Culture Cash

Austin's artists and arts groups are working hard to survive the economic downturn, and now more than ever it's essential for the city that they do.

"...-- then the health of Austin's actors, painters, musicians, dancers, sculptors, singers, directors, and designers is of no small..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Arts Hall of Fame
Critics Table Honors Cultural Heroes

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Austin Critics Table Awards, member critics are inducting 12 individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the community through the arts into the newly established Austin Arts Hall of Fame.

"...Acia Gray (Tapestry Dance Company) -- dancer, choreographer, company co-founder..."

May 31, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

First Night Austin

First Night Austin gets ready to ring out the old year in a big way, with a cultural extravaganza on a scale the city has never before seen

"...yo-yos. Japanese drumming. Cuban drumming. West African drumming. Bollywood dance numbers. Mariachis. Bagpipes. Improvised tap. Spoken word. Stilt-walkers...."

Dec. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

RIP Troupe Texas

"...The Incomparable Doña Ana for UT's At-Random Theatre. The company staged three Erdman plays -- The Outcast In, Galloping..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Arts Column

Top 10 Performances That Transported Me in 2004

Robert Faires lists his favorite theatre, dance, and classical productions of 2004

"...work a monumental scale that inspired awe. Watching the dancers run, glide, and swing among a forest of towering..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Fine Romance

This Valentine's Day, Austin is blessed with opportunities to explore romance on stage, and here are some samples.

"...blessed with opportunities to explore romance on stage. There's Tapestry Dance Company tapping out the rhythms of love in..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: Laugh Lines

A week of unexpected comic relief brought lessons in laugh-making

"...note the day with a prank.) The performers of Tapestry Dance Company obliged me this past Sunday with their..."

April 6, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Acia Gray: From Austin, an Ambassador of Tap to the World

The artistic director of Tapestry Dance Company has just been named president of the International Tap Association

"...the country. Now, the co-founder and artistic director of Tapestry Dance Company will be a leading force for tap..."

July 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

O.t.: Court and Spark

"...lots of it! Litter dropped from above on the dancers. Litter thrown, blown, and swept at the audience. Attention-getting?..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Arts Review

Articulations

Hey, We're Ready for an Architect, Too!

"...Tapestry Dance Company is having a Block Party. The multi-form..."

May 1, 1998 Arts Column

Articulations

Getting Seen

"...work. Jones presented sista docta, a piece combining poetry, dance, improvisation, and drumming to illuminate the artist's experience as..."

May 23, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...Rhythm tap master, Tapestry Dance Company executive/artistic director..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Footprints

The multiform troupe went multicultural for its season opener with some captivating rhythms

"...Where in the world was Tapestry Dance Company?..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Articulations

Local theatre artists join a planetwide call for peace with the Lysistrata Project, the UT PAC's associate director leaves for Pittsburgh, and the Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance & Cultural Center gets a room of its own.

"...Austin in style," with the reading (directed by Chronicle Classical/Dance Listings editor Robi Polgar) complemented by art exhibits, dance..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Cultural Cancellations and Postponements: The Big List

What's not happening around Austin, arts-wise

"...postponed until July; The Tempest 5/28-6/20, canceled Pollyanna Theatre Company – Ants Go Marching 3/26-4/04, postponed, new date TBA..."

March 24, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

On the Funding Front

Eleven area artists and cultural organizations earn support for 2011 projects

"...to the previously reported $20,000 for the Vortex Repertory Company to support its production of the new musical Sarah..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

And Still More Dancing About Architecture

"..."Noche de Oaxaca, a Magical Evening of Art, Music, Dance, and Food," originally set for last Friday, May 15,..."

May 22, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Payne Theatre Award winners, new companies at home at the Long Center, and an arts administrator gets more classical work

"...Rage, Zach Theatre's Next to Normal, Trouble Puppet Theater Company's Riddley Walker, and Doctuh Mistuh Productions' Bloody Bloody Andrew..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Arts Column

Culture Flash

Free museums, FronteraFest applications, Gray's tap award, and new Salon leaders

"...Congratulations to Acia Gray, co-founder and artistic director of Tapestry Dance Company, on receiving the 2008 Texas Tap Legend..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin's Artspace Crisis and Microvenues

Are home art galleries and mini-performance venues the answer to the space crunch?

"...This Sunday night, when Studio Series Show presents the dance laurel and kirstan have a show, it will be..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Friends in Time

This year's tap festival faculty concert proved tap's relevance and transcendance

"...roguish humor, and Dorrance's hardcore spirit were in the company of babyfaced Jay Fagan's comic, uplifting narrative. Tapestry dancer..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

The 2002 Austin Critics Table Awards

On Monday, June 3, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the Austin arts in a ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...arts advocates, administrators, and patrons from the areas of dance, classical music, theatre, visual art, and comedy...."

June 7, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...to recognize the year's most exceptional work in theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art. The nominations for the..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

It may still be too hot to frolic in the noonday sun, but it's not too hot to put on a show to help someone in need, and that's what a number of Austin artists are up to this month, raising funds for flood victims in Houston and an Austin musician with a spinal cord injury.

"...Lyric Opera, Austin Musical Theatre, Austin Symphony, State Theater Company, Tapestry Dance Company, Women in Jazz, and the Zachary..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Festival of Dance

For the 10th year, Charles Santos and the Austin Festival of Dance offer a spectacularly diverse evening of modern dance, ballet, and jazz, with plenty of skin and choreographic tricks from rope and trapeze work to strobe lights and shadow play to create an incredible show.

"...Austin Festival of Dance: Bare Chests and Strobe Lights..."

April 20, 2001 Arts Review by Dawn Davis Loring

Three for the Barre

With a serious amount of movement taking place on the Austin dance scene, the Chronicle asked three of its dance critics to review recent programs by Ballet Austin, Tapestry Dance Company, and the Latino dance festival Collectivos.

"...Arts team anticipated Ballet Austin's recent program of multiple dances, all very different -- a jazzy modern ballet by..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

1999 Critics' Table Nominations

"...April 1999. This year's honors also recognized achievements in dance, classical music, and the visual arts as well as..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2018

Actor/director Norman Blumensaadt, dance artists Kathy Dunn Hamrick and Anuradha Naimpally, and philanthropists Jeanne and Michael Klein join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...providing the support for the visual arts, classical music, dance, and theatre, over many years, who have made the..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Hogg Auditorium is headed for a makeover, Judy Jensen's Blue Willow is headed to the Smithsonian, and two local artists take the road to recovery.

"...to book at least some midsized acts -- touring dance companies and musical acts not of the superstar variety..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...with what we considered the most exceptional achievements in dance, classical music, visual arts, and theatre...."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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