Body Shift

Bringing differently abled and able-bodied dancers into the studio together

"...Allison Orr, artistic director of Forklift Danceworks. For promoting Body Shift, a weekendlong dance workshop co-presented by Forklift and..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Body Cameras for APD, but When?

Likely two-year timeline before full implementation

"...hearing took up, among other things, the topic of body cameras for Austin Police Department officers. It appeared as..."

April 28, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

APD Body Cameras Coming to East Austin Next Week

Departmental rollout of 736 cameras will continue through year's end

"...The Austin Police Department will begin its rollout of body-worn cameras to non-Downtown cops next week. At a Friday..."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

12 Hour Shift

Raucous and wicked organ-theft comedy isn't afraid to get bloody

"...assessing various patients to kill in order to extract body parts for local mobster Nicholas (Foley). Assisting her in..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Faster Than Sound: Body Rock Turns 10

Riders Against the Storm and Chorizo Funk’s decade-built dance institution endures, Monday City music meetings, and more

"...all three became Austin music institutions. Their performance umbrella Body Rock regularly packs out local spaces. More than a..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

That Body, My Teacher

Deborah Hay dances her way into the Blanton to give us a lesson in expanding perception

"...a kind of roof over the dancer's head, the body slumping to the floor and lying still. Indeed, these..."

March 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Saying "Yes" and "No" with DanceAbility

Body Shift brings Alito Alessi's mixed-ability movement workshops to Austin

"...a "yes/no" exercise to a group of 26 dancers, bodyworkers, performers, and teachers. In the exercise, one person initiates..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...as brimming with dance. Outreach efforts serve mixed-ability dancers (Body Shift, with VSA Texas) and children from low-income homes...."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

The Sisters Brothers

A murderers’ row of great actors in this contract killer Western comedy

"...brother Eli, a wistful romantic stuck in a tubby body and a soul-crushing job as a contract killer. Eli’s..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

We the Animals

Growing up dysfunctional in this literary adaptation

"...of the same whole: whether huddling together while chanting “body heat, body heat, body heat,” banging on drums, or..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Possession of Hannah Grace

Diabolical horror in the morgue is DOA

"...implodes, Megan (Mitchell) takes a job working the graveyard shift – in every sense of the word – at..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Elegy

In this smart adaptation of Philip Roth's A Dying Animal, Ben Kingsley and Penélope Cruz turn the table on the standard May-December romance.

"...cultural critic and part-time academic, Kepesh remains strong in body and mind, but his illusory island of self-preservation begins..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

"...So much uncertainty, so much we can't control. And everybody -- the punk teen, the elderly couple, the bag..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

White Dog

With typically blunt, disturbing, combative, unconventional storytelling, Fuller tackles the disease of bigotry with this story about a racist dog.

"...It's tedious, treacherous, exasperating work that truly puts Winfield's body on the front lines of the race wars. He'd..."

July 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Meticore Reviews 2021 - Scam Consumer Complaints or Real Weight Loss Supplement?

MyMeticore.com reviews. Do Meticore diet pills really work?

"...is looking to shed excess fat stored around the body. Made from 100% natural ingredients, this supplement does much..."

Jan. 4, 2021 Chron Events Post

Tammy

Melissa McCarthy burns through a lot of goodwill in this limp, confused comedy cowritten with her husband, Ben Falcone.

"...rear). Feminists itching for more diverse representations of female body image in Hollywood pictures like her because she’s not..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Afternoon Delight

A woman creates a tempest in her domestic teapot when she invites a lap dancer to stay with her family.

"...is a lot of fun to watch. Her naturalistic body language coupled with her unfettered mouth make her a..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Y Tu Mamá También

Boys, filled with testoterone and joints, will be boys.

"...titillation. Director Alfonso Cuarón lays it all out there, body parts and sweat and coarseness, a fumbling, messy act..."

April 5, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Heaven Is for Real

Greg Kinnear plays a dad who believes his son's claim to have seen heaven.

"...matter-of-factly claimed he visited the celestial kingdom while his body lay on an operating table with a ruptured appendix...."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bodies in (Public) Space

This dance work morphs, mixes, and disorients constructs of what's typical and atypical in movement

"...notice its sounds, its qualities, your accent. When typical body positions, movement qualities, and utterances cohabit long enough with..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Happy Feet

Raise your flippers in praise of these animated yet flightless fowl, who sing and dance and fight the eco-wars.

"...filmed through motion-capture techniques and grafted onto the penguin's body). His mom, Norma Jean (Kidman), and dad, Memphis (Jackman),..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Malèna

"...soldier has been killed, which precipitates a creeping tonal shift in the film. Up to this point, Tornatore has..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Allison Orr Named 2018 USA Fellow

Honor for Forklift Danceworks founder comes with $50K grant

"...Forklift have also collaborated with VSA Texas to create Body Shift, a program to serve mixed-ability dancers. All of..."

Jan. 16, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

"Shawn Camp: Equivocation" at Northern-Southern

In this three-part installation, the artist plays with light to creates work that is atmospheric and at times beautifully comtemplative

"...themselves does most of the legwork here. The tones shift from buttery yellow to tempestuous storms of blue and..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

"Donald Moffett" at the Blanton

The Blanton exhibition marks a shift not only toward artists from Texas but also toward more political art

"...more work from Texas artists, it also marks a shift in programming, which has arguably been a little apolitical..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

2017 Austin Dance Festival

This year's showcase of two dozen dances proved how Austin's dancing has risen to the level of its dance making

"...headquarters, plus an outdoor performance by the mixed-ability group Body Shift, a youth concert, workshops, artist interviews, and a..."

April 7, 2017 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Dance Card

"...Body Shift: Mixed-Ability Dance Class Sat., June 11, 2:30-4:30pm. TownLake..."

June 10, 2016 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Scalia's Dead, But It's Politics as Usual

Scalia's body was barely cold before arguing about his successor got started

"...Scalia's death could potentially lead to an ideological shift on the Supreme Court. As he was one of..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Cirque(us) Comes to Town

And they aren't the only clowns roaming Downtown

"...arriving, and the streets are the index of this shift...."

March 13, 2013 SXSW Post by Andy Campbell

Wynn on Wind

Austin mayor to talk energy reform to presidential campaigns next week.

"...power plants?" Well, no. That only started with the shift from small, local DC generators to big AC production..."

Aug. 13, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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