Xicano Dreams: Earth, Life, and Labors of Love
This melding of sci-fi and ancient myth found a powerful beat that made it hard not to move
Jonelle Seitz
61-90 of 178 entries
Arts, Sept. 11, 2014
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Three choreographers take Austin to the Scottish fest that's bigger than SXSW
Arts, July 31, 2014
Jewels of the Tanjavur Tradition: Live Music and Dance of Southern India
This Austin Dance India program celebrated the continuum of classical dance from generation to generation
Arts, June 26, 2014
'Ignite: Three Works'
Choreographer Jennifer Hart and dancer Edward Carr gather kindling, set a match
Arts, June 12, 2014
Active Listening
Dance artists Heloise Gold and Julie Nathanielsz, and a new 'Gold Show|Rose Show'
Arts, May 29, 2014
The Sleeping Beauty
This classic's technical challenges were cause for concern, but Ballet Austin's staging boasted wonders as well
Arts, May 15, 2014
Scattered
The Motionhouse dancers' daring movements up and down a giant curved wall thrilled kids and adults alike
Arts, April 17, 2014
New American Talent / Dance
Not everyone agreed with the clear winner in Ballet Austin's competition this year, and enough with the tweets
Arts, April 3, 2014
A Continuity of Discontinuity
Arts, March 20, 2014
Kinesthetic Imperative
Dance Repertory Theatre's latest program took audiences on a journey from light to dark
Arts, March 12, 2014
The Glass Project
The music of Philip Glass in the three works of Ballet Austin's program provided more thread than theme
Arts, Feb. 20, 2014
The Bowie Project: A Rock & Roll Soundpainting
This music/dance/theatre collaboration wove together David Bowie's work with his life and the lives of others
Arts, Feb. 6, 2014
Bodies in (Public) Space
This dance work morphs, mixes, and disorients constructs of what's typical and atypical in movement
Arts, Jan. 30, 2014
Prophecies
Kahlil Gibran's meditations on the human condition were fiercely grounded by flamenco in A'lante's adaptation
Arts, Jan. 16, 2014
Top Nine All-In Dance Concerts (Plus Three Short Works) of 2013
This year, dancers took on weighty matters – gender, the body, grief – exploring them with remarkable depth
Arts, Jan. 3, 2014
The Nutcracker
The new set and costume designs for Ballet Austin's annual production add warmth and candy-colored magic
Arts, Dec. 19, 2013
The Undoing of Nonet
This unsettling dance by Kathy Dunn Hamrick seemed a companion piece to her shattering work, The Big Small
Arts, Dec. 12, 2013
Fall for Dance
Dance Repertory Theatre's program was divided between live and canned music, with the live half clearly deeper
Arts, Nov. 21, 2013
'From Silence to Power'
Bonnie Cox stages dances drawn from traumas to move through them
Arts, Oct. 17, 2013
Heart
At its best, this program of five choreographers riffing on 'Heart' pulled me in and provoked me to deeper exploration
Arts, Oct. 3, 2013
Vincent Mantsoe and Dance Theatre X
Defining African-derived contemporary dance with Professor Charles O. Anderson
Arts, Sept. 19, 2013
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Astonishing comedic dancing by the enchanted lovers stole the show in this revival of Stephen Mills' Shakespearean ballet
Arts, Sept. 19, 2013
I Begin Where I Grieve
Choreographer Ellen Bartel opened her home and heart to friends for a dance about her late husband, Dave Woods
Arts, Sept. 5, 2013
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company
An impossible symphony and a manipulated dance challenge our experience of time and memory
Arts, July 25, 2013
Gold Show / Rose Show
This program of films and dances by choreographers Heloise Gold and Julie Nathanielsz invigorated the senses
Arts, June 20, 2013
Double Step
In this program of work by Kathy Dunn Hamrick and Kate Warren, the seriousness of the dancers was never in doubt
Arts, June 13, 2013
Galaxy Dance Studios
Can Lorn MacDougal save South Lamar's movement space?
Arts, June 13, 2013
Gender, Sex, and Fabric
Review: Nicole Roerick Collective’s 'Morose Beauty'
Arts, May 22, 2013
Giselle
Several Ballet Austin dancers rose to the challenges of this classic of romantic ballet
Arts, May 16, 2013
Roots and Wings
The works in Dance Repertory Theatre's spring program proved unexpectedly timely in a week of unrest and anxiety
