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Performania: Israeli Dance in Texas

Nancy Wozny·April 30, 2016

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.

Dance Performania

This Page Left Intentionally Blank or Not: Big Dance Theater at CounterCurrent

Tarra Gaines·April 27, 2016

“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.

Dance Houston Visual Art

The Shape of Home

casey gregory·April 27, 2016

Mari Omori at the Galveston Arts Center

Houston Visual Art

Spoilers

Lee Escobedo·April 27, 2016

Jennie Ottinger at Conduit

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

The Sears Effect: Kelly Sears at Aurora Picture Show

Nancy Wozny·April 25, 2016

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.

Film Houston

Theater for Right Now: DTC’s New Season

Jennifer Smart·April 25, 2016

“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.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Theater

Curating in Texas: The Contemporary’s Heather Pesanti

Thao Votang·April 22, 2016

I walked into the Jones Center on a Monday to meet with Heather Pesanti, senior curator of The Contemporary Austin.

Curating in Texas

Classics & Connections: The Dallas Opera’s 2016/17 Season

Monica Smart·April 22, 2016

The Dallas Opera's 60th season is back to basics, with three classics of the Western canon and two modern psychological dramas.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Music

Curtain Up: Theater Returns to the J

Holly Beretto·April 20, 2016

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.

Houston Theater