Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part II: Alexa Capareda’s Maria and the Mouse Deer

Sherry Cheng·February 2, 2023

PART TWO: Think about classical ballet’s signature repertoire—The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Cinderella. Each of these canonic story ballets is drawn from a European folk tale or story, and set to music by a European composer. Is it time to ask, “what other stories can ballets tell?”

Austin Dance

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part I: Nao Kusuzaki’s Genji at Asia Society Texas Center in partnership with Houston Ballet

Sherry Cheng·February 2, 2023

Think about classical ballet’s signature repertoire—The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Cinderella. Each of these canonic story ballets is drawn from a European folk tale or story, and set to music by a European composer. Is it time to ask, “what other stories can ballets tell?”

Dance Houston

A Complete Vision: ISHIDA Dance Looks to the Future

Sherry Cheng·December 19, 2022

In one of the biggest Texas dance stories of the year, ISHIDA Dance Company, a contemporary dance company co-located in Austin and Houston, has just made Dance Magazine’s 2023 “25 to Watch” list, one of the most coveted accolades in the dance industry.

Austin Dance Houston

Moon Over Kathmandu: Lain Singh Bangdel at Asia Society Texas Center

Sherry Cheng·December 17, 2022

Twenty years after his passing, the extraordinary twentieth-century polymath and pioneering modernist Lain Singh Bangdel is finally getting some much-deserved recognition in the United States.

Houston Visual Art

Deep Time: Michelle Mackey at Holly Johnson Gallery

Sherry Cheng·November 15, 2022

The solo exhibition Michelle Mackey: Beyond Measure (Nov. 19, 2022-Feb. 11, 2023), at Holly Johnson Gallery in Dallas, is in many ways a homecoming for the artist.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Wreckers Away! A Thrilling, Compelling HGO Production Does Justice to a Masterpiece

Sherry Cheng·October 31, 2022

It was a revelatory night at the Houston Grand Opera for the opening of Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers.

Houston Music Theater

Kinetic Season 8: Distinct Voices, New Works, and Wild Soundscapes

Sherry Cheng·September 19, 2022

In Kinetic’s collaborative model, each of the 16 musicians in the conductorless string ensemble brings his or her creative voice to the table, to the rehearsal space, and to the concert stage.

Houston Music

The Power of an Image: FotoFest Biennial 2022 confronts the issues of our time

Sherry Cheng·August 3, 2022

Just as the song was a response to the concerns of its time, the works that constitute the central exhibition of FotoFest Biennial 2022: If I Had a Hammer (Sept. 24-Nov. 6 at Silver Street and Winter Street Studios) confront the issues of our time.

Houston Visual Art

All in for Beauty: Charlotte Smith at Camiba Gallery

Sherry Cheng·August 3, 2022

For more than 20 years Dallas-based artist Charlotte Smith has reveled in experimenting with paint, and occasionally other materials, creating a signature style grounded in process-driven abstraction.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Show Up Visual Art

Identities, Narratives, and Histories: CraftTexas 2022 at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Sherry Cheng·July 23, 2022

How does craft tell stories differently than other visual arts media? I posed this question to Texas-raised, Los Angeles-based artist and curator Andres Payan Estrada, juror for CraftTexas 2022, the biennial juried exhibition presented by Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC), now in its 11th edition.

Houston Visual Art

Quintessential DACAMERA: Programming Magic in the 2022-23 Season

Sherry Cheng·June 13, 2022

In Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg’s mind, a quintessential DACAMERA season must have a balance of beloved masterpieces performed by great musicians from the classical world, and fantastic jazz of varying styles that reflect the ever-widening genre.

Houston Music

Colette Copeland: My Jesse James Adventure at the Old Jail Art Center and Jody Klotz Fine Art

Sherry Cheng·June 7, 2022

Driving alone through the middle of the country, spanning nine states and more than 4,000 miles, Dallas-based artist, cultural critic, and social activist Colette Copeland spent three summers visiting the numerous sites where Jesse James lived and outlawed, filming on location throughout her performative journey.

Abilene Albany Visual Art West Texas

Visual Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Material Culture: Betsabée Romero at Blanton Museum of Art

Cartoon King: The Brilliant Accessibility of KAWS at Crystal Bridges

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Reimagining a Classic: Houston Ballet’s Stanton Welch Breathes New Life into Raymonda

Dance Here: Agora Artists is Planting the Seeds to Make Dallas a Dance Town

Music

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Celebrating 125 Years, the Dallas Symphony Looks Back to its History

Triumph in Tragedy: Ars Lyrica Houston’s Luminous Theodora

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Fade To Black: Week-Long Arts Festival Amplifies Black Voices in Houston

Leaping into the Unknown: The Risks and Rewards of World Premieres

Sherry Cheng

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part II: Alexa Capareda’s Maria and the Mouse Deer

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part I: Nao Kusuzaki’s Genji at Asia Society Texas Center in partnership with Houston Ballet

A Complete Vision: ISHIDA Dance Looks to the Future

Moon Over Kathmandu: Lain Singh Bangdel at Asia Society Texas Center

Deep Time: Michelle Mackey at Holly Johnson Gallery

Wreckers Away! A Thrilling, Compelling HGO Production Does Justice to a Masterpiece

Kinetic Season 8: Distinct Voices, New Works, and Wild Soundscapes

The Power of an Image: FotoFest Biennial 2022 confronts the issues of our time

All in for Beauty: Charlotte Smith at Camiba Gallery

Identities, Narratives, and Histories: CraftTexas 2022 at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Quintessential DACAMERA: Programming Magic in the 2022-23 Season

Colette Copeland: My Jesse James Adventure at the Old Jail Art Center and Jody Klotz Fine Art