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"...a piece exploring “human connection.” Led by local choreographer Toni Bravo, with guest choreography by Berlin’s Ortrun Stanzel and..."

May 16, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Five Live and Legendary Austin Performances This Month

Local stages shake with terror, delight, and motion this September

"...Bonnie Cullum, with contributions from the ensemble, choreography by Toni Bravo, and writing by Sarah Saltwick. These initial offerings..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

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

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

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

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

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

Letters to the Editor: Classic Cuts

35 years of "keeping it weird"

"...Tonight I went to the 7-11 at 51st and Lamar..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Features Feature by Danielle White

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Insatiable Taste for Tunes

In Austin, the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital of the World, seeing great music doesn't always have to mean fighting the crowds at a smoky nightclub

"...Gourds, the Cornell Hurd Band, and even out-of-towners like Bravo Combo. No cover except on weekends, when Jovita's headlines..."

March 19, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

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

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Toni Bravo, Tintypes..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

Postmarks

"...time who want to speak, and hundreds more coming tonight, then schedule your meeting for a room that holds..."

July 19, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Luis Falco, Juan Flores, Jose Manuel Carrerno, Rodolfo Mendez, Toni Bravo, and many others. The dance panel chairperson needs,..."

July 12, 2002 Column

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