Nancy Wozny
Clara’s Big Dream: Houston Ballet’s New Nutcracker
Snow, a Sugar Plum Fairy and a gigantic Christmas Tree are three things we all expect from any production of The Nutcracker.
Performania: Houston Ballet’s Fresh Nutcracker
Houston Ballet is throwing a little holiday get-together, at least that's what it looks like from my seat at the front of the rehearsal room as the company enacts the famous party scene from the Nutcracker.
Riveting & Rare: CORE Presents Dance from Israel at Miller
When Niv Sheinfeld, Keren Levi and Oren Laor's Big Mouth started with a pedestrian walking pattern I knew to pay attention.
The ACTX Top Ten: October 2016
Arts + Culture TX's top ten picks for events in October 2016.
Opera in Israel with Dallas Connections
Hannah Munitz's face lit up when I asked her about the Israeli Opera’s production of Onegin, which opens The Dallas Opera’s 2016/17season, Oct. 28-Nov. 6.
The ACTX Top Ten: September 2016
A+C TX's top ten picks for arts and culture events happening across Texas in September 2016.
Dance/USA Conference Convenes in Austin
The Dance/USA conference was held in Austin this past June, a first for the capital and the organization’s second visit to Texas (Houston, 2009). For me, it was a chance to hobnob with my peers from all over the US, expand my arts toolbox with the broad spectrum of talks and workshops and to spend some much-needed quality time with the Austin Dance community.
Daring Dance in Dallas: Charles Santos on the 2016/17 TITAS Season
Dallas is a strong dance city for many reasons, TITAS Presents at AT&T Performing Arts Center being one of them.
Performania: Curious Connections
During an email exchange with Jessica Lang about her collaboration with architect Steven Holl for Tesseracts of Time, I realized that I could hear the sounds of construction of Holl’s new Glassell School, part of the new MFAH campus, from my desk as I was typing.
The ACTX Top Ten: July/August 2016
Our top ten picks for arts + culture events happening across Texas in July and August 2016.
Objects & Motion: Jonah Bokaer at Soluna
Jonah Bokaer folded space in two in one sweeping motion. OK, so maybe he used a super long piece of paper to do that. Not everything that moves in a Bokaer concert is human.