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

"...Ballet dancers are eternal students; even international stars depend on..."

March 10, 2017 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Ballet Austin’s Not Afraid of the Dark

The glow-in-the-dark visions of this earnest, sweet ballet will excite and inspire the youngsters who see it

"...most important thing about Not Afraid of the Dark, Ballet Austin's production with its apprentice company, Ballet Austin II...."

Oct. 27, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Ballet Austin’s Alice (In Wonderland)

In which the young heroine grabs those wild wonderland reins

"...why the second part of the title of this ballet, choreographed in 2012 by Septime Webre and a new..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

For the 20th time, a big hand for the nominees if you please

"...– has managed it for this long, but the Austin Critics Table is marking its 20th year of commending..."

May 25, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

Giving a lot of sweet bouquets (and taking their sweet time doing it)

"...you get older seemed in full force as the Austin Critics Table marked its 20th year of presenting annual..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...creative projects recognized in the nominations for the 2013 Austin Critics Table Awards. Earlier this month, a batch of..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

Top honors to Salvage Vanguard's Thr3e Zisters, LOLA Austin's Femme Bohème, and Texas State's Kiss Me, Kate

"...It was four for Thr3e at the Austin Critics Table Awards on Monday night, with Salvage Vanguard..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

"...art. On Saturday, May 1, nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, covering the period from May 1,..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...throw you. In the context of classical music in Austin, it doesn't mean formal. It doesn't mean stodgy. It..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Band Invites, Part II

Only 112 days remaining until the Music conference begins

"...afternoon, extending official invitations to another 348 acts from Austin and around the world. The re-up brings the festival’s..."

Nov. 19, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...the artists to be on the move. And in Austin, they certainly are, pirouetting, lunging, stomping, leaping in scores..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Three for the Barre

With a serious amount of movement taking place on the Austin dance scene, the Chronicle asked three of its dance critics to review recent programs by Ballet Austin, Tapestry Dance Company, and the Latino dance festival Collectivos.

"...Three ballets, each with its own particular style and angle on..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...2014, and April 30, 2015, the members of the Austin Critics Table have agreed on the most outstanding work..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Sweet New Nut

Ballet Austin Gives an Old Favorite a New Look

"...Do the math. Ballet company + the month of December equals... Yup, The..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage productions,..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...visual arts, and theatre. The nominations for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards, covering the period from May 3,..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Best in Show

The 2012-13 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...of Rose Rage was the runaway winner at the Austin Critics Table Awards on Monday, taking home five honors..."

June 7, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...2010, to April 30, 2011, were assembled by the Austin American-Statesman's Michael Barnes (arts), Cate Blouke (theatre), Claire Canavan..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...music, and visual art. The nominations for the 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards, covering the period from May 1,..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Arts companies are pulling in the green, playwright Dan Dietz is on the road again, and the stork delivers a couple of new artists.

"...Ballet Austin has secured $20,000 from the Austin Community Foundation..."

July 13, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: Greg Easley

Remembering the beloved choreographer, dancer, and teacher

"...The dance scene in Austin didn’t begin in the Seventies, but you could say..."

June 4, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

'Ignite: Three Works'

Choreographer Jennifer Hart and dancer Edward Carr gather kindling, set a match

"...Michelle Thompson and Oliver Greene-Cramer are rehearsing, in a Ballet Austin studio lit by mid-morning sun in May, is..."

June 13, 2014 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Performa / Dance's Artist and Muse

Performa / Dance's program of four pensive and sensitive works explored physical and emotional distress and pain in great depth

"...Hart, presents just one concert per year, after the Ballet Austin season ends but before the company dancers and..."

June 8, 2018 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Director's Choice

Jennifer Hart's first commission for Ballet Austin was this triple bill's highlight

"...that yielded Jennifer Hart's premiere, To Here, first on Ballet Austin's triple bill instead of last, was a mixed..."

April 3, 2015 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Jennifer Hart

An Austin choreographer journeys to an international competition

"...A text from a friend encouraged choreographer and Ballet Austin Academy faculty member Jennifer Hart to apply for..."

July 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Free Dance!

Complimentary classes at Ballet Austin and Tapestry, plus a free monthly tap show

"...• Ballet Austin holds its annual day of free dance classes..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Ballet Austin gets a new associate artistic director, and Bodycount turns 10.

"...Ballet Update..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...2015, and April 30, 2016, the members of the Austin Critics Table have agreed on the most outstanding work..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 Dance/Classical Music Treasures of 2015

Leaving deep impressions from 2015's dance and classical music works were the unexpected elements, like screen doors, trees, and car horns

"...and passion at 9,000 rpms. 2) Season of Innocence (Ballet Austin II)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moving Toward the Light

On the heels of its balletic colleagues, Chrous Austin melds music and movement to voice the unutterable

"...Those who did not attend Ballet Austin's remount of Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project last..."

March 30, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

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