Lights flash, arc, blind, blink. Arms, legs, faces appear, disappear. Shadows bend, swallow, haunt.
Spitting Ether: A Reality Bending Dance, created in collaboration by NobleMotion Dance and lighting designer David J. Deveau, is an evening of light and dance, yes, but perhaps the strongest element of the show is shadow [...]...
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s Over Glow.PHOTO: SHAREN BRADFORD.
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Returns to the SPA stage
Imagine a ballet company that exists in two cities, do...
Houston Ballet Celebrates Women Choreographers “Ballet is woman,” Balanchine famously proclaimed. Oh really? Some, women in particular, might think differently. Balanchine refers to the supreme role of the ballerina, which is indeed an exalted position in the field. Things did not work out so well when it came to positions of leadership, though [...]...
There’s a happily revolving door at Jacob’s Pillow every summer, as dancers and dance companies come and go and audiences have the chance to sample from hundreds of performances. The dance festival in Western [...]...
Jonah Bokaer Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival August 5, 2012 If I had to label the genre of Jonah Bokaer’s new work, Curtain, premiered at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, I would say it’s a thriller, more in genre of Inception than any garden [...]...
A Visit with Paul Taylor dance Michael Apuzzo I first met Michael Apuzzo while working on a Dance Magazine story. Now in his fifth season at Paul Taylor Dance Company, Apuzzo has written a book, Flying Through Yellow to tell his [...]...
Hope Stone and NobleMotion Rule Houston’s Dance Stages Houston’s August dance scene belongs to Hope Stone Dance and NobleMotion Dance as they offer brave new works for local dance fans. Jane Weiner plans a deconstruction of Mozart’s Requiem, she calls it WRECK-WE-UMMM, while Andy and Dionne Noble combine forces with lighting [...]...
While other art forms go into a summer slumber, the art of dance ramps up as three top dance festivals offer a steady stream of American and international dance...
Joseph Walsh and Karina Gonzalez in Romeo and Juliet. Choreography by Ben Stevenson. Photo: Amitava Sarkar.
Houston Ballet
June 9, 2012
How is it that, after s...
Houston Ballet's Executive Director James Nelson
In February of 2012, James Nelson took over the reigns of the executive director job from C.C. Conner. Nelson,...
Stephan Koplowitz's Natural Acts in Artificial Water
Insight|Out Festival
May 19, 2012
Water has a beckoning presence.
Stephan Koplowitz's Natural Acts in Art...
Melanie Marshall and Sahr Ngaujah. Photo by Tristram Kenton.
Fela comes to Houston
Prepare to gyrate. The Afrobeat is heading to Houston. Fela, the Tony-Award ...
