Top 9 All-In Dance Concerts (Plus 3 Short Works) of 2013

This year, dancers took on weighty matters – gender, the body, grief – exploring them with remarkable depth

"...'THE BIG SMALL'/'THE UNDOING OF NONET' (Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Com­pany) Separated by months but related in mood, these..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Galaxy Dance Studios

Can Lorn MacDougal save South Lamar's movement space?

"...taking on the duties of artistic director of Galaxy Dance Studios, a position that six other competent professionals have..."

June 14, 2013 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Top 10 'It's Alive!' Moments in Dance, of Those Events I Happened To See in 2010

Recalling the times in 2010 when contemporary dance and ballet showed a pulse

"...In 2010, both ballet and contemporary dance were proclaimed flatliners by prominent dance critics. Those critics..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks: Save the last dance for me

When the curtain falls on the final performance of its 24th season, Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks will dance away into history and an era of dance in Austin will end

"...An era in Austin dance is ending...."

June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ISHIDA Dance Company Brings a European Dance Sensibility to Texas

Getting emotional and experimental with as long as there is in me

"...ISHIDA Dance Artistic Director Brett Ishida has worked far and wide,..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Jubilant Dance, MedFest, and More Weekend Recommendations

Find the right fit for your going-out vibe

"...finish me off!   – Kat McNevins Twyla Tharp Dance: Diamond Jubilee..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Magic Mike’s Last Dance

Come for Channing Tatum dancing. Stay for … Channing Tatum dancing.

"...for reasons, and am interested in Magic Mike's Last Dance, the supposed capper to the Magic Mike trilogy...."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Playback – Lords of the Dance: TC Superstar

TC Superstar promotes body movement, Dallas Acid get blissed with Laraaji, a black metal binge, and Trouble in the Streets breaks rules

"...Astonishingly, this is excellent music to dance to...."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Dance Repertory Theatre's Momentum

This program of dances informed by African American experiences and culture was highly physical and emotionally urgent

"...urgency of everyday life. But other times, as with Dance Repertory Theatre's program of dance works informed by African-American..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Page Two: You Always Remember the Dance

First steps, two step

"...and the Rolling Stones. You realize you almost never dance around the room alone anymore. Ever. Used to do..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Dance Friends

"...I had the opportunity to experience several of the dance pieces mentioned. "Top 10 (+1) Dance Classical Musical Treasures..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Postmarks

Dance Repertory Theatre

A new dance is more than compelling movement; it's a life lesson for graduates

"...in the University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance for the Dance Repertory Theatre spring program Physical Language...."

March 4, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ballet East Dance Company: Reclaiming the modern in a pomo world

Rodolfo Mendez wants us to remember that before there was postmodern, modern dance ruled

"...forgotten, but that looks to be what's happening in dance, according to Rodolfo Mendez. The artistic director of Ballet..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance & Cultural Center

Getting a place of one's own is always cause for celebration, which is why the Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance & Cultural Center is throwing a big shindig

"...for celebration, which is why the Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance & Cultural Center is throwing a big shindig this..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Dance

Some Austin dance artists will be getting out of town this summer – way out of town: Innsbruck, Jacob's Pillow, and Hong Kong – thanks to special invitations

"...Like most everyone, dance artists like to get out of town during the..."

June 23, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Bodies Dance

The latest production from Johnson / Long Dance Company, I Stuck My Head in the Garden is a 65-minute topsy-turvy of boys and girls in all their confusing combinations and shows the troupe once again smashing the notion that dance belongs to the tall, the thin, and the flat-chested.

"...humanness of our bodies. Three female and two male dancers, some in bras and some in undershirts, each of..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Trains, Dance, and Lesbionage in This Week’s Recommended Events

Find some art and community this weekend

"...her mother was a Dutch baroness – and trained dancer’s elegance, Hepburn was more than plausible playing a princess;..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Luv Doc: He Doesn’t Dance

Otherwise known as reactive immobility

"...out something disturbing about my new boyfriend: He doesn't dance. I can't believe this issue never came up until..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

The Hideout Theatre's Dance Dreams

The improv artists in this production do an impressive job of detailing the falling and rising fortunes of a ballet company

"...The cast of Dance Dreams at the Hideout are some brave performers, indeed...."

Dec. 8, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Top 10 (+1) Dance Classical Music Treasures of 2013

In 2013, dance and classical music were distinguished by their breadth of expression and eloquence

"...1) 'MOZART DANCES' (Mark Morris Dance Group/Texas Performing Arts) Startlingly virtuosic dance,..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 (+1) Dance/Classical Music Treasures of 2012

In 2012, dance memorably explored profound topics, and classical embraced Charlie Brown and George Washington

"...1) 'SOLO SYMPHONY' (Forklift Danceworks) A revelation – of the dance at the heart..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Batsheva Dance Company

Going gaga for sensation-based movement

"...a choreographer and director of Tel Aviv, Israel's Batsheva Dance Company, a post he has held since 1990. Gaga..."

March 16, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Headlong Dance Theatre: Fusion Cuisine

This Philadelphia troupe's mix of theatre and movement creates something tasty

"...can be said for our stage fare, especially when dance and theatre are used as a basis to inform..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Wonders of 2007

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

"...of trusted designers, and her amazing corps of aerial dancers transformed the massive beams and vast emptiness of the..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

"...Using the Intel shell as the site for a dance could've been a one-note stunt, but Sally Jacques' choreographic..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Venom: The Last Dance

One last pas de deux between Tom Hardy's reporter and the hellraising symbiote he plays bodily host to

"...Ragnarok? Well, so it goes with Venom: The Last Dance, the latest misadventure of ex-journalist Eddie Brock and Venom,..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Rodeo, a Pet Pfest, Country Dance, and More Community Events

Hit the town with these non-SXSW events

"...wholesome? Pull on your finest shitkickers and hit the dance hall; there’s a full bar and, Rodeo Austin teases,..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Disappointing biopic of the woman that made "I Will Always Love You" her own

"...Kasi Lemmons (Harriet, Eve’s Bayou), Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody somehow manages to make the life of..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Theatre en Bloc's Dance Nation

This production of Clare Barron's play invokes the experience of puberty for girls, in all its allure and terror

"...You see a lot of it in Dance Nation – blood on arms, on legs, on faces,..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Dance India Calls on Us All to Respect Mother Earth

Multimedia, multicultural production Sacred Earth Stories appeals to the heart

"...American Cultural Center. Naimpally will be one of five dancers representing the Earth goddesses Bhoomi Devi (Hindu), Pachamama (Peruvian),..."

June 28, 2019 Arts Feature by Sumaiya Malik

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