A Beauty & A Birthday: Houston Ballet celebrates Ben Stevenson’s 80th with The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty, the big hit of 19th century czarist ballet, continues to be performed all over the globe. When Ben Stevenson created his lavish version for Houston Ballet in 1990, the company also had a hit.
What We Loved & More: A + C Writers Look Back at 2015 and Ahead to 2016
We asked the A + C family what performances stood out for them in 2015 and what they are most looking forward to in 2016. Enjoy their findings and recommendations.
BODYTRAFFIC Makes Texas Debut
The new year brings something fabulously new to Texas: BODYTRAFFIC, a Los Angeles-based contemporary dance company known for its versatility and sparkling technique, makes its debut in Texas with performances at Dallas’ AT&T Performing Arts Center Jan. 22 (part of the TITAS Presents series) and Houston’s Cullen Theater at Wortham Center Jan. 23 (presented by the Society for the Performing Arts and sponsored in part by the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston as part of the center’s Dance Month).
Visual art, social practice, and entrepreneurial spirit
Round 43 at Project Row Houses
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Sherwin Rivera Tibayan at the Reading Room
Becoming Nannerl: The Other Mozart
The story begins with a portrait by Johann Nepomuk della Croce of a family: father, son and a daughter with spectacularly big hair.
Take the trip to Clarkston
In Clarkston, now playing an extended premier run at Dallas Theater Center through Jan 31, playwright Samuel D. Hunter uses familiar holiday themes of loneliness and redemption to gift us an endearing story filled with plenty of good spirits but also hurt, heartache and an interpretive ending.
Apollo Chamber Players Explore Texas Roots
Like many new musicians, when he left Rice University with his Master’s degree of music, Matt Detrick struggled to find paying gigs.
A+C Q&A: Liz Rodda
Austin-based artist Liz Rodda often creates art out of seemingly-incongruous images and content.
Coming Home: Bree Welch
Bree Welch made a triumphant return to Texas, playing Henry in Henry V at Houston's Classical Theatre Company.