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Dust Bowl Dancing: Open Dance Project’s ‘Bout a Stranger

Nancy Wozny·March 29, 2017

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.

Dance

Connor Walsh: Houston Ballet’s Yes Man

Lawrence Elizabeth Knox·March 29, 2017

Now 30, Walsh has spent half of his life in Houston, and over the years, he has become quite the audience favorite.

Dance Features Houston

Daniel Proietto at Dance Salad & CounterCurrent

Nancy Wozny·March 27, 2017

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

Dance

Real Life Love at Dance Salad: Texas Ballet Theater’s Leticia Oliveira and Carl Coomer

Nancy Wozny·March 27, 2017

The fun part of Houston’s Dance Salad Festival, April 13-15, is in the mix of companies, dancers and choreographers.

Dance

The Great Outdoors: Electra at Dallas Theater Center

Lauren Smart·March 27, 2017

It’s the first day of rehearsals for Electra (April 4-May 2), and Dallas Theater Center artistic director Kevin Moriarty is having trouble trading in Shakespeare for Sophocles.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Color into Sound: Loop38 at Turrell Skyspace

Sherry Cheng·March 27, 2017

When soft twilight yields to clear night, the Turrell Skyspace at Rice University is illuminated with a continuous diffusion of colors that ebb and flow around the central opening to the darkening sky.

Houston Music Visual Art

Small But Mighty: Fort Worth Opera Moves Forward With World Premiere

Steven Brown·March 24, 2017

Belt-tightening is all too familiar in the arts, but it doesn’t mean a group’s vision has to fade away.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

Design in Texas: Michelle Ney

Julie Herman·March 24, 2017

In a Texas State University production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the only thing visible to the audience until the play began was a ghost light on the stage.

Austin Design in Texas Features San Marcos

Painting the Town: The Dallas Art Fair Grows in Its Ninth Year

India Pougher·March 24, 2017

Chris Byrne and his co-founder, John Sughrue didn’t expect the Dallas Art Fair to grow like it has when they began the annual event nine years ago with 35 participants.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Haunted Melodies: Turn of the Screw at The Dallas Opera

Monica Smart·March 24, 2017

Benjamin Britten’s opera Turn of the Screw, which first premiered in 1954, is not simply a retelling of the classic Henry James’ novella but rather a haunting exploration of the corruption of innocence, the supernatural and the descent into madness.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

A Storied Snow White comes to Catastrophic Theatre

Tarra Gaines·March 22, 2017

Once upon a time—a strange, tumultuous time called the 1960s—there lived a storyteller named Donald Barthelme.

Houston Theater

On Her Own Terms: Melissa Cody at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Devon Britt-Darby·March 22, 2017

One of the funniest episodes of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm involves Larry David, aiming to score points with his love interest’s flamboyantly effeminate son Greg, buying the seven-year-old a sewing machine to the dismay of Greg’s mother, who hasn’t yet come to terms with her son’s likely sexuality.

Houston Visual Art

Visual Art

The Haas Brothers: Cuteness as a Trojan Horse, and an Irreverent Austin Homecoming at the Blanton

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Paper, Skin, Shadow: Exploring Fragility at the Menil Drawing Institute

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

Embracing the New: Texas Performing Arts’ New Season

Aimed Dance Fest Ignites Contemporary Dance in Southeast Texas

A Wonderland Awaits: Houston Ballet’s new season offers something for every ballet lover

Music

The Finale and Future: Austin Symphony Orchestra’s Peter Bay Passes the Baton

Glorious Sound: Threads of History Come to Life in Harmonia Stellarum Houston’s Season Five

Cor Mundi: Music of the Spirit in the Heart of the World

Theater

The Drama Map: Trends, Patterns and Premieres on Texas Stages

Embracing the New: Texas Performing Arts’ New Season

Timeless and Immediate: For 2026-27, Stage West plans a season where audiences feel safe to be provoked

Dust Bowl Dancing: Open Dance Project’s ‘Bout a Stranger

Connor Walsh: Houston Ballet’s Yes Man

Daniel Proietto at Dance Salad & CounterCurrent

Real Life Love at Dance Salad: Texas Ballet Theater’s Leticia Oliveira and Carl Coomer

The Great Outdoors: Electra at Dallas Theater Center

Color into Sound: Loop38 at Turrell Skyspace

Small But Mighty: Fort Worth Opera Moves Forward With World Premiere

Design in Texas: Michelle Ney

Painting the Town: The Dallas Art Fair Grows in Its Ninth Year

Haunted Melodies: Turn of the Screw at The Dallas Opera

A Storied Snow White comes to Catastrophic Theatre

On Her Own Terms: Melissa Cody at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft