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‘CYPHERS’ dance performance pushes boundaries of audience expectations

‘CYPHERS’ dance performance pushes boundaries of audience expectations

Behr Rinke, Life&Arts General Reporter November 17, 2024

Blending ballet, African and modern dance styles, UT’s Dance Repertory Theatre introduced audiences to “CYPHERS” on Thursday evening. The performance consists of Department of Theatre and Dance...

A couple looks at a Austin Studio Tour art display at the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center on Nov. 10, 2024.

Big Medium hosts 31st Austin Studio Tour, East exhibition

Joe Ferrara, General Life&Arts Reporter November 14, 2024

In 2002, artists Shea Little, Jana Swec and Joseph Phillips recognized a significant lack of community between the artists in Austin. After renting a warehouse studio, the group exhibited work by 38 artists...

Acclaimed Taiwanese dancer Huang Yi performs ‘Ink’ at Bass Concert Hall, blots line between dance and technology

Acclaimed Taiwanese dancer Huang Yi performs ‘Ink’ at Bass Concert Hall, blots line between dance and technology

Analise Pickerrell, Senior Life&Arts Reporter November 11, 2024

Dancers moved in fluid synchronization as if brushes on a canvas.  Impressive holograms of inky visuals encompassed them, moving in unison with movements that mimicked ancient calligraphy. Critically-acclaimed...

Sophmore Natalia Guzman and 20 year old Dalia Martin shop at The Glassmith Markets' West Campus Vendor Market on November 2nd. These markets occur on a weekly basis in West Campus.

Saturday West Campus vendor markets build community of crafters, customers

Maya Thakur, General Life&Arts Reporter November 6, 2024

Every Saturday afternoon, the West Campus food truck park fills up with a variety of vendors selling art, vintage clothes and handcrafted jewelry.  Hosted by The Glassmith and advertising alumnus...

AJ Garcia-Rameau, founder and director of Ventana Ballet, reaches toward the audience while dressed as a zombie waitress during the final performance of Undead: Haunted House of Dances on Oct. 31, 2024.

The UNDEAD resurrect chilling immersive ballet at Factory on 5th

Bailey Raymond, General Life&Arts Reporter November 3, 2024

Attendees proceed with caution into the eerie woods of the Ventana ballet to witness Dracula’s tragic obsession with the Huntress and a new twist — the audience decides if she dies. Gruesome ghouls...

Bystanders waiting for the bus watch a student imitate an Air Dancer in performance at the College of Fine Arts Visual Arts Center on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.

Initiative supporting Puerto Rican arts receives $1.2 million for third phase

Daniela Capistran, General News Reporter October 29, 2024

An organization supporting Puerto Rican artists received $1.2 million from the Mellon Foundation to move into its third phase to invest in contemporary art practices, according to an Oct. 15 press release. The...

Mexic-Arte Museum hosts 41st Viva la Vida parade, festival 

Mexic-Arte Museum hosts 41st Viva la Vida parade, festival 

Joe Ferrara, Life&Arts General Reporter October 28, 2024

As the sun beat down on Saturday, dancers wearing rattling beads, gleaming feathers and intricate face paint performed to thousands of people lining 6th Street. Neon skirts and massive butterfly wing...

Alfredo J. Velasquez and Sergio Morales discuss Dia de Los Muertos traditions, stereotypes, and history at a Latinx Graduate Student Association and Black Graduate Student Association gathering on Oct. 25, 2024. Velasquez is the executive director of LGSA and Morales is the director of communications.

Graduate students host educational Día de los Muertos event, teach students about the holiday’s significance

Riddhi Bora, Senior Life&Arts Reporter October 28, 2024

While growing up, during Día de los Muertos, Alfredo Velasquez watched his dad collect vibrant colored flowers and listened to stories about how people in Oaxaca, Mexico, danced, celebrated and shared...

Finn Higginbotham (Demetrius) and Alexandra Greyson's (Helena) act during tech rehearsal of A Midsummer Night's Dream on Oct. 24, 2024.

Opening night of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” proves timeless nature of Shakespeare

Ana Taveira, General Life&Arts Reporter October 27, 2024

Some may believe Shakespeare's work is dated or out of touch, but students from the Texas Theater and Dance program seek to prove them wrong through their inspired performance of  “A Midsummer Night's...

Guadalupe Street on Oct. 23, 2024.

New businesses on The Drag face barriers to success

Behr Rinke, General Life&Arts Reporter October 24, 2024

Zack Smith grew up playing video games at Einstein’s Video Arcade on Guadalupe Street. Employees there wore white lab coats and the low lighting felt like stepping into a mad scientist’s laboratory....

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