Killswitch Engage Plays Stage AE; Pittsburgh Ballet Has Spring Mix: ‘5 for 55’ at AWAACC (Fri., 4/4/25)

Killswitch Engage plays Stage AE this month. Killswitch Engage is a metalcore band formed by members of Overcast and Aftershock in Westerfield, Massachusetts, in 1999. After original vocalist Jesse Leach departed in 2002, Howard Jones (not the English musician) joined. The group released The End of Heartache in 2004. The eponymous song scored a Grammy nomination. Jones left, and Leach returned in 2012. The band is scene as an early pioneer in the metalcore genre. Killswitch Engage’s latest release is This Consequence, released in February. Also on the bill are Kublai Khan TX, Fit For A King, Frozen Soul. Doors open 5:30 p.m. 400 North Shore Dr., North Shore. (C.M., R.H.)

SPRING MIX: 5 for 55 by multiple choreographers. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. April 4 – 6.

Three classic and two contemporary works will help celebrate Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s fifty-fifth year producing great dance in our proud city. The evening’s full fare begins with George Balanchine’s Emeralds, a “mini-ballet” which was the first of three such “gems” (including Rubies and Diamonds) Balanchine choreographed for his 1967 production entitled Jewels. The dance presents four principals, three soloists and a corps de ballet of ten dancers. Jorma Elo’s 1st Flash unfolds next; the prolific Finnish choreographer created this electric masterpiece in 2003. Next up is Dwight Rhodes’ passionate Ave Maria set to Giulio Caccini’s 16th century aria made popular to modern audiences by Andrea Bocelli. PBT choreographer-in-residence William Moore will present a world premiere of his The Rite of Spring followed by another world premiere, Falling Forward, by Guam-born artist, Caili Quan. PBT’s Spring Mix takes the stage at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center for four performances only. 980 Liberty Ave, Cultural District. (C.P.O.)

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