Milestones & Momentum
Houston Ballet has been on a roll for some time now, but considering recent events, it seems the company has stepped up the momentum.
Dance
Maverick Movers: Danielle Georgiou
Danielle Georgiou is a dance installation and video performance artist based in Dallas, TX. Her work has been shown across Texas, New York (Horton Gallery), California (Rogue Fringe Festival), Florida (Bosch Film Festival), and Oregon (Portland’s Experimental Film Festival).
Dance Month at the Kaplan Theatre
Dance Month at the Kaplan Theatre is aptly named – it’s an entire month of dance works, choreographers, master teachers, companies and dancers.
Stories in Motion
Choreographer Carolyn Dorfman was raised by Holocaust survivors.
10 Moving Moments of 2013 on Houston’s Dance & Theater Stages
Every year, I resist the list, and then cave with some kind of listicle of fave performances. Here are some moments that stood out for me on Houston's dance and theater stages. Oh, and one film performance, because I couldn't resist.
Listening to Dance
Festival Dance is a perfect example of why Mark Morris is a household name in dance and music circles.
No Standing in Place Allowed
Sustainability is a hot topic among dance professionals at arts conferences, seminars, workshops, and roundtables in Texas and beyond.
Dancing Illusions
Thrills! Danger! Dancing ropes! No, it's not this year’s holiday blockbuster movie; it’s Pilobolus.
Stage to Page: Wendy Perron Reads at Houston Ballet’s Center for Dance
Wendy Perron has led a distinguished life as a writer, editor, choreographer and dancer, which included dancing with the seminal post-modern choreographer Trisha Brown.
Performania
I've written more Nutcracker stories than should be allowed. Dance writers should have a quota. For a while, disaster stories were all the rage. Tales of a remote control rat going rogue on stage can seriously stir up holiday bluster.
Making the Leap: Rednerrus Feil offers first Full-length Into-Me-See
Typically people keep their most intimate thoughts to themselves. Pubescent girls with sneaky younger brothers or the particularly paranoid may even keep theirs under lock and key. Artists like Amy Llanes, however, process intimate thoughts through choreography and then share them publicly on stage.
Movement and Color
Modern dance has a history of its choreographers being in conversation with visual artists. Two of the more famous examples would be Martha Graham with Isamu Noguchi and Merce Cunningham with Robert Rauschenberg.