The Sleeping Beauty is one of the classical ballet’s most technically difficult yet visually dynamic works — a ballet by which ballet companies are judged....
If you can dream it, you can do it: This seems to be the unofficial mantra behind Austin’s Fusebox Festival, which this year will boast more than 60 performances, workshops and talks put on by some 30 local, national and international artists, all for free for the general public....
The new year brings something fabulously new to Texas: BODYTRAFFIC, a Los Angeles-based contemporary dance company known for its versatility and sparkling technique, makes its debut in Texas with performances at Dallas’ AT&T Performing Arts Center Jan. 22 (part of the TITAS Presents series) and Houston’s Cullen Theater at Wortham Center Jan. 23 (presented by the Society for the Performing Arts and sponsored in part by the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston as part of the center’s Dance Month). ...
“I think in order to make my best work, I have to fall in love with my subject,” said Karen Stokes when discussing her company’s upcoming production, Sunset at White Oak Bayou, which celebrates the story of Houston’s founding and the city’s original port....
Isadora Duncan, Loïe Fuller, Erick Hawkins: Dance aficionados recognize these late choreographers as having played a significant role in the foundation and development of American modern dance. ...
Claire Christine Spera grew up dancing ballet, modern, and Spanish flamenco. A graduate of the arts journalism program at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, she has been a freelance dance and theater critic for the Austin American-Statesman and other publications since moving to the capital city in fall 2010.
