Dance

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"...Austin Ballroom Dancers play swing, Latin, rock, and ballroom classics weekly. Smoke-..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

Sharing the Dance

A new generation of Austin choreographers is expanding our concept of dance through the combination of movement styles and traditions from across the globe, and Barbejoy Ponzio talks to them about the part fusion plays in their work.

"...a fusion of different cultures, so why shouldn't the dances she creates be the same? "I am part Italian,..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Seeing the Dance

"...is blessed with a bounty of talented and committed Middle Eastern dancers, and fortunately for them and their fans,..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Arts Feature

Letters at 3AM: Flash Mob Dance Revolution: Part 1

It is only a matter of time before an interconnected world work force begins to ask, 'Who are we really working for?'

"...people made themselves extraordinary, and every playbook on the Middle East became merely a scrapbook...."

Nov. 4, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Torch of the Mystic

Sir Richard Bishop, keeper of the flame

"...and profane. The Freak of Araby, another meditation on Middle Eastern music, puts him back with a full band...."

May 26, 2009 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

The Body Is the Music

The Beginnings

"...Ballet has its origins in folk dance. American popular dance is a fusion of European dance..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Transformation Is Its Power

The Spiritual Connection

"...It was Ruth St. Denis, the mother of modern dance in America and also one of the most famous..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Active Listening

Dance artists Heloise Gold and Julie Nathanielsz, and a new 'Gold Show|Rose Show'

"...That Shook the World," is one of four collaborative dance works that, along with one experimental film, comprise Gold..."

May 30, 2014 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Actually Living With War

The latest AFS Essential Cinema series focuses on the films of the Middle East and North Africa

"...child-rearing or filmmaking, things are done differently in the Middle East – poor Riga had already survived wandering into..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Omar Souleyman

Syrian wedding singer serenades Justine’s tonight

"...AC: What’s the difference between Middle Eastern dance culture and Western dance culture? Have Americans..."

June 10, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Seismic Dance Event, Jazz at St. James', Feels So Good Fest, Susannah Joffe, Amigo the Devil, and more

"...Seismic Dance Event..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Event Menu

Go forth and feast

"...late-night shimmy with a performance by the local professional belly-dance ensemble Sabaya, at Copa (217 Congress, 479-5002). This monthly..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Food Column

Sex and the City 2

Two years after the end of the last film, Carrie Bradshaw now frets that the "sparkle" has gone out of her marriage. It's gone from this movie, too.

"...Liza Minnelli officiating, as well as performing her own song-and-dance rendition of Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postscripts

Kip Stratton didn't attend either of the universities he's going to cover in a nonfiction book coming out next fall from Crown, a division of Random House, so don't blame him on those grounds if you discern some partiality in it.

"...them for "an evening of fierce and righteous music, dance, and poetics. The benefit features the local talents of:..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...Synchronized traditional style and original songs on Japanese drums. 2-2:30pm2:30pmDance International, Frost Bank lobby, 401 Congress. Waltzes, Foxtrot, Swing,..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sxsw

"...an album, Left Above the Clouds, that buried the dance grooves in drecky New Age poetry. This deejay gig..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...8pm-2am, Drink Whether it's folk, garage punk, dance pop, or death metal, Scandinavia continues to churn out..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Focus on Middle Eastern Culture..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

Muse for the Ages: Loreena McKennitt

Canadian chanteuse warms to vinyl and Texas

"...her own ethereal sound informed equally by Celtic as Middle Eastern, by classical as by folk, by studio training..."

March 2, 2016 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Empire Control Room Chilean producer Matias Aguayo makes biological dance music. Hand claps, whispers, giggles; his best album, 2009's..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Ekova Heaven's Dust (Six Degrees), Ekova Soft Breeze & Tsunami Breaks (Six Degrees)

"...Largo), Marie Daulne (Zap Mama), Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance), and Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) -- create a language..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Review by David Lynch

Chicago Remixes Chicago

Founding keyboardist Robert Lamm’s gym kismet

"...also discovered in our international touring that there’s a dance remix of a song from one of our middle..."

July 16, 2015 Music Post by Greg Beets

Estate Sale Roundup: January 10-11

Baby, it's cold outside, but your holiday money is burning your pocket.

"...luggage, nice hunter green leather sofa and chair, numerous Middle Eastern vintage brass pieces, four Middle Eastern rattan chairs,..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Design Post by Anne Harris

Religious Attendance

Seventy-fifth annual St. Elias Mediterranean Festival is sure to draw record crowds

"...members of the St. Elias Orthodox Church began selling Middle Eastern dishes on a Downtown street corner once a..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Firelight

"...whole film comes off as one long Dead Can Dance video, minus the Middle Eastern trappings. In the end..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...(due April), Tiley and company once again fill their dance club with exotic spells of ambient dub. A band..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Janie Cowan’s Fascinating Musical Journey Finds Her Playing Alongside Bob Dylan in Shadow Kingdom

Checking in on the one-time Austin bass standout

"...primarily Hungarian people who just wanted to drink and dance. I would never ever be able to be in..."

July 28, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Eat Globally, Dine Locally

Ethnic Nights Offer Intercontinental Tastes at Home

"...prepared by Italians, two cultures better represented on the Eastern Seaboard than in Texas. Upon closer examination, the sentiment..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

Everybody Has a Body

"...I have decided that the next time I see..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the Sunliners to Chicago, I wouldn't miss one single dance. I would even follow the band to Aurora, Ill.,..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column

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