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Choreographer Alison Orr's New Book Dances Across the Page
Dance Works recounts 23 years of Forklift Danceworks as a force for community change
"...mentioned when we met to discuss her dance company, Forklift Danceworks, their new project, The Way of Water, and..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

Dances for Dogs and People Who Walk Them
"...On Saturday, April 23, Forklift Danceworks and the Austin Animal Center partnered for an..."

April 25, 2022 Photo Gallery

Last Bow of an Accidental Critic
Lessons and surprises from a career that shouldn't have been
"...their rightful place on the national stage. (Rude Mechs, Forklift Danceworks, Daniel Alexander Jones, and the aforementioned Ms. Bridgforth..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice: How Austin Ranks
What a new report about racial segregation says about our city
"...a touching farewell aquatic dance performance, Givens Swims, by Forklift Dance­works and the staff and lifeguards who worked at..."

June 25, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Get Your Art Fix and Stay Outdoors With These Local Works
There’s a whole city filled with things to do and see outdoors
"...TAKE YOURSELF OUT TO DOWNS FIELD to see Forklift Danceworks’ presentation of Take Me Out to Downs Field,..."

Nov. 19, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

In We Are Here! Living the Legacy of Dr. Givens, Remembering East Austin’s Past and Fighting for Its Future
Eastside advocates and participants in Forklift Danceworks' Givens Swims shared their thoughts about their community
"...Working Group, which hosted the program in partnership with Forklift Danceworks and Austin PBS, held up the park's namesake,..."

July 31, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Forklift Danceworks Goes "On the Job" With Essential Workers
The company's new audio series gives voice to city employees and what they're doing during the pandemic
"...their shows are doing under the stay-at-home order, and Forklift Danceworks is no exception. But unlike other companies, which..."

May 22, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Classical Music
The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here
"...Center, Austin Civic Orchestra, high school orchestras – even Forklift Danceworks, where he collaborated on Solo Symphony, a piece..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Forklift Danceworks' Dove Springs Swims
The company's latest community production showed why Dove Springs' pool matters to that neighborhood and to all of us as well
"...project My Park, My Pool, My City, created by Forklift Danceworks in partnership with the City of Austin Parks..."

July 20, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend
Because it’s hot, you’re cool, and these are fun
"...2) Allison Orr and her Forklift Danceworks: One of this city’s premiere creative treasures. You..."

July 6, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin's Pool System Will Collapse If We Don't Save It
Shall we dive in?
"...Swims" edition of My Park, My Pool, My City, Forklift Danceworks' multi-year in-pool dance performance project, which served as..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Allison Orr Named 2018 USA Fellow
Honor for Forklift Danceworks founder comes with $50K grant
"...in point: Allison Orr, founder and artistic director of Forklift Danceworks, whose choreographic career has had as much to..."

Jan. 16, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Five Arty Things to Do This Weekend: Aug. 24-26
Because you wouldn’t stop at just four things, would you?
"...pricey, to be sure, but a fundraiser that benefits Forklift Danceworks always means money well-spent in this creative community..."

Aug. 24, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Forklift Danceworks' My Parks, My Pools, My City
With Bartholomew Swims, Allison Orr's dance company plunges into Austin's pool problem
"...adult admission was 30 cents) until 2008. When the Forklift Danceworks team interviewed Tap – that's Jonathan Tapscott, a..."

July 28, 2017 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

The Secret History of the Off Center
Looking back at the former home of the Rude Mechs and why it mattered
"...Repertory, dirigo group, Deb Margolin, Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre, Forklift Danceworks, Black Arts Movement Festival, Theatre en Bloc, Capital..."

June 30, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Threat to NEA Funding and Austin
How would the proposed cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts hit Austin? Hard.
"...Ann Starr, managing director of Forklift Danceworks, says that without the NEA, the local dance..."

April 28, 2017 Arts Feature by Katarina Brown

Dance/USA Convenes in Austin
The national arts organization brings honors for the Butlers and big questions about the form's future
"...+ Coffee" for independent dancers. Or take Allison Orr's Forklift Danceworks, which has collaborated with the city's Solid Waste..."

June 10, 2016 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Dance Card
"...W. Cesar ChavezOlivia O'Hare, of the 6-year-old project between Forklift Danceworks and VSA Texas, will lead the class using..."

June 10, 2016 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2016
These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural heroes who lead by example
"...most valued artists in the city. Why else would Forklift Danceworks Artistic Director Allison Orr seek to make a..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Shawn Sides and Graham Reynolds: Rude and Golden
How two of Austin's top creative stars meld a busy life of art and love
"...the Beast and Cult of Color: Call to Color, Forklift Danceworks' The Trash Project and The Trees of Govalle,..."

March 25, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Goodwill Hosts Reuse-Inspired Performance
"...setting of RE Source, this weekend's new performance by Forklift Danceworks, the Austin-based company that transforms the movement of..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Making Reuse Mainstream
Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks
"...in a highly efficient process that's the subject of Forklift Danceworks' new show this weekend (see "Goodwill Hosts Reuse-Inspired..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Michelle Schumann and Graham Reynolds' Joyful Noise
For their new Austin Chamber Music Center collaboration, the pianist and composer crank up the reverb but good
"...films, plays for the Rude Mechs, and dances for Forklift Danceworks and Ballet Austin; and, as of this week,..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Arts Feature 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
"...by composer Nico Muhly. 6) The Trees Of Govalle (Forklift Danceworks)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Movers & Shakers
A guide to Austin dance
"...new full-length work, Dec. 3-5, at Salvage Vanguard Theater Forklift Danceworks..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Saying "Yes" and "No" with DanceAbility
Body Shift brings Alito Alessi's mixed-ability movement workshops to Austin
"...are coordinated by Body Shift, an organizational collaboration between Forklift Danceworks and VSA Texas that has held mixed-ability classes..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

CodeNEXT Prepares to Rewrite Austin
Sound Check, a week of city development code-related events, kicks off Nov. 16
"...artists and art nonprofits such as Fusebox Festival and Forklift Danceworks affordable office space. This year, the valuation of..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Katie Matlack

Art Par Excellence
The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...The Trees of Govalle, Forklift Danceworks..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

The Trees of Govalle
Forklift Danceworks' latest connected care for urban trees, a neighborhood's life, and all of us to nature
"...include in a choreographic production, but the latest from Forklift Danceworks was all about our forest friends – what..."

April 17, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Public Notice
So much to do, so much Austin
"...pre-planning: The Trees of Govalle is a presentation by Forklift Danceworks, in conjunction with Fusebox and the city's Urban..."

March 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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