Nancy Wozny is editor in chief at Arts and Culture Texas, a contributing editor at Dance Magazine and a frequent contributor to Pointe Magazine and Dance Teacher.
Horse Head Theatre Co., the Houston collective that comes out of hibernation once a year, is back again, this time with Abby Koenig's Spaghetti Code, a dark comedy about the trials of infertility, July 12-28 at PJ's Sports Bar.
As the season draws to a close in Houston (and occasionally elsewhere in Texas) and I'm already too focused on next season, it's a good time to reflect back on some standout performances.
Contemporary dance in Texas took a suckerpunch with the sudden death of Dallas choreographer Bruce Wood, the closing down of Hope Center and Hope Stone Dance Company and Dominic Walsh's sabbatical from his company Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, all within the space of a month.
As a contributing editor at DM, I get to nominate the Texas contingent—a job I take seriously, as I spend the year considering whom I might put forward for that honor.
