What do an English teacher, an arts fundraiser, a published poet, a former Peace Corps volunteer, a theater critic, and a former Catholic priest all have in common?
Irony has been the standard currency of avant-garde art for so long now—50 years or even a century depending on how one looks at it—that it is simply grammatical.
Contemporary dance in Texas took a suckerpunch with the sudden death of Dallas choreographer Bruce Wood, the closing down of Hope Center and Hope Stone Dance Company and Dominic Walsh's sabbatical from his company Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, all within the space of a month.
It made sense last year when TITAS director Charles Santos cut back on music programs to focus on dance: dance is what makes the performing arts presenter unique.
