Arts & Culture Texas

A Narrative Signature: International Choreographer Cathy Marston Prioritizes Storytelling in her Interpretation of a Southern Classic

Nichelle Suzanne·February 7, 2023

choreographer Cathy Marston has developed a unique narrative signature, prioritizing storytelling with the body as much as she can.

Dance Houston

Dance of Death: South Africa’s Vuyani Dance Theatre explores grief during three-stop Texas debut

Lindsey Wilson·February 3, 2023

In 1995, South African novelist and playwright Zakes Mda wrote a book called Ways of Dying that features a character named Toloki, a professional mourner at township funerals in post-Apartheid South Africa.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Houston

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part II: Alexa Capareda’s Maria and the Mouse Deer

Sherry Cheng·February 2, 2023

PART TWO: Think about classical ballet’s signature repertoire—The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Cinderella. Each of these canonic story ballets is drawn from a European folk tale or story, and set to music by a European composer. Is it time to ask, “what other stories can ballets tell?”

Austin Dance

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part I: Nao Kusuzaki’s Genji at Asia Society Texas Center in partnership with Houston Ballet

Sherry Cheng·February 2, 2023

Think about classical ballet’s signature repertoire—The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Cinderella. Each of these canonic story ballets is drawn from a European folk tale or story, and set to music by a European composer. Is it time to ask, “what other stories can ballets tell?”

Dance Houston

Wonders of the Wetlands: University of Texas at El Paso Project Unleashes the Creativity of Students and Residents

Steven Brown·February 2, 2023

The park in El Paso covers 372 acres running right up to the Rio Grande, and it gives many visitors a big surprise.

Dance El Paso

Wild Time: Fusebox 2023 Brings the Fun Factor

Tarra Gaines·February 2, 2023

Now as spring blooms, we find Austin’s Fusebox, the state’s largest multidisciplinary arts festival, carrying the trend into 2023 with five days (April 12-16) filled with its usual innovative and experimental work, but also a particularly playful and fun lineup.

Austin Dance Music Theater

Fresh Beauty: Matthew Bourne spins a darkly beautiful world

Tarra Gaines·February 1, 2023

A longed-for royal baby, a series of blessings and curses from a good-to-evil spectrum of fairies, a bit of a prick, a bead of blood then a century of sleep until a spell-breaking kiss brings the great awakening, happily ever after.

Dance Theater

A Complete Vision: ISHIDA Dance Looks to the Future

Sherry Cheng·December 19, 2022

In one of the biggest Texas dance stories of the year, ISHIDA Dance Company, a contemporary dance company co-located in Austin and Houston, has just made Dance Magazine’s 2023 “25 to Watch” list, one of the most coveted accolades in the dance industry.

Austin Dance Houston

Roaring Back: The 2022 Wrap up

Nancy Wozny·December 8, 2022

It’s been way too long since I sat around the virtual table with our fabulous theater writers Lindsey Wilson and Tarra Gaines to chat about all things performing arts in Houston, Dallas and beyond.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Houston Music Online Exclusives Theater

Taking Shape: B. MOORE DANCE Lets Imagination Reign in Season Four

Lindsey Wilson·December 7, 2022

Last season, B. MOORE DANCE debuted four world premieres under the direction and choreography of founder and artistic director Bridget L. Moore.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Moving Bodies, Moving Cameras: Frame x Frame Expands to Three Locations

Nancy Wozny·October 19, 2022

With a tagline of “international, powered by women & curiously lo-fi,” Frame Dance’s line-up this year for Frame x Frame Film Fest 2022 offers a range of impactful films.

Art Dance Film Houston

Accelerating Their Artistic Voice: Dallas Black Dance Theatre builds on recent triumphs with inspiring season

Lindsey Wilson·October 16, 2022

By all measurements, Dallas Black Dance Theatre had a stellar 2021 and first part of 2022.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Art

The Female Gaze: Texas Vignette spotlights women artists with art fair dedicated to their work

Portals to the Divine: Nestor Topchy at the Menil

‘Spanish Light: Sorolla in American Collections’ Shines at the Meadows Museum

Music

Giving Voice: Apollo Chamber Players Address Censorship

CREATIVE TEAM JAKE HEGGIE, GENE SCHEER, AND JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR TAKE ON CIVIL WAR HISTORY IN HOUSTON GRAND OPERA’s ‘INTELLIGENCE’

WindSync Turns 15: How Does the Garden Grow?

Dance

Movement, Rhythm, Expression: Dallas Black Dance Theatre spotlights world premieres and homegrown talent in 47th season

When a Ballet becomes a Poem: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Delmira Premieres at Houston Ballet

Texas Deep Divers: Turning Research Into Art

Theater

Texas Deep Divers: Turning Research Into Art

POP DEMO: Toni Leago Valle’s Speakeasy Comes to the MATCH

A Critic Looks Ahead: Top Picks for 2023-24 on DFW Stages

Film

Radical Visions Play Out at Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2022

Moving Bodies, Moving Cameras: Frame x Frame Expands to Three Locations

Texas Studio: Sarah Fox’s Bad Bunny Gets Real

Books

Reading Together Again: Inprint Houston’s New Season Dazzles with Big Name Writers

A Meeting to Remember: Aaron Landsman and Mallory Catlett’s new book on ‘City Council Meeting’

Society for the Performing Arts Goes Digital

Dance

A Narrative Signature: International Choreographer Cathy Marston Prioritizes Storytelling in her Interpretation of a Southern Classic

Dance of Death: South Africa’s Vuyani Dance Theatre explores grief during three-stop Texas debut

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part II: Alexa Capareda’s Maria and the Mouse Deer

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part I: Nao Kusuzaki’s Genji at Asia Society Texas Center in partnership with Houston Ballet

Wonders of the Wetlands: University of Texas at El Paso Project Unleashes the Creativity of Students and Residents

Wild Time: Fusebox 2023 Brings the Fun Factor

Fresh Beauty: Matthew Bourne spins a darkly beautiful world

A Complete Vision: ISHIDA Dance Looks to the Future

Roaring Back: The 2022 Wrap up

Taking Shape: B. MOORE DANCE Lets Imagination Reign in Season Four

Moving Bodies, Moving Cameras: Frame x Frame Expands to Three Locations

Accelerating Their Artistic Voice: Dallas Black Dance Theatre builds on recent triumphs with inspiring season