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Disappearing Acts
Jonah Bokaer responds to Lee Ufan For some, dance’s ephemeral quality is a problem. For Jonah Bokaer, it’s a choreographic challenge that drives the engine of his work, and often poses questions of time, space, objects [...]
Made in America and Beyond
Houston Ballet Blurs the Boundaries Does it matter where a ballet is made? Houston Ballet’s trio of works under the banner of Made in America, followed by Giselle and Romeo & Juliet, offer a rich discussion of regionalism in ballet [...]
Pump Up the Volume
The Quiet Genius of Harvey Bott and the DoV “All ‘straight’ lines bend through space,” Harvey Bott tells me. That sounds like something having to do with math, and [...]
artiFACTS: May 2012
The Houston Metropolitan Dance Company has been invited to perform on Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Inside/Out stage on August 25th. This is only the second time a Houston troupe has performed on the prestigious outdoor stage [...]
Film Review: ‘Compliance’
There were rumors surrounding Craig Zobel’s film Compliance--unsettling rumors that piqued my interest. The word on the street was that people were walking out of the film in protest and disgust. After a long day of watching relatively [...]
Filling the Air with Beautiful Music
A trained pianist and radio executive, Sarah B. Colmark has taken over the reigns as the new General Manager of WRR Classical 101.1 FM, North Texas’ classical music station. Prior to Dallas, she was station manager of Classical KHFM-FM (95.5 and 102.9 FM) in the Albuquerque/Santa Fe [...]
Review: Adam McEwen
One of the most intriguing things about the Goss-Michael Foundation — and there are many — is their willingness to ruffle feathers. They stir things up. Because they concentrate on British art, their contemporary shows often allude to Western mythological stories and archetypal [...]
Review: Roberta Harris
Eighteen new paintings by Houston artist Roberta Harris find inspiration in geometric forms in her recent show at Kirk Hopper Fine Art in Deep Ellum. Harris paints bold, textured, edgy, and haphazard paintings. She leaves a trail of her work process — drips, splats, impasto elements [...]
Review: Dream Continuum
There’s a new gallery on Dragon Street in the Design District with a hip twist. Circuit 12 Contemporary owners Dustin and Gina Orlando (she’s a Booker T grad), opened their doors at the end of March with a show Dustin says is a “sampler” of the contemporary artists and the types [...]