I’ve been obsessed with Israeli contemporary dance since returning from International Exposure 2015 last December, and for good reason: Some of the best contemporary dance on the planet harks from the tiny seaside city of Tel Aviv.
“Don’t look at that. That’s not part of the tour,” is a phrase used by absolutely no museum docent ever, until Tymberly, the new Menil Collection docent, had me in her guiding clutches.
When the lights came up after an hour of Kelly Sears' shorts I felt like an extra from The Manchurian Candidate, with a mild case of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, complete with the eyeball spinning.
“We look around the world we live in, at topics that are relevant in the news, our civic life, in the culture as a whole,” Kevin Moriarty, Artistic Director of the Dallas Theater Center tells me when I ask him how he and his team begin to conceive a season.
From its sprawling campus along Houston’s Brays Bayou, the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center has long enjoyed a reputation as an epicenter for arts and cultural events.
