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Ballet Hispánico in Tiburones by choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Photo by Paula Lobo Sun, 06/27/2021 - 5:00am
After spearheading a $3 million renovation of Austin’s largest theater, Executive and Artistic Director Bob Bursey announces his first curated season of music, dance, theater, and performance for Texas Performing Arts. A dozen live productions will mark its 40th Anniversary season in 2021-2022. The performance lineup includes established and emerging .
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"Behind the Scenes: Hollywood's Sistine Chapel" offers an immersive experience of full-scale, hand-painted motion picture replicas of the historic frescos of the Sistine Chapel. These master illusions were created for .
What s being done to clean up the air in Austin theaters and large event spaces? Bettie Cross
The coronavirus pandemic is raising concerns about the cleanliness of the air we breathe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says while most buildings don t need new ventilation systems, upgrades and improvements could reduce the spread of germs and lower the risk of exposure.
It s been over a year since crowds were welcomed into Bass Concert Hall. The coronavirus pandemic forced the closure, but Texas Performing Arts is using the downtime to complete a $3 million renovation that will make Austin s largest theater safer by increasing the delivery of clean air and diluting potential contaminants.
Perhaps in the wake of the Great Texas Freeze, the only word you can associate with “burst” is “pipes.”
Gesel Mason feels your pain – the polar vortex did a number on her plumbing, too. But that kind of winter catastrophe was far from the choreographer’s mind when she titled her latest project
burst! Gesel Mason (Photo by Enoch Chan)
Last fall, as the work was taking shape during her Texas Performing Arts/Fusebox Festival residency, Mason was thinking of the word’s many other associations: a burst of speed, of color, of laughter; bursting into song, into tears, into flames; hearts bursting with pride; flowers bursting into spring. At the time, the closest she came to “pipes” was in considering the word’s sense of rupture, of disruption, because that captured the essence of 2020, and that was part of what this work was meant to explore: how we respond to the disruptions in our lives. What do we hold on to, and what do we let go of?