A Spark in the Dark: Chemistry on Stage
Flash forward deep into the pandemic and the height of streaming theater while lying on a couch, I thought a lot about live, in-person stage chemistry.
Their Stories: Spring 2022 Season at Ballet Austin
Ballet Austin’s spring season at the Long Center for the Performing Arts is composed of a mix of comedic, contemporary and canonical ballets that range from Artistic Director Stephen Mills’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (February 11-13), to Her Stories (April 1-3) with unique works by three female choreographers, to the traditional Swan Lake (May 6-8).
Historical Echoes: Mel Chin at UTA
Two of the central artworks in Mel Chin’s latest exhibition, Inescapable Histories, on view at the University of Texas at Arlington through March 30, are diptych paintings of a circular shape, resembling a solar body.
Moody Center for the Arts Celebrates Five Years of Ideas, Dialogue and Innovation
If conversation can truly rise to an art form, Rice University’s Moody Center for the Arts has proven a most creative ground for such an idea-exchanging medium.
Casting Light on Houston Ballet’s 2022 Lineup
The second part of Houston Ballet’s 2021-2022 season features productions that reflect the wide-ranging talents and skills of the company’s dancers.
Double Vision: Dallas Opera Returns to Grandeur and Grows its Digital Audience
Opera’s grandeur will at last come back to the Winspear Opera House on Feb. 18, when TDO revives its production of Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly (through Feb. 26).
Texas Legend Octavio Medellín Honored at the DMA
More than twenty years after his death, his legacy will be honored in the retrospective, Octavio Medellín: Spirit and Form, on view at the Dallas Museum of Art, Feb. 2, 2022- Jan. 15, 2023.
Pegasus Contemporary Ballet Takes Flight over DFW
North Texas has a new ballet company, but don’t expect a production of Swan Lake or The Nutcracker. “I love those ballets; I’ve performed them as a professional,” says Diana Crowder, Artistic Director and Founder of Pegasus Contemporary Ballet.
Crossing the Scratch on the Earth: Wendy Red Star at San Antonio Museum of Art
This force, rooted in Red Star’s deep connection to Crow culture and identity, is foundational to all of Red Star’s works. When the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) presents Wendy Red Star: A Scratch on the Earth (Feb.11-May 8), it will be the first solo exhibition of a Native American artist for the museum.
The Underworld on Stage: ‘Hadestown’ Tours Texas
Even once the show goes on, the director’s work is still not done. This has become especially true for the Tony winning director of Hadestown, Rachel Chavkin.
The State of the World: Frances Stark at The Modern
Frances Stark hasn’t been this angry and disillusioned with the state of the world in a while—if ever. That’s evident in FOCUS: Frances Stark of the artist’s paintings on display at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth through January 9.
The South’s Got Something to Say: Dirty South at CAMH
First opened at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and on view at the Contemporary Art Museum Houston (CAMH) through Feb. 6, 2022, The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse is a survey of Southern art that shies away from nothing.