Tony Bennett at Ballet Austin
“Zig Zag was my fourth work with Tony’s music,” said Jessica Lang, choreographer of this amazing work featuring the music of Tony Bennett. It received a rousing reception at the…
INK by Huang Yi – Modern Dance Meets Robots
Austin was privy to a very special modern dance performance by the Taiwanese dancer, choreographer, inventor, and videographer Huang Yi. Named as one of the “25 to Watch” by Dance…
Belle: A Ballet for the Ages
Beauty & The Beast has reached iconic status in our culture, thanks to the Disneyfication of the tale which was actually first was told in France in 1740. But what…
Songblazers by Cirque
Songblazers – A Journey into Country Music is one of Cirque du Soleil’s latest entertainment ventures that steer away, just slightly, from their origins of the wild and flamboyant abstract…
Alvin Ailey Returns to Austin after 15 Years
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the first all-Black modern dance troupe in America, has made an indelible impression in the dance world for over six decades. Mr. Ailey, the consummate…
The Taste of Bubblegum: Ballet Austin
Strike A Pose! Even though Madonna was not on stage at the Long Center this weekend, her spirit was there in the new ballet Bubblegum, created by Stephen Mills. Mills…
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
For its 23/24 Season, Texas Performing Arts outdid itself again for one glorious evening of camp ballet with the troupe Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Founded in NYC 50…
Oro Dance Company: A Symphony of Oshun
Austin Oro Dance Company is a year-old Afro-Latin dance theatrical performance and training company in a much underfunded and almost vanishing cultural climate. The company pays homage to its members’…
Momix’s Alice
The Toronto-based dance company Momix made its second-ever appearance in Austin to unveil its recent production, Alice, based on the Lewis Carroll novel Alice in Wonderland, one of everyone’s favorite…
Austin Meets its African American Heritage in Song, Dance, and Storytelling with RE-CLAIM
Hosted by Texas Performing Arts at UT, the youth performance this reporter had the privilege and delight to attend at Bass Concert Hall. It’s a showcase of West African and…