Two Swans & a Beauty
Texas Ballet companies conclude their seasons with vintage warhorses: Swan Lake, at Texas Ballet Theater, May 30-June 1, and Houston Ballet, June 5-15; and The Sleeping Beauty, at Ballet Austin, May 9-11.
Dance
Moving Motion
Los Angeles filmmaker and performer Wu Tsang has started a year-long project, commissioned by DiverseWorks with the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.
Musings on Ballet’s Famous Faun
I'm thrilled to see Nancy Buirski's film Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil LeCercq screening at the MFAH May 24- June 1.
Eyes on Texas Performing Arts
Performing arts events throughout the state of Texas.
Monks, KungFu and Raining Rice
A shimmering stream of rice pours down on a monk during the entire 90 minutes of Songs of the Wanderers, which will be performed here in Houston when Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan makes a Society for Performing Arts stop on April 5 at Jones Hall.
Spring Forward
Women Choreographers On Texas Stages IMAGE ABOVE: MET Dance in their new Houston Studios. Photo by Ben Doyle....
Dance Salad Festival Prepares A Taste of the Dance World
This year marks Nancy Henderek’s 19th season “tossing” the Houston International Dance Coalition’s annual three-day Dance Salad Festival.
A Swan Returns
When I witnessed Samantha Lynch catapulting across the stage at Houston Ballet in Jiri Kylián’s ode to the power of the sea, Forgotten Land, I knew she was going places.
After the Flood
The UK-based multi-media movement troupe returns to Texas with shows at ARTS SA (April 9, San Antonio’s Carver Center), Texas Performing Arts (Austin, April 11 at Bass Concert Hall) and TITAS in Dallas (April 12-13 at Dallas City Performance Hall).
A Tale of Two Festivals
A woman weaves on a loom while fifty amateur violinists and an accordionist surround her with music. The aftermath of a young man’s suicide unfolds on a large screen through social media.
Houston Ballet Soars in a Welch Wonderland
Houston Ballet celebrated its leader's tenth year at the helm by performing three of his works in one evening, a perfect Stanton Welch wonderland and a great way to examine this choreographer's gifts to ballet.
Shakespeare En Pointe
In celebration of Shakespeare's 450th birthday, Houston Ballet has anchored their new season with three ballets based on Shakespeare's timeless tales, including the company premiere of John Neumeier's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stanton Welch's world premiere of Romeo and Juliet and John Cranko's The Taming of the Shrew.