Blue Lapis Light's Belonging, Part One
The work's dancers, whether on the ground or sailing through the air, were beacons of human hope and empathy
Jonelle Seitz
1-30 of 178 entries
Arts, Sept. 27, 2018
Aztlan Dance Company's The Enchilada Western: Texas Deep Fried
In the troupe's latest choreodramas, dancing desperados persisted and partied
Arts, Aug. 30, 2018
Hunting the Golden State Killer in I'll Be Gone in the Dark
How Michelle McNamara tracked a killer before her untimely death
Books, July 19, 2018
Gold n' George's For a Limited Time Only
In this lighthearted show, Natalie George, Heloise Gold, and their collaborators reacted to current events by exploring, inventing, playing
Arts, June 21, 2018
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company’s Company
In this short works program, the troupe explored the solace and thrills in the company you keep
Arts, June 14, 2018
Performa / Dance's Artist and Muse
This program of four pensive and sensitive works explored physical and emotional distress and pain in great depth
Arts, June 7, 2018
Fusebox Festival Review: (Re)current Unrest
This dance grapples with cultural appropriation and racism
Arts, April 24, 2018
Fusebox Festival Review: Water and Tears
A butoh-inspired dance for two bodies existing as one
Arts, April 22, 2018
Fusebox Festival Review: Magdalena Jarkowiec’s In Here
Are we all just doing a dance in a box?
Arts, April 19, 2018
Ballet Austin's Masters of Dance
This triple bill of abstract works was a tribute to the piano and its range, excellently performed
Arts, Feb. 22, 2018
A’lante Flamenco’s Juana: First (I) Dream
The dramas of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz were perfectly expressed through the language of flamenco
Arts, Jan. 11, 2018
Jonelle Seitz's Top 10 Thrills (No Frills) in Dance of 2017
A thread of starkness and clarity ran through the year's most memorable movement
Arts, Dec. 28, 2017
Forklift Danceworks' My Parks, My Pools, My City
With Bartholomew Swims, Allison Orr's dance company plunges into Austin's pool problem
Arts, July 27, 2017
Performa / Dance's Midsummer Offerings
The three dances in this mixed program all turned on the difficulty of making connections
Arts, June 29, 2017
Ellen Bartel and Global Water Dances
Joining a global cause, choreographers invite Austin to the water's edge
Arts, June 22, 2017
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company’s Glacier
As an elegy to the ice, this dance aestheticized doom but left us plenty of edge
Arts, June 8, 2017
Ballet Austin’s Alice (In Wonderland)
In which the young heroine grabs those wild wonderland reins
Arts, May 18, 2017
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
Arts, April 6, 2017
Las Cuatro Estaciones: A Story of Human Trees
In Sharon Marroquín's new dance, we are all gnarled and heliotropic
Arts, March 23, 2017
Ballet Austin II and Butler Fellowship Program's Spring Performance
The program's mix of classical and contemporary work challenged its young dancers and left you wanting to see what's next for them
Arts, March 9, 2017
Dance Repertory Theatre's Momentum
This program of dances informed by African American experiences and culture was highly physical and emotionally urgent
Arts, Feb. 23, 2017
Jonelle Seitz's Top 10 Brave Dance Artists of 2016
The year revealed how much courage and inspiration can be found in Austin's masters of movement
Arts, Dec. 29, 2016
Gift Guide 2016: Coffeetable Books
Big books give heft to big success stories about women in business, Flatbed Press, UT's collections, Pan Am, and the Spurs
Arts, Dec. 15, 2016
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company's Disrupted
KDHDC and Dark Circles Contemporary Dance used classical music to launch into playful patterns and absurd rituals
Arts, Dec. 8, 2016
Spectrum Dance Theater’s Rambunctious
The company's program, with a new work inspired by the 1966 UT Tower shooting, spoke powerfully to our present moment
Arts, Nov. 23, 2016
Revolve Austin: A Movement Display
This party/showcase allowed attendees to move through a historic house and observe the work of nine dance companies
Arts, Nov. 10, 2016
The Theorists’ Hiraeth
A sprawling evening of art and community organized by Amy Morrow and company showed the challenge of editing in our age
Arts, Sept. 22, 2016
Kozyworld
This collaboration between dancer Julie Nathanielsz and poet Margit Galanter employed fabric to explore human shape and contact
Arts, June 9, 2016
Dance/USA Convenes in Austin
The national arts organization brings honors for the Butlers and big questions about the form's future
Arts, June 9, 2016
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