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.
Meg Booth worked with organizations like North Carolina Dance Theatre, White Oak Dance Project, Twyla Tharp Dance and Dance/USA before spending 11 years directing dance programming at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
Greg Cote lived on all three US coasts before he reached the sixth grade. When his Dad retired from the Navy in 2000 the family found themselves in Lake Jackson, Texas trying to decide where to go next.
In Dark Circles Contemporary Dance Artistic Director Joshua L. Peugh’s newest work, Pete: A Dance Musical a playground becomes Neverland and a favorite childhood fairy tale extends beyond a youthful adventure and incorproates commentary on life’s inherent contradictions and the queer, minority experience.
A 50th anniversary deserves a celebration. But what kind? Houston Ballet’s leaders looked back across the company’s history, starting before the 1969 debut of the company as we know it today.
Texas is home to a growing cohort of Latinx playwrights working in all parts of the state who have chosen to remain here despite the unique challenges that they face as artists of color in the Lone Star State.
For the performing arts lover, one of the annual small joys in life can come from a favorite dance, theater or music organization revealing their next season.