Ellen Bartel and Global Water Dances

Joining a global cause, choreographers invite Austin to the water's edge

"...Ellen Bartel is worried about privatization of clean water. Given..."

June 23, 2017 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Killer Choreography

Ellen Bartel's blood-spattered new dance 'Killsport' mocks our love of the old ultraviolence

"...Alamo Drafthouse Cinema last year that got Austin choreographer Ellen Bartel thinking about the film. An ad for the..."

March 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Earth Moves

For choreographer Ellen Bartel, dance does make the world go 'round

"...Leave it to Ellen Bartel, artistic director of Spank Dance Company, to make..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

I Begin Where I Grieve

Choreographer Ellen Bartel opened her home and heart to friends for a dance about her late husband, Dave Woods

"...I Begin Where I GrieveEllen Bartel's home Sept. 1..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

School of Dance

Post-MFA, Ellen Bartel has a brand-Spankin' new choreographic point of view

"...pivoted, evoking the human machine of mass transit in Ellen Bartel's MFA thesis dance, "Watch the Gap," presented in..."

May 11, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Who Gives a Damn About Big Range Austin?

The answer might be a lot closer than you think

"...going on at Salvage Vanguard Theater for this event. Ellen Bartel of Spank Dance Company, the engine that powers..."

June 24, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

You Ain't Alone

Ellen Bartel continues to process loss and grief through art in this four-work concert

"...Ellen Bartel listed the ways she's tried to cope with..."

May 29, 2015 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Performers in Our Midst

In 1,000 Forest Gorillas in Kansas, primates inspire the art of living

"...without trying them on, right? Belly button to spine." Ellen Bartel demonstrates for Heloise Gold, holding up a pair..."

March 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Three choreographers take Austin to the Scottish fest that's bigger than SXSW

"...When Ellen Bartel travels to Edinburgh, Scotland, to perform during the..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...Radiance. Sat., Dec. 5, 5pm. 10331 Old Manchaca Rd. Ellen Bartel..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Moving Real Strange for Free

Butoh performances by Spank Dance Company

"...is re-engineered here by a shifting combination of dancers Ellen Bartel, Mari Akita, Caroline Sutton Clark, and musician Adam..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spanking the Figurative

A new Austin gallery captures dancers with paint

"...red flag to go up, you know?" says choreographer Ellen Bartel of Spank Dance Company. "Like, oh, here's another..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Exhibitionism

Big River: Pleasantly Adrift

"...lengthy production, and it is submerged, albeit by some excellent distractions: booming voices, lovely duets, and a gifted chorus;..."

July 30, 1999 Arts Review

Big Range Austin Dance Festival

The Big Range Dance Festival shows why that art is worth everyone's attention

"...Festival, the two-weekend indie dance blowout headed by choreographer/dancer Ellen Bartel, is a lot to cover in these few..."

July 8, 2011 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

'Greyhounds and Other Virtual Ways to Travel'

In 'Greyhounds and Other Virtual Ways to Travel,' choreographer Ellen Bartel creates three dances exploring the idea of how we travel without moving

"...about a clock that Daniel Hillis is making," says Ellen Bartel, the artistic director of Spank Dance Company, responsible..."

March 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

3: MFA Dance Concert

The work of these grad student dancemakers was as individual as it was thoughtful

"...Master's of Fine Arts in dance candidates Chell Parkins, Ellen Bartel, and Alvin Rangel showed work as individual as..."

March 16, 2012 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Big Range Austin

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

"...dance festival in 2008, Spank Dance Company Artistic Director Ellen Bartel provided a forum in which a host of..."

June 25, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Big Range Austin Dance Festival

Choreographer Ellen Bartel is stirring up the local dance scene again with a bigger, more sophisticated dance fest

"...both critics and the local dance community, Austin choreographer Ellen Bartel is stirring things up again. This year's festival..."

June 6, 2008 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Greyhounds and Other Virtual Ways to Travel

Spank Dance Company's 'Greyhounds and Other Virtual Ways to Travel' may not move you to the next plane of existence, but its force and beauty will make this plane much more satisfying

"...Ways to Travel, is a case in point. Choreographer Ellen Bartel, guiding the performers not only through their powerful..."

March 17, 2006 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

KillSport

In KillSport, Spank Dance Company's latest, performers shoot, stab, bludgeon, and explode stuffed animals to satirize our lust for blood

"...Ellen Bartel, Spank's artistic director, is walking on the edge..."

April 1, 2005 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Austin Dance Festival

The debut of this new dance fest offered a range of interesting work, the best being fluent in musicality

"...and then Big Range Austin Dance Festival, thanks to Ellen Bartel's Spank Dance Company. We also had annual mini-festivals:..."

April 24, 2015 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Dances Made To Order

Anthropomorphism, upheaval, and memory in dance for the small screen

"...the online dance-film festival Dances Made To Order, choreographers Ellen Bartel, Kathy Dunn Hamrick, and Katherine Hodges each received..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Culture Flash!

The Blanton tweaks its schedule, Conspirare's fave composer takes the prize, and Hot September Flurries in June?

"...Blue Theater the past few autumns? Well, choreographic mastermind Ellen Bartel is expanding the event to three new venues..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Are We on the Edge?

Spank Dance Company's Black Things, in which black-clad dancers dance in near darkness, is original, striking, and resonant of the shadow side of our interior and exterior worlds

"...Black Things. Which is not to say that what Ellen Bartel is presenting via her Spank Dance Company is..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

UP: Left in the Dark

UP, the first piece from Spank, Ellen Bartel's new dance company, contains moments of lovely counterpoint and top-notch technique, but its repetitiveness and murky intention leave one with too many questions that don't get answered.

"...the debut of UP, the first piece from Spank, Ellen Bartel's new dance company featuring Jenna Weikerth. Spank seems..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Arts Review by Dawn Davis

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

"...was still new to Austin, in 2008, I interviewed Ellen Bartel about the dance festival she directed, Big Range..."

April 7, 2017 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

1,000 Forest Gorillas in Kansas

Heloise Gold and Natalie George's dance-theatre work posed the question: What if we took the time to count?

"...and the 10 magnetic performers – including Jason Phelps, Ellen Bartel, Amy Myers, and Noel Gaulin – reminded us..."

March 4, 2016 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Big Range Austin Dance Festival 2012, Program A

BRADF 2012's opener embraced the experimental but showed deep thinking and skilled execution

"...and, often, skilled execution. Curated by Spank Artistic Director Ellen Bartel and a review committee that represented a who's..."

June 29, 2012 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Circumstantial Playground

The debut of ReleaseMotion Dance Project was flawed conceptually but showed promise

"...other section of note, "Elevation," created by guest choreographer Ellen Bartel, also added much-needed dynamic and dimension as the..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Dance Fever

With Hot September Flurries, a corps of Austin choreographers burn up the Blue all month long

"...September Flurries. A collective of eight choreographers headed by Ellen Bartel, artistic director of Spank Dance Company, has commandeered..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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