Spectrum Dance Theater’s Rambunctious

The company’s program, with a new work inspired by the 1966 UT Tower shooting, spoke powerfully to our present moment

"...what can our country's artists tell us about ourselves? Spectrum Dance Theater, based in Seattle and headed by revered..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Top Nine Big-Bang Dance Concerts of 2015

Each of the top dance performances of 2015 created a universe of its own

"...Each one of these 2015 dances created a universe of its own. In chronological order:..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Sean Dorsey Dance Unpacks Masculinity Onstage

Trailblazing choreographer’s latest dance theatre piece hits Austin

"...The question that animates dancer and choreographer Sean Dorsey’s newest work Boys in Trouble..."

Sept. 26, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Mac Irvine

Is Austin's Growing Dance Music Scene in Need of Its Own HQ?

We talk to a dozen members of ATX’s electronic music community

"...goes two-stepping, but even in 2017, walking into a dance club in Austin feels cheesy. Despite a recent electronic..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

A Full Dance Card

Back in Austin after eight days in the land of mountains and Mormons at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it's hard to distill the experience into any one verity. The combination of dozens of movies and the oxygen-poor altitude create memories that seem more impressionistic than precise.

"...the land of mountains and Mormons at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it's hard to distill the experience into..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

2019 Arts Hall of Famers Announced

Bravo, Harden, Kinney, and Sawyer to be inducted this year

"...the Austin Arts Hall of Fame, honoring leaders in dance, theatre, and arts philanthropy...."

May 7, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees

"...history and criticism from the University of Texas, worked with Dance Repertory Theatre, taught at the Ballet Austin Academy, developed..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ballet East

The company establishes its first dance academy for students at Eastside Memorial

"...This week, Ballet East Dance Company once again provides a showcase for the talents..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chewy Soup

The Rich, Nourishing Images of Pilobolus

"...and white is really the color wheel of Pilobolus Dance Theatre. For almost 25 years, this uniquely physical and..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Arts Feature

Andrea Ariel Dances for Democracy

On Sunday, the artist's dancing mailbox was a Capitol surprise

"...dancing mailbox was actually Andrea Ariel, the award-winning modern dancer, choreographer, soundpainter, and artistic director of Ariel Dance Theatre,..."

Jan. 20, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...and Brenda Greene Mitchell's loving tribute to Austin's iconic dance hall, Honky Tonk Heaven: Legend of the Broken Spoke...."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Risk Immersion

Time again to sink deeply into FronteraFest's exhilarating experiments in performance

"...Feb. 14, you can savor more self-written monologues, interpretive dance, improvised comedy, slam poetry, hip-hop, musicals, and who knows..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Autechre Melts IDM

UK duo spans from pirate radio to the dark side of the Internet

"...The foundry of Autechre melts decades of dance and experimental music into plasma. Its indefinite shape and..."

Oct. 8, 2015 Music Post by Conor Walker

Austin Creative Alliance Honors 2015

Third class of honorees: Moser, Mexic-Arte, Esparza, Harden

"...Harden, educator, longtime actor, and founding member of the Spectrum Theatre Company; Austin Chronicle writer, former Music Commission member,..."

Nov. 10, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Creative Alliance Honors 2016

ACA salutes SVT, Byrd, Brooks, Seibert, Willenzik at the ND

"...founder and cultural historian Harold McMillan; actor, educatior, and Spectrum Theatre Company co-founder Dr. Billy F. Harden; pioneering music..."

Nov. 16, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...North American debut. Sorcerous mystery Hereditary comes out of Sundance with the reputation of being this year's break-out horror,..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Six Great CBD Products to Try in Austin

From wellness goals to stress relief, we’re loving these options

"...and sleep issues. Redeemer prides itself on utilizing full spectrum CBD/CBG, offering an end result brimming with rich extracts..."

April 16, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Concourse Project Brings the Raver Spirit Back to Austin

High-capacity event space looks to diversify their sound

"...building their empire separately and together: Gray's GoGo Gadgette dance squad and her clothing designs that retail at the..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

At Long Last Love

Love will get you when you least expect it. So it goes in Charles Mee's Big Love, a vigorous update of the ancient Greek drama The Suppliants, and so it went when the Rude Mechanicals theatre company saw the play. They fell unexpectedly and unabashedly head over heels for it and are staging it now in what they describe as "a huge love affair."

"...joyfully describing his Barbie and Ken collection. Or what company member Sarah Richardson calls the play's "spiritual robustness," with..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Compagnie Julie Dossavi/Trey McIntyre Project

World-class choreographers from Paris and Houston dance into Austin the same week

"...next week that takes the form of two world-class dance companies, Compagnie Julie Dossavi and Trey McIntyre Project, performing..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Postmarks

Readers react to last week's cover story on the murder of Lauryn Paige Fuller.

"...more than 100. Our members cover the entire gender spectrum: transsexual; transgender; cross-dresser/transvestite, gay; straight; bisexual; spouse/significant other; male-to-female..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column

Two Turntables and a Microphone

Austin's DJ Culture

"...the music. I'd go out to the clubs and dance five, six hours a night. I was a maniac...."

May 29, 1998 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...with it, and a memo went out to the company worldwide: The three new priorities were the Fabulous Thunderbirds,..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...and physically stable, successful in a Austin-based dot-com startup company making God knows what...."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

ROYGBIV 2001

In ROYGBIV 2001: A Human Odyssey, ONE Theatre Company sets out to chronicle the universal passages of human existence through an Everyman figure that they follow from birth to death. But the show itself seems to be in the midst of adolescence: Full of big dreams, idealistic, and ready to take on the world, but still a little awkward in its own body.

"...we see in its entirety in this ONE Theatre Company production. The troupe, inspired by the "Seven Ages of..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

Big River: Pleasantly Adrift

"...and generally enjoying life on the river. When the company gets to the big numbers, like "Muddy Water" or..."

July 30, 1999 Arts Review

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...Waterloo Brewing Company, Wednesday, March 18..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

The Great Critic Test

How Much Do You Really Know About These Freaks?

"...the pages of a newspaper. It covers a broad spectrum, with numerous points of entry, from relationships between artists,..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...Barcelona, veterans Nudozurdo represent another end of the post-punk spectrum. In Spanish, they eschew screaming for more melodic jousts...."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...• Food: The Kitchen founder Kimbal Musk; Fast Company editor Amy Farley...."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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