Coming Home: Drew Bacon
Drew Bacon is a painter and animator who returned to his home turf in Houston after graduating from Pratt Institute.
Nancy Wozny
Performania: TexFest-ing
For me, TexFest-ing is an Olympic sport. I may have achieved my personal best crashing through Dance Salad, Fusebox and CounterCurrent in 14 days.
Making Dallas a Global Dance City: A New Season at TITAS Presents
Dallas dance-lovers are proud that a dance-centric presenter like TITAS Presents exists in their city—and they should be. Executive Director Charles Santos is famous for his eye for up-and-coming troupes, as well as showcasing international groups.
Performania: The Loneliness of the Arts Writer
“What are you working on?” asked Anis Shivani, a Texas poet, novelist, pundit and provocateur. “A story called ‘The loneliness of the arts writer’,” I replied. “All artists are lonely,” he shot back. “Maybe so, but arts writers are the loneliest,” I said.
The ACTX Top Ten: May 2017
Our top ten picks for arts + culture events happening across Texas in May 2017.
Justin Peck: A Choreographer for Right Now
The ballet field is fond of pinning their hopes on the next great choreographer who will lead this astonishing art form into the future.
Wonder Girl: Texas Ballet Theater’s Carolyn Judson on Alice in Wonderland
Texas is having an Alice boom with Ballet Austin performing Septime Weber’s Alice on May 12-14 at The Long Center and Texas Ballet Theater performing Stevenson’s Alice, May 19-21 at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, and June 2-4 at Winspear Opera House in Dallas.
It Happened in Texas: Anna Sokolow at Houston Ballet
I’ve always had a pestering curiosity about Anna Sokolow. A great American choreographer who influenced the development of modern dance in America, Israel, and Mexico—to say nothing of the famous actors who credit her as a force in their training, including Faye Dunaway, Julie Harris, Eva-Marie Saint, Jean Stapleton, Eli Wallach, Patti LuPone, and Kevin Kline—Sokolow nevertheless remains at the periphery of the canon.
The ACTX Top Ten: April 2017
Arts + Culture Texas' magazine's top ten picks for events happening across Texas in April 2017.
Dust Bowl Dancing: Open Dance Project’s ‘Bout a Stranger
What do you do when a dancer crawls out from under the bench that you are sitting on? Then, a moment or two later, he takes the bench away entirely.
Such is the life of an audience member in immersive dance theater.
Daniel Proietto at Dance Salad & CounterCurrent
The award winning choreographer and dancer Daniel Proietto makes a double festival stop in Houston this April, as his solo, Player, is on Dance Salad’s lineup (April 13-15), and he is appearing in Simulacrum by the renowned Norwegian troupe winter guests, as part of CounterCurrent 2017, the annual multi-disciplinary festival presented by University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts (April
Real Life Love at Dance Salad: Texas Ballet Theater’s Leticia Oliveira and Carl Coomer
The fun part of Houston’s Dance Salad Festival, April 13-15, is in the mix of companies, dancers and choreographers.