Medicine Men

The Band of Heathens' collective mojo

"...Brooks is also the most likely to push live improvisation. "He'll start a song, and we'll have no idea..."

May 6, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

'Austin Secrets'

Handling real people's secrets sends improv pros places they've never been before

"...audience response to the mixture of comic and dramatic improvisation has been nothing less than mind-blowing," says improviser Andy..."

March 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Long-Distance Theatre

Position of the speakers may affect the quality of their operation

"...with everyone, since the hourlong performance involves mostly guided improvisation with the audience, who play the friends of the..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...himself? Rodman Flender’s documentary captures an artist trained in improvisation at the most improvisational time of his career. (World..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Eager 'Beaver'

SXSW Film announces six titles, including Mel Gibson's latest

"...with an intimate portrait of an artist trained in improvisation, captured at the most improvisational time of his career...."

Jan. 13, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Body Shift

Bringing differently abled and able-bodied dancers into the studio together

"...with people with disabilities and whose disciplines, including contact improvisation and modern dance, inform integrated work. Open to people..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

2010 B. Iden Payne Awards

The homegrown musical of mayhem in the swamp leads the nominations with 11

"...Austin theatre. This year's honorees are the Rude Mechanicals. Improvisation guru Les McGehee will serve as emcee. The public..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Chamber Music Festival: Raul Jaurena & the Texas Tango Five

The standing-room-only crowd made it clear that it takes five to tango

"...forth. Later in the performance, following an inspired piano improvisation that linked the furious "Fugata" with "Milonga del Angel,"..."

July 30, 2010 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Austin Chamber Music Festival 2010

The chance to connect with professional musicians is at the heart of the festival

"...world with a quartet? Or try your hand at improvisation and composition? Or take a whack in a percussion..."

July 23, 2010 Arts Feature by Michael Kellerman

Austin Improv

Three of Austin's top improv troupes get to play away this summer

"...were the sole American representatives in the 2010 International Improvisation Theatre Festival: more proof, as if any were needed,..."

July 2, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's 'Kind of Blue' and the Remaking of Modern Music

Miles Davis' Kind of Blue and everything after

"...itself and how it opened the floodgates to modal improvisation, he follows the ripples outward starting with the album's..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Our Town

This staging of the classic play reveals it is still the microcosm of American life

"...Wilder's play. While Steakley keeps the script intact, using improvisation only at those moments Wilder suggests, he and his..."

May 7, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

'FNL' Star Drops Some Education

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson teaches acting class

"...course includes monologue and scene work as well extensive improvisation. But you’re going to have to move fast –..."

April 23, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

No Time Like the Present

As usual, dancemaker Deborah Hay is making every moment count

"...elements such as chance, fragmentation, collage, game structures, and improvisation, as well as a shared belief in the beauty..."

April 2, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...Hair, a 13-disc collection of communal meditations and shamanic improvisation, curated by the Seeds' late Sky Saxon. Last year,..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

SXSW Film

Actor Chris Doubek and his comedy of riches

"...Happy Poet, there was more of a spirit of improvisation. Like, 'OK, I'm gonna work with this character as..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 9 Lasting Impressions in Dance From 2009

Recalling a year in which cranes became dancers and dancers became stars

"...7) PROGRAM C, IMPROVISATION (BIG RANGE AUSTIN) Director Adam Sultan and a group..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Culture Club

Aaron Mace's Church of the Friendly Ghost rattles the fringes of creative and musical expressionism

"...which unclassifiable ideas volley and where experimental, outsider, and improvisational music freely hyphenate. As one of the only consistent..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Beyond Austin City Limits

There's plenty to hear and see this weekend

"...She’s calling it an “evening of interdisciplinary exploration and improvisation,” which means more than just music. Some of her..."

Sept. 30, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Slow Clap of the Soul

Kings N Things has the night of their lives.

"...excited to commune with one another, and it forced improvisation, compassion, and support. When the audience left the Blue..."

Sept. 20, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Off the Record

Creative Opportunities Orchestra pays tribute to Tina Marsh, local bands find new ways to finance their recordings, and the many hats of Stop the Truck

"...big-band ensemble that tirelessly explored the realm of free-form improvisation. Founded in 1980, CO2 followed the blueprint of Chicago's..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Rise Above

SST Records' Greg Ginn jams econo in Taylor, Texas

"...name, Jambang fuses jarring trance music with dark star improvisation while a flat-screen monitor projects psychedelic visuals from Austin's..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Dear Frailty

Arthur Simone's Dear Frailty uncovers a dark and twitchy side of humanity

"...There's no improvisation here. No goofs for laughs, particularly, either, although the..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Love Supreme – The Music of John Coltrane

Turtle Island Quartet's tribute to the jazz genius was fresh and thrilling

"...the key components of Turtle Island's performance style is improvisation. Though this may seem novel for a chamber music..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Off the Record

Another sad and confounding week in the live music capital: City Council takes steps to create a music department as APD pulls the plug on Shady Grove, and Tina Marsh succumbs to breast cancer

"...experimental-jazz ensemble that balanced postmodern classical music with free-form improvisation and involved more than 200 musicians. Having been originally..."

June 19, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Tina Marsh

Remembering the beloved singer and founder of the Creative Opportunity Orchestra

"...operatic aria, one of her own compositions, or an improvisation – this last being typically an off-road excursion, as..."

June 19, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Big Time

Gigantic director Matt Aselton's indie Cinderella story

"...be able to express themselves, so there was some improvisation and exploration. But I wish we'd had more time..."

April 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Jazz Hands

Burton Greene and Perry Robinson raise the roof(s)

"...and becoming a founding member of the Free Form Improvisation Ensemble. He also notably played on Charlie Haden's 1969..."

April 20, 2009 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

There Can Be Only One

Fronting and posting at B-Boy City 16

"...power-move style in the cypher is 30% planned, 70% improvisation. An impressive battle move is a headstand slide straight..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

The Shape of Jazz to Come

Epistrophy Arts brings the noise

"...Brotzmann: He’s one of the pioneers of European free improvisation. For me personally, his integrity and commitment to this..."

April 9, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

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