Honoring Jerome Robbins’ Iconic Rhapsody For Ballet, West Side Story Suite
Jerome Robbins famously told American songwriter Irving Berlin, “Give me something to dance about and I’ll dance it.”
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Virginia Grise’s Poetic Manifesto at Meca Performing Arts
Your Healing Is Killing Me, written and performed by award-winning New York and San Antonio playwright Virginia Grise and making its world premiere as part of the MECA Performing Arts 2016 season on March 4-5, seems less like the performance manifesto of its subtitle and more like a poetry manifesto, maybe even an epic poetry manifesto.
Dancing the Drama: NobleMotion choreographers Contribute to ABC’s American Crime
It's not every day that Texas choreographers get a shout out from Felicity Huffman on Twitter. But that's exactly what happened to NobleMotion Dance co-directors Andy Noble and Dionne Sparkman Noble after the fifth episode of the ABC drama American Crime aired on Feb. 3, which featured four uninterrupted minutes of their outstanding choreography.
Privilege & Unnamed Anxiety at Work in Straight White Men at Stages
Four straight, white men walk into a rumpus room somewhere in suburban America. This isn’t the beginning of a dumb joke but the setting and most of the plot of Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men, through March 6, making its regional debut at Stages Repertory Theatre.
Performania: Small Scaling the Arts
here's something about do-ablity that is making me a more eager watcher these days. Perhaps I suffer from a mild case of sustainability syndrome. Maybe it's my Buffalo upbringing or being raised by depression era parents that puts me in the “doing more with less” mood.
The ACTX Top Ten: February 2016
Our top ten picks for arts + culture events in Texas for February 2016.
Ambition, Excellence & Optimism: WindSync’s Big Vision
It has been six years since bassoonist Tracy Jacobson ran through the halls of Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, asking her friends if they would join her in playing in a woodwind quintet.
A Banner Year: DiverseWorks Moves to the MATCH
A + C writer Holly Walrath sat down with Executive Director and Chief Curator Xandra Eden and Associate Curator Rachel Cook to discuss the move, the new show and the future of the organization.
What We Loved & More: A + C Writers Look Back at 2015 and Ahead to 2016
We asked the A + C family what performances stood out for them in 2015 and what they are most looking forward to in 2016. Enjoy their findings and recommendations.
BODYTRAFFIC Makes Texas Debut
The new year brings something fabulously new to Texas: BODYTRAFFIC, a Los Angeles-based contemporary dance company known for its versatility and sparkling technique, makes its debut in Texas with performances at Dallas’ AT&T Performing Arts Center Jan. 22 (part of the TITAS Presents series) and Houston’s Cullen Theater at Wortham Center Jan. 23 (presented by the Society for the Performing Arts and sponsored in part by the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston as part of the center’s Dance Month).
Apollo Chamber Players Explore Texas Roots
Like many new musicians, when he left Rice University with his Master’s degree of music, Matt Detrick struggled to find paying gigs.
We Are All Folk: The Art of Everyday (Folk) Life
This winter season at MATCH, the Houston Art Alliance’s Folklife + Traditional Arts Program presents Winter Celebrations, a series of installations, live performances and interactive events that promote Houston’s lively cultural traditions.