam: playing my Irish flute in public for the first time · musicfluteBaroque fluteIrish fluteFrench dancedancetraditional dancebluesPittsburghCarnegie Mellon University · Aug 27, 2012
  • My first French music jam: anxious but excited · musicfluteBaroque fluteIrish fluteFrench dancedancetraditional dancebluesPittsburgh · Jul 2, 2012
  • Playing French music for the first time, and dancing blues for the first time · musicIrish fluteBaroque fluteFrench dancedancetraditional dancebluestango · May 14, 2012
  • My first sampling of English country dance and contra dance · danceEnglish country dancecontra danceMideast early music workshop · Mar 31, 2012
  • Flute: loving it again, remembering why I dance, and how I met my wife! · musicfluteorchestrapracticeBaroque flutedanceballroom dancetangotraditional danceFrench dancePittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityrecorderimprovisationmemoryLatin musicbolero · Mar 10, 2012
  • When can you call yourself an expert at something? · learningdancefluteprogramming · Feb 24, 2012
  • Saying No in order to say Yes · time managementmeditationdanceexercisemusicfluterecorderaccordionchessCarnegie Mellon University · Feb 23, 2012
  • Enjoying more French dancing in Pittsburgh · PittsburghFrench dancedancetraditional danceCarnegie Mellon UniversitybluesmarriageGullifty'spierogies · Feb 20, 2012
  • Discovering French traditional social dance in Pittsburgh · PittsburghFrench dancedancetraditional danceballroom dance · Jan 23, 2012
  • Injuries from yoga are common: some tips on staying safe · yogaPilatesmeditationdanceAlexander techniqueballroom danceRodney YeePittsburgh Marathonrunningself-learning · Jan 6, 2012
  • Fun at the East End Food Co-op Winterfest · East End Food Co-opWinterfestPittsburghBury the Cabbagetin whistledancecookies · Dec 18, 2011
  • Playing recorder and flute at the Holiday Ball! · musicrecorderflutetin whistletamburitzaPittsburgh Contras and SquaresHoliday BalldancePittsburghcontra dancecookies · Dec 17, 2011
  • On not reading concert program notes · musicdanceconcertsPittsburghrecorderDas Collectif · Nov 11, 2011