Growth Spurt

Nine Shows That Transported Me

"...3.Ulysses (Ballet Austin) Homer's epic hero danced his way from Troy..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Momfest: the Schedule

"...10:30pm, The Entertainers (Two dancers from Ballet East performing a combination of modern and ballet that..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Arts Feature

Swim Judgment

"...the Bill of Rights is there for." Mills Leaves Ballet Austin Ballet Austin Resident Choreographer Stephen Mills has submitted..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...Louis: This film—what period of time in Chet Baker's life?..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Moontower Comedy: Jen Kober

Hairy lesbian tales on the comedy trail from the Louisiana comic

"...to this peachy little all-girls school where we took ballet and violin lessons as part of our school day...."

April 23, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Sisters Under the Scrim

Six of the finest theatrical artists in Austin discuss their work behind the curtain designing lighting schemes, mixing sound, and creating and constructing sets and costumes and how their careers have been affected by the fact that they're women.

"...At the table are Lisa Byrd, production director for Ballet Austin; Ann Marie Gordon, set designer known for her..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Undercover on High School's Ritziest Glitziest Night It All Goes Down at Prom

"...They are shaking off the years of cotillion and ballet lessons. They are shaking off curfew and chores and..."

May 14, 1999 Arts Feature

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"...amalgam of Austin Lyric Opera, Austin Symphony League, and Ballet Austin supporters, has pledged to raise $50 million dollars..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...in the Real World. When Tom meets the beautiful ballet dancer Sarah (Stirneman) and falls head over heels in..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Fueling the Algorithm and Finding Community: Music Creators Thrive on Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram

On discoverable platforms, Austin musicians experience encouragement, engagement, and unexpected viral moments

"...videos. A trained dancer who dropped off the professional ballet track as a teenager while suffering from anorexia, Instagram..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...at the Church of the Friendly Ghost, Ceremony Hall, Ballet Austin (or any of the few alternative venues left..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Manager: Here's his résumé...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Putting It Together

The Austin Symphony's Peter Bay on Leading an Orchestra, Interpreting a Score, and Seeing Music

"...built. All three of the major classical organizations -- ballet, opera, symphony -- are going to grow when we..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Keeping Life Queer in 2020

A Guide to Gifting Queerly for the coming decade

"...They also offer classes on how to twerk, on ballet, hip-hop, jazz, barre, belly dance, and more! To book,..."

Dec. 5, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Steve Adler: 'New Way Forward'

"...to 300 schools in Central Texas. I chaired the Ballet Austin board, because it was an organization focused on..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Plays Well With Others

Why Michelle Schumann is meant to be running the Austin Chamber Music Center

"...through fingers that float over the keys in a ballet. She connects to the music in a way that..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Ballet Austin announced it will purchase -- for $3.5 million..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature

Playback: Will Johnson’s Eternal Newness

"Playback" challenges Will Johnson to a home run derby and uncovers seven things you didn't know about A Giant Dog

"...• Singer/guitarist Andrew Cashen trained for ballet as a child. In high school, he founded a..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Touching Art and Not Dating Drummers

Four working artists share more thoughts on arts and parenting

"...a creative career were: Aara Krumpe, professional dancer at Ballet Austin for 17 years, and wife and mother to..."

Oct. 28, 2015 Arts Post by Elizabeth Cobbe

Swamp Dogg Lotions Up

After midnight at the Continental Club Friday & Saturday

"...the fuck they are, they just kind of doing ballet jumps and shit. I don’t know, a wood nymph..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Expressing Himself

How David Bologna made the leap to Broadway and a Tony nomination in Billy Elliot the Musical

"...them out, just for the experience. David's lack of ballet training made him less of a good fit for..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Trickery Flickery Mock

Master Pancake makes the movies hurt so good

"...in the middle, where we had this big operatic ballet with Little Stolen Moments. They did the show and..."

May 1, 2009 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kids in Black

That innocuous-seeming crew of people listed beneath the actors in every program, who scurry around in black backstage and hover over the proceedings in the sound and light booth, may not be well-known to most theatregoers, but this silent, hidden army is all-powerful. Techies get almost no share in the glory, but they run the world, and here's how.

"..."There is a separate ballet that's going on behind the scenes for every show..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Writes of Winter

"...talent and arresting presence had people flocking to the ballet with the numbers and enthusiasm usually reserved for rock..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Books Review

Six-String Reverb

In the Beginning ...

"...really wanted to do something that was done like ballet, similar to the way John Woo and a lot..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A New Generation Opens Up to Global Cuisine

Local tastemakers think outside America's borders

"...lived there, when I wasn't in school or at ballet and piano lessons, and I always said that I..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Girl in a Band: Kim Gordon

Q&A with Sonic Youth bassist about her new memoir

"...Mauss, who was doing this ongoing deconstructed piece with ballet dancers in London. Another performer, Juliana Huxtable, and I..."

Feb. 26, 2015 Music Post by Neph Basedow

Playback: ACL Arrives and So Does Aaron Behrens' New Band

ACL arrives

"...of movement and choreography sneaks into what I write. Ballet taught me to be structured and well practiced. Our..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

All Over Creation: Hit Where You Live

A recital at a holiday soiree confirms there's no place like home for art

"...proximity allows me to see his fingers dance a ballet across the keys every bit as enchanting as any..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Page Two: You Go Where You Have to Go

Welcome to the new year ... same as the old year?

"...life, I make Babar seem graceful and legitimize the ballet-dancing hippos in Fantasia as being not surreal but all..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by Louis Black

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