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Article: Attack Theatre shows dancers' 'Steel'
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- April 30, 2007
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Attack Theatre's "Games of Steel" is a rush of high-energy
narrative dance set to good, hard-rockin' music that was performed
over the weekend at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty.
It was premiered in 2005 in a factory setting, and returned in
revised form for performance in theaters after a seven-city tour. It
will go to Southern California and Boston next season.
"Games of Steel" mixes elements of television game shows and
"reality" shows for broader points about living because, as one of
the songs puts it, "Everybody plays the game."
The show is billed aptly as a dance-rock opera because the action
and music are so well integrated. It opens with a funky instrumental
duet between ...