Shaking Off the Dust: Houston Ballet Plans Their Fall Return
Houston Ballet will return to the Wortham Theater Center this September for their 2021-2022 season.
Garden Party: With Pilobolus in the Garden, TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND returns to live, in-person performance
The dance company Pilobolus has many missions: to tell stories with the human form, to test the limits of human physicality, to explore the beauty and power of connected bodies.
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company: 21 Years and Counting
I’ve been watching the Austin-based Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company almost as long as it has existed.
Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part Three: Axiom, Houston Brass Quintet and Texas New Music Ensemble
I caught up with musicians from nine distinctive ensembles in Houston to reflect on the past year and look to the future. In Part Three, I visited with the Axiom Quartet, Houston Brass Quintet and Texas New Music Ensemble.
Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part Two: Loop38, Apollo Chamber Players, Carya String Quartet
In Part Two, I visited with Loop38, Apollo Chamber Players, and Carya String Quartet.
Houston’s Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part One: Monarch Chamber Players, WindSync, and KINETIC
Houston is home to numerous chamber music ensembles that have thrived alongside each other, carving out their own niches with unique visions of how to present music and connect with audiences.
Bruce Wood Dance Returns to Live performance
For Bruce Wood Dance, March 2021 marked an important milestone: the company’s first experiment with what the world might look like post-pandemic.
Texas Vignette Pivots to Help Women Artists
El Paso-based artist Haydee Alonso was working as a manager in a gallery during March of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the space to close for an undetermined amount of time.
Drawing Parallels with Houston Contemporary Dance Matriarch Marlana Doyle
“I mean, I’m exhausted most of the time,” laughs Marlana Doyle, founder and executive/artistic director of Houston Contemporary Dance Company (HCDC), who is also president and CEO of the Institute of Contemporary Dance (ICD).
Embracing Connection: Diverse Arts Experiences at the Asia Society Texas Center
What does the Asia Society do? That requires a lengthy answer.
Women Reshape Contemporary Art: Limitless at the McNay
For those hoping to experience art beyond sedate viewing, San Antonio’s McNay Art Museum brings Texas an exhibition that defies boundaries with Limitless! Five Women Reshape Contemporary Art, (on view through Sept. 19)
Texas Studio-Harrison Guy: Signals for Freedom
Harrison Guy is Houston’s renaissance man, working in many streams of creativity, activism and influence.