It’s the start of my whirlwind tour of the Dallas Arts District. Improbably, in all the years I have lived in Houston (23) and all the time I have been an arts writer in Texas (5), I had never been to Dallas. I am here now as a first time arts tourist, eager to absorb the wonders of a new place, open to every experience that might come my way.
In Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg’s mind, a quintessential DACAMERA season must have a balance of beloved masterpieces performed by great musicians from the classical world, and fantastic jazz of varying styles that reflect the ever-widening genre.
Even in a canon filled with political advising witches, fairy marriage wars and revenge seeking ghosts, Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale still stands–statuesque–as an odd chimera of a play.
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.
Those familiar with the University of North Texas School of Music know that Denton is a hotbed of musical talent that expands not just into the Dallas-Fort Worth region, but to every part of the world.
It’s a Tuesday night at Buzzbrews Kitchen in Dallas’ Uptown neighborhood, where tattooed waitresses with Bettie Page-inspired hairstyles are ferrying plates of hot pancakes and bacon to their tables.
The Sleeping Beauty is one of the classical ballet’s most technically difficult yet visually dynamic works — a ballet by which ballet companies are judged.