Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Expanding Histories at Austin’s Fusebox 2020

Tarra Gaines·March 11, 2020

Artists grappling with the political has been the norm for thousands of years, but when art and social-political questioning merge at an interdisciplinary performance festival like Austin’s Fusebox Festival 2020 (April 15-19), the results can sometimes expand artistic boundaries.

Austin Dance Music Theater Visual Art

Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Dallas Opera Collaborate for ‘Pulcinella’

Manuel Mendoza·February 18, 2020

Pulcinella is an odd duck of a ballet.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Music

Made in Texas: Trey McIntyre Returns with a Houston Ballet World Premiere

Nichelle Suzanne·February 13, 2020

In the midst of its celebratory 50th anniversary season comprised entirely of works created for the company by world-renowned choreographers, Houston Ballet presents Forged in Houston March 12-21.

Dance Houston

Bizarre and commanding: A look inside Danielle Georgiou’s boundary-crossing theater of dance

Lindsey Wilson·February 12, 2020

If you’ve had any brush with dance, theater, or art in Dallas, you’ve probably seen Danielle Georgiou’s work in one form or another.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Theater Visual Art

Texas Lens: 10 Years of Flamencura in Austin

Claire Christine Spera·January 17, 2020

I sat down with Director Olivia Chacón to discuss Austin’s burgeoning flamenco scene, the growth of the studio and the company’s next theatrical production.

Austin Dance Texas Lens

Starting from Scratch: Jennifer Mabus builds a Dance BFA at the University of St. Thomas

Nichelle Suzanne·January 17, 2020

2019 was a year of firsts for the University of St. Thomas (UST) in Houston and its Dance Program Chair Jennifer Mabus as the school’s inaugural cohort of dance majors stepped into the studio for the fall semester.

Dance Houston

Texas Studio: Catherine Turocy

Manuel Mendoza·January 17, 2020

Search for information on baroque dance and it won’t be long before you come across the name Catherine Turocy.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Features Music Texas Studio

Nancy and Tarra Dish on the Decade, 2019 and Chekhov’s Gun

Tarra Gaines·January 10, 2020

Nancy Wozny: Pack a lunch, Lady T, we have a year and a decade to discuss. Let’s not be so top ten-ish, but think categorically. I always find what we are still talking about is the most revealing.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Features Houston Music Theater Visual Art

Awakening Conversation: Group Acorde Gives Us Something to Talk About

Nichelle Suzanne·November 14, 2019

Group Acorde wants people talking about art—theirs or otherwise. The interdisciplinary, Houston-based quartet—dancers Lindsey McGill and Roberta Paixão Cortes, bassist Thomas Helton and saxophonist Seth Paynter—are in the middle of their fourth season.

Dance Houston

Ready for the Classics: Avant Chamber Ballet Tackles ‘The Nutcracker’ and More

Steven Brown·November 12, 2019

Dallas’s Avant Chamber Ballet is taking the plunge: The seven-year-old company unveils its first staging of The Nutcracker, complete with a live orchestra, on Dec. 20.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

The World Dances: TITAS Brings International Troupes to Dallas

Manuel Mendoza·September 16, 2019

TITAS stands for Texas International Theatrical Arts Society, but not since the 1999-2000 season has the presenter put so many international acts on stage.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Becoming a Sensational One: TUTS Revisits ‘A Chorus Line’

Tarra Gaines·September 15, 2019

The problem with bringing a groundbreaking work of art into the world is that sometimes it alters the landscape so much that when we revisit it we might forget that such a wonder didn’t always exist.

Dance Features Houston Theater

Visual Art

A Sprawling History: Tavares Strachan at the Blanton

Storytime: Meow Wolf Leans into the Narrative in their immersive adventures

Beauty and Repulsion, Decay and Renewal: Jessica Kreutter at Galveston Arts Center

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

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

Revealing Repertoire: Houston Ballet’s Triple Bill Tells a Company’s Story

Texas Studio: Jordan Fuchs Starts with Choreography

Music

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

TX Studio: Héctor Guzmán Conducts a Life

Spreading the Classical Music Word: San Antonio’s Agarita Thinks Beyond the Concert Hall

Theater

The Hills are Alive with a Pair of Mickle Mahers, Noises Off, Die Hard, Tharp, Cinderella’s Rats and so much more: The 2024 Season Wrap up

Building a Community: D. Wambui Richardson Invites Audiences to Become Part of Jubilee Theatre’s Family

Born to Lead: Circle Theatre’s New Artistic Director Ashley H. White Isn’t Afraid to Shake Things Up

Dance

Expanding Histories at Austin’s Fusebox 2020

Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Dallas Opera Collaborate for ‘Pulcinella’

Made in Texas: Trey McIntyre Returns with a Houston Ballet World Premiere

Bizarre and commanding: A look inside Danielle Georgiou’s boundary-crossing theater of dance

Texas Lens: 10 Years of Flamencura in Austin

Starting from Scratch: Jennifer Mabus builds a Dance BFA at the University of St. Thomas

Texas Studio: Catherine Turocy

Nancy and Tarra Dish on the Decade, 2019 and Chekhov’s Gun

Awakening Conversation: Group Acorde Gives Us Something to Talk About

Ready for the Classics: Avant Chamber Ballet Tackles ‘The Nutcracker’ and More

The World Dances: TITAS Brings International Troupes to Dallas

Becoming a Sensational One: TUTS Revisits ‘A Chorus Line’