Big Range Austin

The festival that packs a year of contemporary dance into two weekends

"...Most of the year, Austin's contemporary dancemakers are pretty far-flung, across the calendar and across the..."

June 25, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ariel Dance Theatre in Concert

With Ariel Dance Theatre in Concert, the collaboration between the ever-energetic, always searching, always stretching herself Andrea Ariel and composers Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopschinski and operatic soprano Cheryl Parrish generated the heat and light of a pure flame that was bright and intense and exhilarating to see.

"...Ariel Dance Theatre In Concert: Jump into the FireDucloux Hall,..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Grand Theory of Everything Between

What's undeniably grand about this new dance is Peter Stopschinski's music

"...www.arieldance.org..."

May 20, 2011 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Five.Two.Ten

Ariel Dance Theatre's latest creates something original, moving, and truly beautiful

"...a while, I see something extraordinarily beautiful in a theatre, and – for some reason that totally eludes me..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Flush

Ariel Dance Theatre's Gyre Project ends on a visually thrilling but confusing note

"...Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Who Gives a Damn About Big Range Austin?

The answer might be a lot closer than you think

"...Here comes the Big Range Austin Dance Festival again, for the fourth annual time, but what..."

June 24, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Gyre': A swirling vortex of plastic ... and creativity

Ariel Dance Theatre revisits Gyre, its investigation of things we don't want to look at, and pulls into its spinning mass bunches of new artistic collaborators

"...it really is a community. Not too long ago, Andrea Ariel, who has been making dance in Austin for..."

March 2, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Red Light/Green Light: See the Music, Hear the Dance

Barbejoy A. Polnzio explores time, motion, and sound through the Ariel Dance Theatre production of Red Light / Green Light and the Walter Thompson Orchestra's Sound Painting

"...Red Light/Green Light: See the Music, Hear the Dance..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Arts Review by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...together to recognize the year's most exceptional work in theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art. The nominations for..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Heart

At its best, this program of five choreographers riffing on 'Heart' pulled me in and provoked me to deeper exploration

"...HeartRollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside Sept. 28..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Detour

Ariel Dance Theatre's new work Detour' blends dance and drama, humor and gravity, to tell of brushes with death that bring people back to life

"...always the case, as this ensemble-created new work from Ariel Dance Theatre shows. In it, we hitch a ride..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Amplify Austin Is Needed Now, More Than Ever

This annual fundraising program amplifies the arts

"...arts," says Ken Webster, head honcho of Hyde Park Theatre, "we've had a 58% cut in funding this year..."

March 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

PEXO

In PEXO, musicians with the Walter Thompson Orchestra, dancers from Ariel Dance Theatre, and several guest artists coax music from instruments, intentionally mangle lines of speech, and draw from a palette of physical movement at the command of conductor Thompson, creating an improvised yet shaped performance that is a complex, scattered spectacle for the ear and eye.

"...The type of performance that Ariel Dance Theatre is currently presenting, in collaboration with the..."

March 30, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Most Memorable Locally Produced Live Performance Offerings That I Chanced to See in 2008

Chronicle Arts writer Barry Pineo on the most memorable moments onstage in 2008

"...by Jude Hickey, was by far the best live theatre production I saw this past year. Directed by Jenny..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...together to recognize the year's most exceptional work in theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art. On Saturday, May..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Honors for a Blanton exhibition, Blue Lapis Light, and a Round Rock tuba player, plus a bundle of joy for a local choreographer

"...online talent competition, winning the popular vote in the dance category and a $10,000 prize. Austin-based FameCast allows contestants..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: Phyllis Slattery

Remembering the longtime director of Dance Umbrella

"...The Austin dance community has lost one of the dearest friends it..."

Dec. 19, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A View From the Bridge: Go Away, Little Girl

Ada Calhoun examines the Alley Theatre's touring production of A View From the Bridge.

"...B. Iden Payne Theatre..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Dispatches From the Edge

A roundup of the FronteraFest 2001 Long Fringe.

"...FronteraFest, the annual performance jamboree, didn't give Austinites enough theatre to savor with five weeks of short pieces, now..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hey, Jude

The talented Mr. Hickey deftly clambers up that old ladder (ladder, ladder, ladder) of success

"...crapshoot of genetic heritage. And maybe a talent for theatre – for acting, especially – is also something that..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Geometry of Proximity

This dance exploring reinvention and rejuvenation was hobbled by choreography that didn't feel new

"...The Geometry of ProximityRollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside Sept. 29..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Dancing Through Uncharted Territory

Choreographic explorers Sharir & Bustamante and their 20-year expedition of discovery

"...seasons, but their expedition through the frontiers of modern dance has been going on for more than two decades...."

May 13, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Personal Dances II: The Schedule

"...Through March 8, Hyde Park Theatre will be the site of a wealth of solo..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Arts Feature

Postmarks

VanScorned

"...current plan still includes the giant, traffic-snarling Act III theatre and Randalls supermarket...."

Jan. 23, 1998 Column

Continued Story

Daniel Johnston's songs find new life in the rock opera Speeding Motorcycle

"...songs created by Jason Nodler for Infernal Bridegroom, a theatre company in Houston. The Zachary Scott Theatre Center had..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Kathy McCarty

Articulations

For the new year, resolve to support the new in the local arts scene. Here are several new projects that would welcome support.

"...Mutter is a new full-length work by longtime Austin theatre artist Cyndi Williams (Fish, American Arcana). The State Theater..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The World Goes 'Round

With The World Goes 'Round, director Dave Steakley has crafted a gem of a show, one that celebrates the musical team of John Kander and Fred Ebb with the panache and rich feeling of a beautifully crafted, sublimely entertaining musical of old, that makes us want us to come to the cabaret.

"...Zachary Scott Theatre Center..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Of Cactuses, Crickets, and Cars

Cataloguing the diverse wonders of FronteraFest Long Fringe 2006

"...of the missing and murdered women of Juarez. A dance set in a kitchen with the female workers breaking..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...a whole raft of special events, from Q&As to dance parties. Films will be released online (seven each day,..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...her own persona. Cast: Anna Margaret Hollyman, Michael Mosley, Andrea Suarez Paz, Julie White, Amy Hargreaves, Macon Blair, Lee..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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