A strong ensemble with talented professionals, the company offers strong and committed performances. With virtuosic flexibility and power backing up each movement, this band of dancers could execute a wide range of choreographic material.
Category Archives: Journalism
Editorial, arts previews and reviews, commentary and opinion.
REVIEW: Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy Showcasing Bright Futures
The dancers of Houston Ballet II were highlighted last weekend at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy Spring Showcase.
Ros Warby’s Monumental Full of Surprises
I knew Warby to be an Australian contemporary dance artist. I knew the work utilized bird imagery and included references to Swan Lake. On all three points, I was informed correctly. Yet, though I went in with little expectation,Warby’s work continually greeted me with the unexpected.
THREE at the CORE: A Conversation With Sue Schroeder, Artistic Director of Several Dancers Core
Sue Schroeder, Several Dancers Core founder and artistic director, took some time to talk with me about THREE. The performance will include three works, by three female choreographers, from three different locales.
REVIEW: The Convenient Woman
Chapman and Scates have developed a vocabulary of movement and gesture that is memorable and significant but abstract enough that audiences are given room to adhere their own meaning. They are engaging performers.
Teresa Chapman & Leslie Scates: The Convenient Woman
The Conveient Woman is a dance-theatre performance that provides a personal and satirical look at our culture’s obsession with conveniences, afflictions of dissatisfaction and discontent, and pursuit of the feminine ideal.
Nichelle Suzanne Strzepek 