Skate! A Night at the Rink

Forklift Danceworks' latest was a big wet kiss to the communal joys of roller-skating

"...skated (and fallen) on that track. Forklift Artistic Director Allison Orr made that tradition explicit by playing recorded memories..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

'Skate! A Night at the Rink': Heaven on Wheels

Choreographer Allison Orr liked the moves she saw at the rink so much, she invited local skaters to dance

"...That was Allison Orr's reaction when she first ventured into the Playland..."

July 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ACC Dance Department: The joys of discovery

ACC's dance program is noteworthy for its strong faculty and the way they help young choreographers find their voice

"...choreographers (Johnson, José Luis Bustamante, Kathy Dunn Hamrick, and Allison Orr, among others), the regular opportunities it offers students..."

May 2, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pun de Deux

Kathy Dunn Hamrick gives the lowest form of humor a lift in The BarreTenders

"...life-sized inflatable dolls in the most recent Dance Carousel, Allison Orr channeling Elvis' signature karate kicks and windmill arms..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Wonders of 2007

Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires recaps 2007 in dance and classical music

"...(Forklift Danceworks) In a comeback special to rival Elvis', Allison Orr's choreographic tribute to the man, the legend, rocked..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

10 Minutes Max: For 600 seconds, anything goes

The weekend forecast calls for an umbrella – Dance Umbrella, that is, and its annual showcase of short performance works

"...and loved it, attended Austin Community College, danced for Allison Orr and Darla Johnson, danced for Sharir+Bustamante Danceworks, now..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The King and I

Allison Orr's choreographic tribute to Elvis Presley, The King and I, is perceptive, inventive, and surprisingly engaging

"...weeks, it would be hard not to know that Allison Orr has created a dance piece about Elvis using..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Elvis Lives!

Allison Orr choreographs a new comeback special for the King

"...Allison Orr was not always in touch with her inner..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fuse Box: The final jolt

Refraction Arts' newly expanded Fuse Box Festival is almost out of juice, but before it goes, it still has some electrifying new dance, theatre, video, and site-specific performance to deliver

"...strollers, and two babies (both named Genevieve), choreographed by Allison Orr of Forklift Danceworks and Caroline Sutton Clark of..."

April 27, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Events That Made 2006 a Year to Remember

"...10) "Welcoming Swell," Oh Mother (Forklift Danceworks) Allison Orr truly made the most of her pregnancy through..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Allison Orr, "Expectancy Suite"Dancer, Female..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Oh Mother

'Oh Mother' is refreshingly eclectic in its celebration of its theme, its dances as individual as the children of the women who dance so eloquently in it

"...of all things. It's mesmerizing, this belly, and when Allison Orr slowly turns it toward us, allowing us to..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Oh Mother

Allison Orr, who's expecting her first child in late March, has organized a program of contemporary dance by a half-dozen moms and moms-to-be

"...make more dances. Especially dances about being with child. Allison Orr is the latest. The artistic director of Forklift..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Events of 2005 That Engaged and Endure

'Chronicle' Arts Editor Robert Faires lists his favorite performances of dance and classical music from 2005

"...6) The King and I (Forklift Danceworks) Allison Orr's expansion of her dances with Elvises (impersonators, anyway)..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dance Fever

With Hot September Flurries, a corps of Austin choreographers burn up the Blue all month long

"...based on the cult film Death Race 2000, alongside Allison Orr, whose most recent project, The King and I,..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash

The Paynes peregrinate to the Parish and choreographer Allison Orr returns to Venice

"...• Bon voyage to Allison Orr, who leaves Sept. 2 for two weeks in..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Allison Orr, Transit/The King & I..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

A great way to brush up your Shakespeare, the epidemic of extended runs continues, and the Fall Soiree falls through

"...spoken text, able-bodied dancers, and an amputee; and Sextet, Allison Orr's award-winning dance for guide dogs and their blind..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Column

Culture Flash!

New gifts to the Long Center, a new Little Elf for 'Santaland,' a new name for the AMOA Guild, a retirement at the symphony, and a return to Venice for Allison Orr

"...Choreographer Allison Orr is headed back to Venice, Italy, for another..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Arts Bullets

Two Austin arts groups go to D.C. for an international arts festival, and another is headed to New York for one

"...Street Playhouse. Then, at 6:40pm, Forklift Danceworks presents "Sextet," Allison Orr's award-winning dance for two trained dancers, an English..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature

Sex, Lies and Fairytales

Sharir+Bustamante Danceworks' season opener seemed to be about journeys, with six choreographers charting the ways we get from here to there and what they mean

"...of Greek legend. Hardy and dancers Laura Cannon and Allison Orr appeared wearing bolero jackets and affecting the moves..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Articulations

Choreographer Allison Orr pops up on the National Geographic Channel, and Ballet East and UT professor Bion Tsang are honored

"...Dogging Orr..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

10 That Get 10s in 2003

"...7) Allison Orr's Sextet (Sharir+Bustamante Danceworks) Choreographer Orr's contribution to S+BD's..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

End of an Arts Era

The most prosperous period in Austin's cultural history came to a painful close in 2003.

Jan. 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Owing to budget woes in the College of Fine Arts, the UT PAC Prop Shop is closed for business, and local choreographers and dance companies earn national awards and international gigs.

"...to present two performances at Belle Plaine Studio. Meanwhile, Allison Orr, the artist who set dances on firefighters and..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art, as presented during its annual ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...Morris Beachy (University of Texas, retired) -- company founder, conductor,..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Allison Orr, Sextet..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

States of Grace

States of Grace, the opening program for Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks' 20th anniversary season, provided an optimistic opening to 2003, with bold and imaginative choreographers presenting creative movement against which the rest of this year's work will have to be measured.

"...the audio, but it was difficult to grasp the correlation between shifts in movement and music until both dancers..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Dances With Dogs (And Their Masters)

In the Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks program States of Grace, eight Austin choreographers showcase their new work in a program of dance that includes video dancers, classical Indian stories, martial arts, and blind performers and their guide dogs.

"...In States of Grace, choreographer Allison Orr explores movement with two men -- an English..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Extending a Dance's Life: Deborah Hay

Deborah Hay forges her own answer to the issue of how one keeps choreography alive beyond one's own physical and mortal limitations with Nine Nights of Music in May, in which her solo "Music" is performed and adapted by four diverse artists.

"...said: I show, you copy, I fix, you show correctly. This is how roles and choreography have been handed..."

May 3, 2002 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis Loring

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