Tapestry Dance Company:Getting those tap shoes re-'Soul'ed

The troupe's thrilling Souls of Our Feet program is back, with more reconstructions of classic rhythm tap routines

"...In 2006, Tapestry Dance Company Artistic Director Acia Gray set her company the..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Luv Doc Recommends: Spring Salsa Dance Festival 2008

Texas Union Ballroom, Friday, February 22, 2008

"...get by – James McMurtry, “Painting by Numbers” Salsa dancers look at their feet a lot. For the dancers..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

This Is Who We Are #12: Tapestry Dance Company's Rhythm … of a Life

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...elatedly inscribing invisible circles in space. Throughout this Tapestry Dance Company production, dancers moved with palpable purpose and urgency...."

May 27, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Enron

This production of Lucy Prebbles' play smartly recounts and reframes the corporate beast's rise and fall

"...know. The University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance not only does a bang-up job of presenting Lucy..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Rick Perry, Lord of the Dance?

Why would a former Texas governor go on reality TV? Why not?

"...at least she'll always know that she got to dance with Billy Dee Williams...."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Tapestry Dance Company's In Your Shoes

The rhythm tap troupe explores homelessness with a common sense of the form's capacity for complexity, subtlety, and risk

"...I mention that I'm going to see a tap dance show, people do one of three things: tell me..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

The Chicago troupe's dances, grounded in contemporary ballet, ranged from ceremonial to intimate to absurd

"...Hubbard Street Dance ChicagoBass Concert Hall Jan. 29..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Toe to Toe With a Life in Dance

A ballerina inspires two choreographers in AFS Doc Nights offering

"...affectionately called by those who knew her, the Paris-born dancer whose professional and personal trajectory soared early, before plummeting..."

June 6, 2014 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

You Can Dance If You Want To

Alamo Danceoke has all the moves

"...your seat to notice the traffic, the Alamo Drafthouse's Danceoke competition is definitely for you...."

May 6, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Tapestry Dance Company

Acia Gray takes medical leave, but the shows go on

"...shoes on one set of toes. So when Tapestry Dance Company announced this week that Gray has taken temporary..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT Department of Theatre & Dance

The University of Illinois' Brant Pope is hired to lead UT's theatre/dance school

"...The University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance has a new chair: Dr. Brant Pope, head of..."

May 28, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Show Us Some Luv: Free Women's Dance Tickets!

Win FREE tickets to Friday night's 2007 Pride Texas Women's Dance.

"...pair of tickets to the 2007 Pride Texas Women's Dance, which is happening tomorrow, Friday, June 15, 8pm at..."

June 14, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Tapestry Dance Company: Movin' out

Tapestry Dance Company has to leave its home of 10 years, but it's headed for bigger and better digs in South Austin

"...If you ever chanced to visit Tapestry Dance Company's studio at 507 Pressler, just north of Fifth..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Luv Doc Recommends: Lone Star Country Dance Sport Invitational

Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol, Friday, August 20, 2004

"...Capitol plays host to the inaugural Lone Star Country Dance Sport Invitational, a country dance competition hosted by a..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Life, Death, and Dance

Robert Duvall loves to tango. Robert Duvall loves Buenos Aires. And Robert Duvall loves Luciana Pedraza, the ravishing Argentinean-born woman who plays opposite him in Assassination Tango, a film in which the screen legend somehow conflates all these things.

"...use nonactors, in this case a lot of tango dancers. Where did that idea originate?..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

A Shared Love of Dance

My Funny Valentine is Tapestry Dance Company's second show following the addition of five new dancers, and their stories are as varied as the dance styles the multiform company employs.

"...Monday afternoon, tap legend Acia Gray watches two Tapestry Dance Company members run a routine. As they swing through..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Residential Address: Africa Night's Food, Dance, and Storytelling at Sahara Lounge

Musician Ibrahim Aminou brings West Africa to East Austin every Saturday

"...says. "People come here to socialize. They want to dance, but then they'll go out back and it's like..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Spring Awakening

This staging of the hit musical blends the old and new, petticoats and punk, with a power and seductiveness that enraptures

"...opening moments of the UT Depart­ment of Theatre & Dance production of Spring Awakening, 14-year-old Wendla (a starry-eyed Savanna..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

UT Theatre & Dance's 12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs)

In a work more poetry than story, playwright Caridad Svich has drowned Ophelia resurface, freed from Hamlet's shadow

"...The University of Texas' Department of Theatre & Dance is producing playwright Caridad Svich's take on the character..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance’s The Crucible

The department manages to elicit tension from Arthur Miller’s familiar drama, but not without a few flaws

"...for the University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance's production of The Crucible. It gratefully acknowledges the solution..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Girling’s Dance With Death

Sun and moon light “Fiction” clip

"...visuals directed by Angela Lancaster, the mother believes she’ll dance with Patrick Swayze in the by-and-by and looks forward..."

May 15, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Dance Hall Days

New doc celebrates Austin institution the Broken Spoke

"...Honky Tonk Heaven overflows with artists testifying to the dance hall's personal and cultural importance, complete with colorful anecdotes..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

Jeffrey's

Will a new culinary concept keep the venerable eatery in step?

"...by. Revitalized Jeffrey's appeared to be back on the dance floor without missing a beat. With the familiar ambience..."

July 26, 2013 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

The Luv Doc: Learning To Dance

If Westerns have taught us anything, it's that dancing isn't fun - especially when someone is shooting at your feet.

"...overshadow the matrimonial proceedings, you’re going to have to dance - metaphorically at least, if not literally. If Westerns..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Column by The Luv Doc

God Loves Ya When You Dance

Texan outlaw Billy Joe Shaver, straight shooter

"...familiar from his performances: "God Loves Ya When You Dance."..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

A Shark Tank in a Dance Floor!?

"...these characters. They built a shark tank into a dance floor at a place called Qua. One more time:..."

May 21, 2012 Postmarks

Lord of the Dance 3D

Opens Thursday, March 17 – on St. Patrick's Day.

"...of Irish step dancing, in this show that uses dance to tell a timeless story based on Irish folklore...."

March 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Real Cost of a Lap Dance?

Lawsuit cites violation of wage laws at strip clubs

"...the lunch deals. They go to watch topless women dance up on a stage or, for a little extra..."

Oct. 29, 2010 News Feature by Diana Welch

Luv Doc Recommends: Dale Watson's Annual Christmas Show & Dance

Continental Club, Friday, December 25, 2009

"...ideally would be Dale Watson's annual Christmas Show & Dance at the Continental Club. If you're on the fence..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: Fantastic Fest Michael Jackson Dance Party

The HighBall, Sunday, September 27, 2009

"...autopsy gets published … but he produced some badass dance jams. If someone cranks up "Don't Stop 'Til You..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

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