Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Texas on Stage at the McNay

Steven Brown·May 2, 2022

The Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts contains artifacts dating back centuries, and its exhibitions sometimes revel in that broad historical panorama. But The Great Stage of Texas, running through July 24 at San Antonio’s McNay Art Museum—the collection’s home—could hardly be more contemporary.

Art Dance Music San Antonio Theater

A Season of Hope: Theatre Under The Stars’ Celebratory Vision

Tarra Gaines·April 29, 2022

If the 2021-2022 theater season was about getting back on stage for many Texas performing arts companies, Theatre Under The Star’s 2022-2023 season might be best described as a season ready to take that big breath, then sing, dance and celebrate life renewed.

Dance Houston Music Theater

Window to the World and Mirror to the Community: Performing Arts Houston New Season

Tarra Gaines·April 29, 2022

Society for the Performing Arts is now Performing Arts Houston, but Meg Booth, chief executive officer, makes it clear that their mission to bring the world of music, dance, theater as well as cultural speakers to the city is still fundamental to who they are after 50 years.

Dance Houston Music Theater

Full Strength: TITAS/Dance Unbound Returns with a Packed Season

Lindsey Wilson·April 29, 2022

After a shortened 2021-22 season, TITAS/Dance Unbound is roaring back for its first full, live season since the pandemic. That’s 10 companies, hailing from four countries, with five making their Texas debut.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Texas Lens: Leading The Crossings in San Antonio

Amber Ortega·March 10, 2022

Damaris Ferrer describes a bridge as a portal and any path or structure that serves as a connector. The Crossings is her global project which uses a massive, red fabric with eight elastic waistbands for eight movers as a catalyst.

Art Dance San Antonio Texas Lens Theater

Finishing Strong: TITAS/Dance Unbound assembles star-studded lineup for its spring season

Lindsey Wilson·March 10, 2022

During the first part of its 2021-22 season, TITAS/Dance Unbound treated Dallas audiences to U.S. and Texas premieres, reimagined cultural icons, exuberant Latin dance, and even pieces choreographed to the music of R&B legend D’Angelo.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

The Third Time’s the Charm: Dance Salad Determined to Celebrate its 25th Year in Houston

Nichelle Suzanne·March 10, 2022

“This is our third year trying to do our 25th year,” says Houston’s unofficial dance ambassador Nancy Henderek, whose annual springtime Dance Salad Festival (for reasons you can probably guess) took an unexpected hiatus in 2020 and again in 2021.

Dance Houston Music

Building on Partnerships: Fusebox Festival Returns to Austin

Tarra Gaines·March 4, 2022

“Sonic partnerships.” If we had to describe the return of Austin’s Fusebox Festival in 2022 after its pandemic interruption, a plethora of sound performances and projects emerging from very unique partnerships leads to such a description.

Art Austin Dance Music Theater

Mapping Grief: Bruce Wood Dance Premieres New Work by Stephanie Martinez

Lindsay Alissa King·March 4, 2022

Despite the ongoing pandemic-related complications, Dallas-based company Bruce Wood Dance has continued to commission and premiere new works over the past months.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Collage Artist: Annie Arnoult’s Immersive World at Open Dance Project

Tarra Gaines·March 2, 2022

During an immersive dance production the line between audience and dancer can blur, but in an Annie Arnoult Open Dance Project performance that blurring expands from the space between dancer and audience to the line between theater and dance, history and story, viewing and autonomous experiencing.

Dance Houston Theater

A Closer Look: Avant Chamber Ballet stretches into new venues for its 9th season

Lindsey Wilson·February 16, 2022

Of all the changes to come out of the pandemic, having an audience be closer to its performers is not one many dance groups anticipated. But Katie Puder, Avant Chamber Ballet’s artistic director, is thrilled with this outcome for her company.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

A Spark in the Dark: Chemistry on Stage

Tarra Gaines·January 9, 2022

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.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Houston Lone Star Stories Theater

Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

A Culture Examined: Kimbell Art Museum offers a window into Dutch art in the Global Age

Art on the Horizon: Exploring the Cultural Landscape of Corpus Christi

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

Engaging Audiences: Frame Dance’s 2024 Frame x Frame Festival Focuses on Screendance’s Unique Space in the Dance Ecology

Cheers to 15 Years: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas isn’t afraid to mix things up for 2025

A Charged Atmosphere: Bombshell Dance Project’s ‘Flies’ Packs with a Punch

Music

Kinetic at 10: Virtuosic Ensemble Grows Deep Roots in Houston

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Art Thrives on the South Plains: A Survey of Lubbock’s Cultural Scene

Theater

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Through An Inclusive Lens: Diversity and divas populate Uptown Players’ 2024-25 season

Classical Theatre Company’s 24/25 Season Digs into Their Niche

Dance

Texas on Stage at the McNay

A Season of Hope: Theatre Under The Stars’ Celebratory Vision

Window to the World and Mirror to the Community: Performing Arts Houston New Season

Full Strength: TITAS/Dance Unbound Returns with a Packed Season

Texas Lens: Leading The Crossings in San Antonio

Finishing Strong: TITAS/Dance Unbound assembles star-studded lineup for its spring season

The Third Time’s the Charm: Dance Salad Determined to Celebrate its 25th Year in Houston

Building on Partnerships: Fusebox Festival Returns to Austin

Mapping Grief: Bruce Wood Dance Premieres New Work by Stephanie Martinez

Collage Artist: Annie Arnoult’s Immersive World at Open Dance Project

A Closer Look: Avant Chamber Ballet stretches into new venues for its 9th season

A Spark in the Dark: Chemistry on Stage