2013-10-01, Pittsburgh. As part of the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts (featuring the four-story-high Rubber Duck floating on the Allegheny River), the inventive Swiss directors duo Zimmermann & de Perrot will be staging Hans was Heiri at the Byham Theater at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, October 18, and at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 19. Zimmermann & de Perrot have crafted an original and mischievous marriage of theater, circus and dance. Poets as well as magicians, their choreography, music and set design overflows with cunning depth and humor. In Hans was Heiri, the stage design revolves on a horizontal axis, forcing the performers into the most unlikely positions.
Tickets are available at the Box Office at Theater Square, online at TrustArts.org/First, or by calling 412-456-6666. Also, the Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve will be performing at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at the Byham Theater. Directed by Philippe Cohen, the Geneve Ballet is known around the world for its exquisite dancers and exciting artistic collaborations. Tickets are available at TrustArts.org/dance or by calling 412-456-1390.
Swiss-American Society of Pittsburgh 