Culture Club

Dances inspired by three legendary women cross cultures and generations

"...by a formidable trio of local dancer-choreographers: Anuradha Naimpally, Toni Bravo, and Sharon Marroquín. Women: Voices and Whispers, produced..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Ideas Through Movement

Political and philosophical issues aren't just topics for writers and dramatists. Several Austin choreographers are using themas subjects for dances. Toni Bravo, Jeffery Bullock, Lisa Fehrman, and Andrew Long explain how they see ideas through movement.

"...In KINESIS Dance Theatre Project's Genero y Politica, choreographer Toni Bravo, in collaboration with composer Javier Chaparro, employ dance..."

March 3, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sharing the Dance

A new generation of Austin choreographers is expanding our concept of dance through the combination of movement styles and traditions from across the globe, and Barbejoy Ponzio talks to them about the part fusion plays in their work.

"...Toni Bravo is herself a fusion of different cultures, so..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees

"...8120 Research. Here are introductions to these game changers. Toni Bravo..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Street Connections

Reclaiming the humanity of people living on the streets by telling their stories

"...But we are bound to them, and when Toni Bravo came to a fresh understanding of that a..."

July 24, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Diverse Space Dance Theatre's Memoirs and Armours

The company's season closer showed the young dancers' commitment to a shared vision and their potential as artists

"...in a striking tableau. They wore costumes, designed by Toni Bravo and Diana Huckaby, from various time periods –..."

May 10, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Exhibitionism

America Hurrah: period piece

"...works of Melissa Villarreal, Stephen Mills, Shanon Leyrer, and Toni Bravo. The bustling phrases of the energetic, witty, diverse..."

May 8, 1998 Arts Review

Collectivos: Seeds Of Our Ancestors

"...Ballet East Dance Theatre, Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance Company, Toni Bravo & KINESIS Dance Theatre Project, and independent artist..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Big Range Austin

The festival that packs a year of contemporary dance into two weekends

"...that includes accomplished, established artists such as Andrea Ariel, Toni Bravo, Brenna Kuhn, and Anuradha Naimpally alongside such up-and-comers..."

June 25, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dance Fever

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

"...Lindsey Taylor and Kayo Tsujimoto alongside local arts stalwarts Toni Bravo and Kathy Dunn Hamrick; Bartel, whose most recent..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pushing Boundaries

Eight new dances that spoke engagingly to the place individuals have in groups

"...Sometimes the group was a gender, as in Toni Bravo's and Dixon Mena's playful considerations of womanhood, Bravo..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Clarksville-West End Jazz & Arts Festival Schedule

"...Correo Aereo (5:15pm); Rhythm Ritual (6:15pm); Ivry Newsome (6:45pm); Toni Bravo (7:15pm) Sunday, June 15 (Pease Park)..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature

Dispatches From the Edge

Rounding Up the 2001 FronteraFest Long Fringe

"...Toni Bravo is not the most imposing creature on the..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

The Vortex's Performance Park

Whatever you want to call this play/scavenger hunt/immersive live roleplay, it’s a one-of-a-kind, wonderful theatrical experience

"...sound and video engineering by David DeMaris, choreography by Toni Bravo, costumes by Pam Fletcher Friday, and original music..."

May 4, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Mary Moody Northen Theatre's ANON(ymous)

At St. Edward's, this reworking of Homer's Odyssey gives names to the nameless in today's immigrant crisis

"...absolutely hypnotic pictures with light and sound, respectively, and Toni Bravo has created emotive movement sequences that accent and..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Austin Shakespeare's Medea

This production of the Greek tragedy asks the audience to consider the whole story before passing judgment

"...no assistance. A chorus of dancers (strikingly choreographed by Toni Bravo) adds an interesting aesthetic element, juxtaposing the idea..."

March 4, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

The Elementals: Water

This Vortex dance exploring water as sacred is often beautiful but not always deep

"...Vortex Artistic Director Bonnie Cullum, and with choreography from Toni Bravo, the Vortex company imbues the onstage water with..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

First Night Austin

This New Year's Eve, why not join the throngs at this free arty party on the streets?

"...Lucia Rodriguez, Tina Marsh, Amy Farris, and Robin Shivers). Toni Bravo, Sharon Marroquin, Orlando Casnove, and Christopher Swain provide..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tintypes

Violet Crown Players' revival of the revue 'Tintypes' doesn't always work theatrically, but musically, its celebration of early 20th-century American music is pleasing to hear

"...Ma Baby," and "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight."..."

May 12, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Earth Moves

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

"...already in a company. I also started working with Toni Bravo, but I couldn't do both, and Ariel was..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Company: Idiosyncratic Dinner Guests

Sitting through the UT Opera Theatre production of Stephen Sondheim's Company is not unlike having a dinner party for people who are pleasant enough if you can get past their idiosyncrasies, such as a tendency to make noises at the end of their questions: "What would we do without you-ooh?"

"...the elaborate, hokey choreography (Rockette kicks and all) by Toni Bravo. Sitting through this show is not unlike having..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Articulations

The Texas Commission for the Arts gets a new executive director, the Blanton Museum of Art gets a new curator for its collection of Latin American art, and Toronto's Harbourfront Festival gets an Austin dance company.

"...to choreography from Project VrukshA, company members Kermit Allen, Toni Bravo, Tony Cusimano, Bao Khang Luu, Anuradha Naimpally, and..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Tree Play

For this story of a rain forest over a lifetime, Robi Polgar created a living, breathing poem

"...blown both gently and ferociously by the winds of Toni Bravo's stunning choreography. April Perez Moore effortlessly embodied the..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey

The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle

"...little piggies (the Diverse Space Dance Theatre), choreographed by Toni Bravo. The Island of Calypso at the Fannie Mae..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Critics Table's Grand Tales

The winners of the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Austin Arts Hall of Fame. This year's inductees were: Toni Bravo (dance), the late Billy Harden (theatre), Girard Kinney..."

June 4, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...local artists into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame: Toni Bravo (dance), Billy Harden (theatre), Girard Kinney (architecture), and..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2019 Arts Hall of Famers Announced

Bravo, Harden, Kinney, and Sawyer to be inducted this year

"...• Toni Bravo (Diverse Space Dance Theatre, Violet Crown Players) –..."

May 7, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Never Mind the Polar Kind, Austin Has Its Own Vortex

And that irrepressible powerhouse of theatre is about to turn 25

"...best and wildest artists from throughout its 25 years (Toni Bravo! Zell Miller III! Chad Salvata! Matthew Patterson! Ann..."

Jan. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Here Today ...

Choreographer Sharon Marroquín lets go through dance in order to live

"...projects responding to environmental and global humanitarian issues with Toni Bravo's Diverse Space Dance Theatre. Until Materiality required it,..."

March 23, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Who Gives a Damn About Big Range Austin?

The answer might be a lot closer than you think

"...I'm really excited to see this woman from San Antonio, Seme Jatib, who had a great application...."

June 24, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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