“We Were Very, Very Lucky”

City bids farewell to political and literal father Gus Garcia

"...The program also featured a brief performance by the Ballet Folklórico de Texas, another Garcia favorite...."

Jan. 7, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Think Giftily, Shop Locally: Five Things & More

Do the best presents come from right here in Austin? Check this list!

"...– and if you're not into the more traditional ballet or tap-dance shades of the movement spectrum, how about..."

Nov. 24, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: You Always Remember the Dance

First steps, two step

"...run in years I'm sure. This morning was water ballet slow; that deliberate, that contemplative. Awkward...."

Sept. 25, 2015 Column by Louis Black

The Good Eye: Trendhopping

If a "Rare Trend" is defined as quality fabrics, expert stitching, and an exacting eye, call us trendy

"...seamstress for Evita. They still seamstress for the national ballet, they seamstress for the president. It's a whole culture..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Boob Tubistry

ATX Television Festival caters to – and initiates – a new kind of fandom

"...judge you if you take a pass on the ballet – or even the movies – to stay home..."

June 6, 2014 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

All Aboard the Soccer Train!

Major League Soccer and urban rail take city by storm

"...more for NCAA basketball or special indoor events like rock/country/ballet mega-concerts, will be accessible by rail, boat, the new..."

March 28, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Gay Place

This week, Polari zhoooshes our town

"...speaking and communication muscles. Second and fourth Mondays, 5:45pm. Ballet Austin, 501 W. Third, 512/476-9151. www.aglcc.org/toastmasters...."

Oct. 11, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Packin'

Gay Place lays out a week as packed as a drag queen's lingerie

"...speaking and communication skills. Second and fourth Mondays, 5:45pm. Ballet Austin, 501 W. Third. www.aglcc.org/toastmasters...."

Sept. 20, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Food-O-File

Diez y Seis kicks off a season of food and wine fiestas

"...great Tejano and Conjunto bands, colorful folk-dancing presentations from Ballet Folklorico, plus plenty of festival food, family-friendly activities, and..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

New Work: Performances

Journeys in story, song, and dance with four outstanding women of color

"...• Sadé M. Jones, Ballet Afrique dancer and recent Austin Critics Table Award winner..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

The 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival draws to a close, as does Emo's outside on Sixth Street

"...for pop spectacle at Zilker Park. Complete with stunning ballet accompaniment, West delivered a three-act drama of Dark Knight..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Such Great Heights

The agony and ecstasy of Powell and Pressburger pictures

"...a mass-appeal movie that brake-stops for an 18-minute wordless ballet. And this: how such a guttingly bleak movie –..."

June 11, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...drivers circle as if all part of a factory ballet...."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...from Canada to India and back, I had studied ballet, tap, jazz, and Kathak, a form of dance from..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

TV Eye gets schooled by readers, Paul Saucido and Stephen Mills on the air, and this Twitter's for you

May 8, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Off the Record

Pinetop Perkins leads local Grammy nominations; The Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom relocates to Austin; the Invincible Czars re-envision Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite

"...recorded its renditions, including four additional tunes from the ballet's original score. Resembling Frank Zappa's classical compositions rather than..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

What's Past Is Prologue

Recreating classic tap routines from the screen and stage opens an exciting new future for Tapestry Dance Company

"...challenging they most certainly were. If this were a ballet company, Gray suggests, it would be like the male..."

March 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Stagecoach

John Wayne has been called many things, but "beautiful" isn't often one of them

"...blue eyes, and a listing swagger that bordered on ballet-like. John Ford, already a veteran director in 1938, noticed..."

June 16, 2006 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Showing the Way

The 2006 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

June 2, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Stephen's Big Western Adventure poses a big western dilemma: Do Capri pants go with the squash-blossom necklace?

"...made it back just in time to attend the Ballet Austin Fete, which I'd been committed to for months,..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Screening Calls

What to see and when and where to see it at SXSW Film 04

"...Sara is a 16-year-old ballet student, white and well-to-do, and her world has rigid..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature

Sergei's Big Score

Austin Symphony conductor Peter Bay has tremendous regard for both Sergei Prokofiev's score and Sergei Eisenstein's images for the 1938 film Alexander Nevsky, and as he prepares for a live performance of the score as the film is being shown, he talks about this remarkable fusion of image and music and what's involved in performing it live.

"...other works -- bits of melody that recall his ballet score for Romeo and Juliet or a bit of..."

May 23, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Long Center supporters do a funding turnaround by asking the city for $25 million in bond money, another bunch of Lone Stars are being honored by the Texas Cultural Trust Council with Texas Medal of the Arts Awards, and John Walch wins an award from the American Theatre Critics Association.

"...this year to be complete in 2006, when the ballet, symphony, and opera have to be out of UT's..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

Is the Return of Wayne Douglas on the way? Bob Schneider gets a solo record deal.

"...to the support shown for the opera, symphony and ballet?" The meeting is open to all...This week's new Willie..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Say Hello to Kitty

Join Austin writer Anna Hanks in her desperate search for the "Hello Kitty" hotline.

"...garter. Or how about Wonder Woman in her gold lamé corset? The magic lasso she used to force people..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Features Feature by Anna Hanks

Articulations

These Angels Have Flown

"...again. But before you yawn, let me remind you Ballet Austin Artistic Director Lambros Lambrou has been refining BA's..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Rats From a Sinking Ship

Letters at 3 AM

"...of people on an enormous set enacting a cinematic ballet of the great ship sinking spectacularly with hundreds freezing..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Exhibitionism

"...skirt, wins the fight of her life using real ballet steps. Following a poignant duet between a man and..."

May 29, 1998 Arts Review

Articulations

Yet More Dancing About Architecture

"...marimba music by Alberto Rangel, traditional dances by the Ballet Folklórico, and more. Tickets are $25 ($15 for museum..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Page Two

"...Yet between 1965 and 1971, he made the violent ballet The Wild Bunch (critically controversial with a lot written..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Column by Louis Black

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