Dance of the Prodigal Son

Soft-spoken and self-effacing choreographer Stephen Mills seems an unlikely candidate for rebellious Prodigal Son. But he was, breaking away from Ballet Austin in 1996, only to return two years later. Now the newly named artistic director of Ballet Austin, Mills talks about his departure, his return, and the future of the company.

"...Ballet Pacifica, Dance Kaleidoscope, Ontario Ballet, the Icelandic Ballet Company in Reykjavik, Cuballet in Havana -- and had as..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Commercial Venture

Preempting Shania Twain

"...from its current slot at channel 15. The cable company has said it has no plans to move the..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Forest for the Trees

The Austin Arts Commission has never been a model of bureaucratic efficiency, but this year it seems to have become a big cliché in action, a body so focused on procedure and minutiae and the concerns of the moment that it can't see the forest for the trees. It's compounding the problems in Austin's profoundly flawed public arts funding system and demonstrating just how poorly that process serves not only the city's artists but all its citizens.

"...of dollars, the loss of which could force the company to fold. The commissioners who drafted the guideline said..."

July 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Speaking in Tongues

When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.

"...a Theatre Critics Table Award for his intense, electric performance)...."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...In a performance being hailed as one of her best, Sigourney Weaver..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect ...

Part One: The Artists' Application Process

"...No, this isn't a performance installation or guerrilla theatre presented by one of the..."

March 26, 1999 Arts Feature

Dance Visionary Charles Santos Heads to NYC Life Cycles

"...AIDS Services of Austin (ASA), Christopher House, Sharir Dance Company, and Leadership Austin. Now, he's leaving much of that..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Arts Feature

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...David. Bernard Lepique is the CEO of “Quasi”, a company specializing in the production of half-bio, half-antibiotics chickens. Today..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

"...Guzzi spoken here. 812 E. Braker, 236-8822. www.motoaustin.com. Dynoman Performance To those who think “Japanese performance” is an oxymoron,..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

Expectations of Future Growth

Third Time Lucky?

"...the hip-hop and dance stuff through radio, not live performance. I think it's good that I'm more familiar with..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

A Question of Equity

Is It Time for Austin Actors To Go Union? And Vice Versa?

"...might be the most nerve-racking for all concerned. The company has worked on the play for weeks, and this..."

June 9, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Further Reflections

"...village near Abilene whose inhabitants depend on one another's company just to make it through their days there. The..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Rats From a Sinking Ship

Letters at 3 AM

"...his looks. (His refusal to transmit content in his performance is another matter.) Every culture, everywhere and everywhen, has..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Reissues

"...unrelenting ability to totally mezmerize his audiences in live performance with near superhuman feats of sheer blowing power and..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Butthole Surfer Update!

"...a P.A. or anything, but the Lone Star Brewing Company has got in on the music business to some..."

July 5, 1996 Music Column

Record Reviews

Ani Difranco

"...bounce all we ever wanted from Debbie Harry and company before we were so rudely interrupted by the Eighties?..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Review

That Better Place

Choreographer Kate Warren and Her Crystal Eyes

"...were intense and spasmodic. Merce Cunningham danced in Graham's company, but eventually said no to psychological narratives and created..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

A peek beneath the tutu from Austin's Mike McKinley

"...de Monte Carlo, the 40-year-old New York–based parody ballet company, which will give one performance at the Long Center...."

Feb. 3, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Lear Jaunt

Matthew Radford explains how a professional British actor wound up playing Lear in a Central Texas barn

"...profession by performing with the Austin Shakespeare Festival. (His performance as Buckingham in ASF's Richard III earned him a..."

July 28, 2006 Arts Feature by Clayton Maxwell

Heroes and Villains

Van Dykes Parks: 'Smile' and the world smiles with you

"...for it never to be brought up in mixed company again. I was definitely apprehensive when I heard he..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

ATX Television: Bailey Breaks into Anime

'Party of Five's Scott Wolf hangs with the vocal elite for 'Kaijudo'

"...TV and stage, has found himself in this rarified company...."

June 6, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Leave No Child Behind

In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush's No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.

"...Texas public ed. McNeil likens it to a local company housed in a sleek corporate tower a few miles..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Ain't That Good News

Getting Real Gospel on the Zach Scott Stage

"...to seeking out additional artists to fill out the company, Steakley and musical director Allen Robertson went to the..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...recorded, cashing in by owning his own music publishing company and record label. Although he was the first white..."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Here They Came (& Went)

"...surprised by how much I enjoyed the remaining trio's performance last Saturday night at the Frank Erwin Center as..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Music Column

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...to respect him: Over the years he's built a company out of nothing; out of ninja-fucking-turtles while a lot..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Small Wonders

They just nabbed two festival awards, next up is HBO, and Ed Wood is their greatest influence. Meet Austin's most successful 12-year-old filmmakers.

"...a pair of award-winning Austin filmmakers and in the company of one mom and one dad. Duncan Knappen and..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Imagine There's No Majors

"...among others), and may form a deal with that company...."

Dec. 15, 1995 Music Column

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...endurance to survive the oppressive trap. Anchored by a performance from Vikings’ Gaia Weiss, Meander finds a way to..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Larry Fessenden Collection

Horror's underappreciated auteur on existential terror

"...of the man himself. That's no surprise, since the company at heart is Fessenden himself, and whoever is around..."

Oct. 20, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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