Texas Lens: Reflecting on 36 Years at Booker T.
I am proud to say that I am a former member of the dance faculty at Booker T. (an affectionate name given to the school by recent alums).
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Texas Lens: Audience as Player/Experiments in Interactive Performance
You arrive at Texas State University’s Performing Arts Center in San Marcos and find the front doors to the lobby locked.
Into the Vortex: NobleMotion Dance Turns Ten
Andy and Dionne Sparkman Noble celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the company NobleMotion Dance with Vortex on Aug. 25-25 at The Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall.
Then and Now: Houston Ballet’s Swan Lake Returns to Jones Hall
June is a busy month for Houston Ballet with Play taking over George R. Brown’s General Assembly Hall June 8-10 for an in -the-round performance.
Bold Choices: A Busy June and Blockbuster Season Ahead at TITAS
The current TITAS season comes to a close this month with performances by the long-running American dance companies Alonzo King LINES Ballet (June 9) and Parsons Dance (June 30) before the Dallas dance presenter launches its 2018-19 offerings later this summer.
Texas Lens: Arts Pedestrians
“Where are you going?” asked Dallas’s favorite classical DJ Amy Bishop, as I was heading straight into Meyerson Symphony Center, which would have been great had I been planning to go see Jaap van Zweden in one of his final concerts.
From Ballet to Broadway: McGee Maddox takes the lead in ‘An American In Paris’
A + C editor Nancy Wozny caught up with Maddox about his transition from ballet to Broadway.
SPA Welcomes Ballet Hispanico With Open Arms
“You are going to love this program,” Eduardo Vilaro told me as we shared a glass of wine last summer while his troupe, Ballet Hispanico was gracing the Jacob's Pillow Stage.
Texas Lens: Art Pilgrims
Sometimes, I forget about how Texas learns about itself from these pages.
Taking it personally: Artists lead the way with poignant, political works at CounterCurrent
Let’s be honest, things are a bit crazy right now, no matter which side of the political aisle you’re on.
A Feast of Movement: Forklift Danceworks’ Served at Williams College
When I was assigned this story, editor-in-chief Nancy Wozny advised me to think of “Allison Orr as a daughter of Ted Shawn in that she is interested in the movement of work … she doesn't use dancers, but people.”