A Woman of Substance
Echo Theatre showcases a season of works highlighting prolific dramatist of the English Restoration, Aphra Behn. She may be the opposite of a one-hit wonder – she was someone whose career outshone any one particular work. [...]
The Laugh’s On Them
Improvisational comedy, the funny folks on TV with the super-quick quips doing games that evoke Charades and 20 Questions. Right? Few realize those games are gussied up versions of acting exercises, much less suspect them tied to something as grand as the impulse of life itself [...]
The History of Music
Dallas Symphony commissions new music based on an obscure date in U.S. history It can be said that...
Moving Beyond Politics
Israeli film captures the sweetness of young romance despite political obstacles The 16th Annual Jewish Film Festival of Dallas opens September 6 with a slate of ten films, but one title specifically may be the talk of the community. Enriched with fully-developed characters and simple [...]
Heart and Soul
“THE STATE OF THE ART: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS IN TEXAS” Authored by June Mattingly, 2012 Well-respected Texas contemporary art collector, advisor, educator, and gallerist June Mattingly has recently self-published an e-book, The State of the Art: Contemporary Artists in Texas, highlighting the work of almost 90 of the state’s most [...]
Fast and Furious
The visual subject – she who sees – is always evolving. One does not look at the Mona...
Building Relationships
Enter GVG Contemporary in Santa Fe’s historic Canyon Road arts district, help where ornamental beams called vigas line...
What’s the Big Idea?
When it comes to avant-garde type of art, the popularity tends to wane quickly, and attendance at showings is low. Recently, however, Dallas has seen a growing interest in the avant-garde [...]
Spec’ing Out a Theater
Dallas City Performance Hall is a 750 seat multi-disciplinary theater that has the ability to become whatever it...
Power and Paradox
Liz Gerring Dance Company in she dreams in code Ideas on precision, physicality and athleticism surface in looking...
Review: NobleMotion Spitting Ether
Lights flash, arc, blind, blink. Arms, legs, faces appear, disappear. Shadows bend, swallow, haunt.
Spitting Ether: A Reality Bending Dance, created in collaboration by NobleMotion Dance and lighting designer David J. Deveau, is an evening of light and dance, yes, but perhaps the strongest element of the show is shadow [...]
Beyond Last Tango
MFAH’s Bertolucci Retrospective Best known for Last Tango in Paris, his 1972 psychosexual drama starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider, Bernardo Bertolucci [...]