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Listening to the Individual: Soundings New Music at the Nasher
When Seth Knopp plans out the Soundings new-music series for Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center, he likes to leave audiences free to spot resonances and parallels among each season’s concerts.
Meg Booth Breaks Down SPA’s Dance Series and Hopefully Some Barriers, Too
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.
Dark Circles’s Joshua Peugh Takes on Peter Pan with ‘PETE: A New Dance Musical’
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.
Wait & See: Elmgreen & Dragset at Nasher Sculpture Center
Whether it’s creating a faux art fair or turning a giant swimming pool on its Vincent-Van-Gogh’s-ear, two international artists are bringing their conceptual sculptural sensibilities to Dallas.
Texas Studio: Olaniyi Rasheed Akindiya
Full of color, depth, and texture, the work of Olaniyi Rasheed Akindiya — brush name Akirash — seeks to dance, pull viewers in, and let them connect with the work and the world around it.
The ACTX Top Ten: Summer 2019
The top ten arts and culture events happening across the Lone Star State in the summer of 2019.
Texas Studio: Chesley Antoinette
Chesley Antoinette is a Dallas-based multidisciplinary artist whose soft sculptures elevate humble materials to regal new heights.
Wolves, Mountains and Big Brother: Tarra & Nancy Dish on Texas Stages
Enjoy our semi-annual Texas performance gab session, where we discuss all that we saw, what we missed and what we loved!
Flying High Above the Texas Sky: Aerial Dance takes off in the Lone Star State
“I guess I could say it’s like partnering…partnering with a very tall, not-so-helpful dancer.”
Icon of Style: Dior at DMA
Before the word “Dior” became synonymous with haute couture, before the House of Dior became the global fashion giant and icon of style, Christian Dior, the pioneering designer, ran art galleries and organized exhibitions that featured artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Alexander Calder, Jean Cocteau, Dalí and Duchamp.
The ACTX Top Ten: May 2019
Our top ten picks for arts and culture events happening across the Lone Star State in May 2019.