Speaking of Dance

The difficulty of describing dance inspires choreographer Kathy Dunn Hamrick to create an ingenious 30-minute dance out of phrases from dance reviews.

"...Kathy Dunn Hamrick was reading a dance review when a phrase caught her eye: "multiple cuppings..."

April 25, 2003 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Dance Flick

The next generation of the Wayans clan delivers one more spoof – this time of dance movies.

"...Affion Crockett, David Alan Grier and Amy Sedaris. While Dance Flick’s abiding comedic principle has a forever-young quality to..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shall We Dance?

Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, and Susan Sarandon co-star in in this tempting remake of a Japanese film about a man's midlife slump.

"...the Rain, when he ebulliently proclaimed in song: "Got-ta dance, got-ta dance, got-ta daaaaance!" In other words, when a..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dance With Me

"...and Joan Plowright. Original working title: Shut Up and Dance. Given the already minimal nature of the plot and..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Dance of the Century

Rhoda Winter Russell reflects on a historic life in dance and the Mary Wigman connection

"...take a summer course with Wigman, the German expressionist dancer and choreographer who was one of the mothers of..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Save the Last Dance

"...Stiles. A surprisingly ambitious teen film, Save the Last Dance uses the marriage of hip-hop and ballet as the..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shall We Dance?

"...Naoto Takenaka, Eriko Watanabe, Akira and Emoto. Shall We Dance? is, at heart, something like a modern-day Cinderella, a..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Vincent Mantsoe and Dance Theatre X

Defining African-derived contemporary dance with professor Charles O. Anderson

"...When modern-dance pioneers like Mary Wigman and Martha Graham appropriated bits..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Trash Dance

The process used by Austin choreographer Allison Orr to create this dance piece for garbage trucks and sanitation workers is revealed in this fascinating documentary record.

"...the mind’s eye of this choreographer. Orr envisioned a dance piece, performed by the workers and their machines, a..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gotta Dance!

Kevin Archambault came late to dance, but his love of it and commitment to it have brought the young dancer and choreographer a long way in a short time.

"...world. Within one year, he went from having minimal dance experience to choreographing musicals for St. Edward's University and..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Arts Feature by Lindsey Schwartz

Dance

Ongoing Dance Events

"...Austin Ballroom Dancers play swing, Latin, rock, and ballroom classics weekly. Smoke-..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

ISHIDA Dance Makes Its Debut

A world-class contemporary dance troupe for Austin makes its first moves

"...Where does a dance company begin? In the case of Ishida Dance Company,..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

At No Lights No Lycra, You Really Can Dance Like No One's Watching

Since this weekly sober dance party happens in the dark, you're free to move without worry over how you look

"...Entering No Lights No Lycra – Austin's weekly sober dance party in the dark – feels at first like..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Arts Feature by Erica Lies

Top Nine Big-Bang Dance Concerts of 2015

Each of the top dance performances of 2015 created a universe of its own

"...Each one of these 2015 dances created a universe of its own. In chronological order:..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Call them contemporary or modern, but Paul Taylor's dances are always masterful

"...The origin of modern dance is usually attributed to the barefoot dance-makers who rebelled..."

March 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Dance Repertory Theatre's 2019 Fall for Dance

In works ranging from tender to tense, the student dancers in the UT Department of Theatre & Dance embodied the spirit of "I can do anything"

"...in the University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance, were tearing up the stage of the B. Iden..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

A Dance Writer Moves On

After a decade with the Chron, Jonelle Seitz takes her leave

"...Oh, friends in Austin's dance community, this is news I'm sorry to deliver. After..."

Oct. 17, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2017 Austin Dance Festival

This year's showcase of two dozen dances proved how Austin's dancing has risen to the level of its dance making

"...Austin, in 2008, I interviewed Ellen Bartel about the dance festival she directed, Big Range Austin. Austin was a..."

April 7, 2017 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

2016 Austin Festival of Dance

The second round of Kathy Dunn Hamrick's streamlined contemporary dance festival is as carefully curated as the first

"...Leave it to Kathy Dunn Hamrick, choreographer of resonant dances and developer of a solid audience base for her..."

March 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Last Dance

"...the pointless remake of Diabolique. But now, with Last Dance, Sharon Stone gets to carry a movie on the..."

May 10, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Robert Faires' Top 10 Classical Music / Dance Treasures of 2016

The richest work in dance and classical music this year ran the gamut from a dance in a backyard pool to an opera about Cold War brainwashing

"...AT A TIME: A JOURNEY TOWARD PRESENT GRACE (Tapestry Dance Company) A necessary work in this election year, spotlighting..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips: Twin Sisters Dance Hall

The oldest dance hall in Texas?

"...Twin Sisters Dance Hall, outside of Blanco, could be the oldest dance..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Shay Ishii Dance Company

In 'New Moon,' a dance to remind us how to let go

"...Each time the dancer Erick Hawkins saw the new moon, he was reminded..."

July 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis Loring

War Dance

In this acclaimed documentary, Ugandan schoolchildren, victims of the brutal 20-year civil war, compete in a national dance contest.

"...band X, "The world's a mess; it's in their dance." This two-pronged documentary, which follows the ups, downs, and..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ISHIDA Dance Company's Beginning / αρχή

This contemporary dance troupe's dynamic debut with "small bites" whetted the appetite for a full meal

"...Beginning/ αρχή, the first public showing by Austin-based ISHIDA Dance Company, the audience was treated to a host of..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Dance Repertory Theatre's Fortitude

In this spring concert, a profound and moving tribute to a missing member of the Theatre & Dance Department community

"...a trembling of the heart. For this piece concluding Dance Repertory Theatre's spring production, Fortitude, had begun a journey..."

March 22, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Robert Faires' Top 10 Dance and Classical Treasures of 2017

Much outstanding new dance and music this year took its cue from the world around us and pressing social issues

"...4) MIDSUMMER OFFERINGS (Performa/Dance) Three choreographers working from different places, but all proving..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dance Me Outside

"...diversion all the same. Set on the Kidabanesee Reserve, Dance Me Outside chronicles the lives, loves, hopes, problems, and..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Robert Faires’ Top 10 Dance and Classical Joys of 2018

In this year’s dance and classical offerings, extraordinary depictions of loss and suffering continue to haunt

"..."FOUR MORTAL MEN" (Ballet Austin) Stephen Mills' elegy for dancers he knew in Eighties New York created such tight..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Dance of Reality

Cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s first feature in 23 years is a labor of mad, passionate love

"...and blood-spattered than 1989’s utterly unhinged Santa Sangre, The Dance of Reality is based on Jodorowsky’s autobiography, and, in..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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