Aimed Dance Fest Ignites Contemporary Dance in Southeast Texas
Speaking with Amy Elizabeth, Associate Professor of Dance at Lamar University, it occurred to me that I’ve been writing about her work since 2012.
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A Wonderland Awaits: Houston Ballet’s new season offers something for every ballet lover
Balance, an ability vital for a dancer en pointe or leaping from earth to air, is equally necessary for an artistic director programming a new ballet season. And this is especially true for a company as large as the Houston Ballet with its rarity of two artistic directors, Stanton Welch and Julie Kent.
Awesome Analog: Performing Arts Houston brings its biggest season yet for 60th Anniversary
In a digital culture transforming into AI (artificial isolation), live performing arts still allows us an analog world of experiences.
The Art of Movement: TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND’s new season journeys through time and across continents
With more than 615 performances, featuring artists from over 42 countries, and 180 debut events since its founding in the 1980s, TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND continues to redefine what it means to experience dance in North Texas.
Your Move, Partner: Bombshell Dance Project whisks audiences to the Wild West and Flower Mound Arts Festival
Step into Sons of Hermann Hall this April 24 and 25, and you won’t just watch a dance performance — you’ll dodge bullets, outrun outlaws, and untangle a Wild West mystery as Bombshell Dance Project turns Dallas’s oldest saloon into a living, breathing frontier town.
A New Flock: Jennifer Mabus Launches Grackle Dance Collective in Dallas
I would wager that anyone familiar with Texas dance would say that it was only a matter of time before Jennifer Mabus initiated her own creative platform.
Creative Collisions: Pegasus Contemporary Ballet Brings Music and Dance in Concert
Live music and dance collaborations create Synergy, an annual music and contemporary ballet event produced by Pegasus Contemporary Ballet.
An Icon in Motion: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa explores Frida Kahlo’s legacy at Houston Ballet
When the English National Ballet first commissioned international superstar choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa to create the ballet that would become Broken Wings, the original concept was to create a dance about “a woman from literature or history that was damned and doomed.”
Dancing with Bob, Breaking the Waves, a Set of Angels, a Breakout Hamlet, a Mountain and More!: The 2025 Season Wrap up
It’s that time of year again, when we gather on the page to consider all the shows that we have seen, what stood out, who wowed us, and more in 2025.
Dancing in Between the Spaces of Life: Karen Stokes Premieres ‘4 Corners’ at the Match
Time is a precious commodity, and as we move further away from the standstill of the pandemic years, many of us are finding that we have far less than we would like.
Big and Bold: Waco’s {254}DANCEFEST Expands its Reach
Making dances can be an unrelenting cycle of creative ideation, talent management, and administrative multitasking; finding a platform to show the work once it is complete can be just as unforgiving.
Texas Studio: Alexa Capareda Keeps Moving
Indefatigable Alexa. That’s the only way to describe Austin’s Alexa Capareda, whose professional artistic engagements include dancing, choreography, teaching, film, drawing, arts administration/organization, and now additionally, acting.