Dance Music 101

Gartner's glossary of notable genres

May 13, 2011 Music Feature

Rain Dance

Fleet Foxes wets the sky at a sold-out Stubb's.

May 11, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Do a Little 'Dance

Austinites past and present converge on Park City

"...marketplace, signs of optimism dominated at the recently concluded Sundance Film Festival. This cornerstone showcase for American independent films..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chance Pe Dance

A struggling dancer lives out his dream of becoming professional in this Bollywood feature.

"...Satish Shah. Not reviewed at press time. A struggling dancer lives out his dream of becoming professional in this..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bryan Poyser to Do the 'Dance

Local filmmaker will screen his dark comedy 'Lovers of Hate' in Sundance's Narrative Feature Competition

"...one(s) in Park City, Utah – announcing the 2010 Sundance Film Festival competition film lineup. Making the cut this..."

Dec. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Making Mushrooms Dance

Gl33k's audio geeks sound off on Mushroom Men

Nov. 28, 2008 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Allure of the Poll Dance

We can't look away from the poll numbers, though maybe we should

Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Nelda Wells Spears’ Dance Party

Eat! Drink! Get Down! Register to vote!

Sept. 20, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Voucher Death Dance

The House voucher vampires get a lesson in slaying the beast

May 27, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

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

The Great Dance: A Hunter's Story

Jan. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Do a Little Dance

"...Ask several thousand people to define "independent cinema" and..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dance With the Devil

Getting Austin Artists in Step With Their Audience

"...per night. (Success is relative as always -- the attendance was twice SVT's usual draw of 22 to 30.)..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Dance:

"...ENCANTO EN LA MISIóN, a program of traditional dances of Mexico and Spain performed in authentic costumes by..."

June 14, 1996 Arts Feature

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...When the discipline under discussion is dance, it's the nature of the artists to be on..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

B-Boy City Freestylin'

Roméo Navarro's freewheeling philosophy of dance has inspired a vibrant freestyle dance community in Austin for the past decade, and now his B-Boy City events, gathering 350-400 dancers from all over the South and Southwest and points beyond, are realizing a dream of freestylin' dancers on an even grander scale.

"...one guy can do the headspin, one guy can dance. Nah, you gotta be everything here. You see tap..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Arts Feature by Deborah Hay

Getting in Step

Austin Dance Artists Talk Connecting & Community

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Feb. 28, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: Rhoda Winter Russell

Movement therapy pioneer who knew the greats of dance has died

"...Austin lost a resident with an extraordinary history in dance. As an aspiring dancer in the Forties and Fifties,..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...30, 2018, and settled on what was outstanding in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in that span..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Table have agreed on the most outstanding work in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in the past..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

What's Past Is Prologue

Recreating classic tap routines from the screen and stage opens an exciting new future for Tapestry Dance Company

"...into three dimensions, and they're in the flesh, being danced right now, right here, without benefit of retakes or..."

March 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Match' Maker

Deborah Hay's latest dance leads to a new start

"...She was ready to give up dance, give up choreography, abandon the art form to which..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Earth Moves

For choreographer Ellen Bartel, dance does make the world go 'round

"...Let's get one thing straight: Dance doesn't make the world go 'round. Although the world..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Waves Coming to Shore

No artist in the last 50 years has combined dance, theatre, music, scenery, and costume into epic spectacles like Pina Bausch, and as this German visionary returns to Austin Dawn Davis explores her work and her impact on the city's Johnson / Long Dance Company.

"...There dance stood in the mid-1970s, stripped to the bone, only..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Table have agreed on the most outstanding work in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in the past..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Table have agreed on the most outstanding work in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in the past..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...Broadway cast of Billy Elliot the Musical, the Austin song-and-dance phenom had a lot to say – more than..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Here Today ...

Choreographer Sharon Marroquín lets go through dance in order to live

"..."I'm not afraid of dying," says dancer and choreographer Sharon Marroquín. "We like to think that..."

March 23, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Seizing the Day

Alvin Rangel's future may be uncertain, but for now he's making great dance

"...I first saw Alvin Rangel dance in May 2010. A minute or two into the..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Harmonic Convergence

Three stellar performers of Indian classical dance finally unite onstage

"...to introduce herself as a performer of Indian classical dance, the response she'd get would invariably be: "Oh, do..."

March 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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