Before the Partition: Yoshitaka Amano’s Unbroken Line at Asia Society Texas Center

Jonathan Hopson·
I am not swiping through digital images or peering into a paperback book; I am standing—as the first viewer to see Yoshitaka Amano: Big Bang at Asia Society Texas Center fully installed, where it runs through Feb. 7, 2027—in the quiet, pristine light of Yoshio Taniguchi’s architecture, confronted by raw scale, chemical reaction, and the unyielding physical friction of human labor on a gallery wall.
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Bats, Swans & Bon Bons: Avant Chamber Ballet’s 15th season positions classical dance for modern audiences

Lindsey Wilson·
Since its founding in 2012, Dallas’s Avant Chamber Ballet has commissioned more than 50 world-premiere ballets, including four full-length works, all from female or minority choreographers. Its 2026-27 season continues that tradition with world premieres from founding artistic director Katie Puder and former New York City ballet principal Jock Soto, but audiences can also expect plenty of classical ballet’s greatest hits, including The Nutcracker and the second act of Swan Lake. The season also features the most performance dates in the company’s 15-year history, all occurring at Moody Performance Hall.
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When Choreographers Mind the Gap: Houston’s Favorite Dance Showcase Hits Forty

ADAM CASTAÑEDA·
It’s been almost ten years since the heads of Dance Source Houston, the Bayou City’s diligent and committed resource organization for the local field of dance, hatched an inspired plan. Executive Director Mollie Miller and then Board President Stephanie Todd Wong recognized a need for performance opportunities for the city’s dance-makers, as well as production training so that these artists could utilize the newly opened Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH).
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