This new dance show features original live music (composed by Andrew Nolte) and the conducted improvisation of Soundpainting, offering a kinetic array of personal perspectives and collective experiences as the multidisciplinary performers explore what drives people in local and global communities to rise up, unite, and rally.
June 13-16. Thu.,-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $15 and up.
Jennifer Sherburn and her company of major talents return to explore the tropes of comic books – with contemporary dance featuring a cast of six choreographers (Jairus Carr, Lisa Anne Kobdish, Taryn Lavery, Clay Moore, Amy Myers, and Sarah Annie Navarrete) traversing space with bungee, ladders, and mobile set pieces. Bonus: An original music score by William West and Juliana Sheffield, with lighting by Chris Conard, and a VR premiere of Sherburn's "Stolen" collaboration with Flow Nonfiction.
Through June 15. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $30 ($20, in advance; and FREE on opening night)).
Did you know that the International Tap Association is headquartered in Austin, with Soul to Sole being one of the most esteemed tap festivals in the world, attracting hundreds of dancers? It's true, and Tapestry Dance Company has fomented up this eighteenth (!) annual fest, with dazzling performances at the Long Center, workshops, and master classes taught by a faculty of artists from all over.