Performania
I've written more Nutcracker stories than should be allowed. Dance writers should have a quota. For a while, disaster stories were all the rage. Tales of a remote control rat going rogue on stage can seriously stir up holiday bluster.
Nancy Wozny
Insider Notes
As Dallas Contemporary turns 35, Charissa Terranova surveys the venerable yet agile art space's history, while Dan R. Goddard looks at how San Antonio's art scene is spreading beyond the gentrifying Blue Star Arts Complex.
Collaborating in Time
By now, downtown denizens may have noticed that the Clock Tower at Market Square looks and sounds completely different. Jo Ann Fleischhauer has transformed the historic landmark, known as the Louis and Annie Friedman Clock Tower
Performania
The season is off and running. At press time, Texans and Cowboys are off to an OK start, the Mack Brown drama continues, and Johnny Football had three seconds on the bench.
Insider Notes
Texas and the open road go hand-in-hand for artists, who are as prone to roam as anybody. As...
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
I arrived in my Hobby Center seat feeling listless, in a major mid-week slump, with a pesky bout of melancholy tinged with despair. Then, three fabulous and feathered divas descended from the ceiling bellowing “It's Raining Men” in the opening number of Theatre Under the Stars presentation of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and suddenly the world kicked it up a few notches.
Full Heart Dancing
IMAGE: Airs by Paul Taylor. Photos by Paul B. Goode. Paul Taylor Dance Company Returns to Houston Paul...
Pretend Prison
When Jenji Kohan's Orange is the New Black popped up on my Netflix menu, it just screamed A + N. Based on Piper Kerman's best selling book of the same name, the show chronicles the life of Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), while she completes a 14-month prison sentence for a decade old crime.
A Decade of Dance
With the 2013-14 season, Stanton Welch moves into his 10th year as artistic director of Houston Ballet, one of the leading companies in the nation.
Sydney Skybetter and the Hacker Ethos
Sydney Skybetter is a keynote speaker at the 2013 Houston Arts Partners Conference, on Sept 13-14 at Houston...
Energy Dance
Forklift Dance Works founder Allison Orr, formerly fearful of heights, can now climb a power pole. Don't expect her to fix your electricity when it goes out, but she knows way more about energy than your average choreographer.
Eyes on Texas: Performing Arts (Sep 2013)
Art show/Model Show is a multi-media, interactive, collaborative performance experiment from Kelli Bland, Meghan Adriel Dwyer, Michelle Keffer, Jorge Sermini and Elizabeth Doss based on their experiences as art models.