Music filters through the art galleries, the sounds of keyboard and bass float through the air. Underneath a massive sculpture, a band plays while couples dance together, moving to the rhythm of each song.  The...

Movement blossomed across the B. Iden Payne auditorium stage as dancers explored the renewal brought by spring, a time when light and dark converge in perfect harmony. “Equinox” offered an open conversation...

“Let them eat cake.” A phrase tied to Marie Antoinette that’s cemented her as one of history’s ultimate symbols of careless luxury. However, the real Marie, a teenage archduchess shipped from Austria...

Monika Rao said when she moved from Los Angeles to Austin for her M.B.A. in 2023, she felt a “dance-shaped hole in her heart.” Struggling to fill it, Rao realized Austin could use more of a Bollywood...

A revolutionary in modern dance, the late Alvin Ailey came from humble beginnings in Rogers, Texas. His “blood memories” growing up African American in the segregated South and the Black church shaped...

As the sun starts to set on Speedway, students gather around as multiple dancers in coordinated colors wait patiently in perfect formation for the beat to drop.  K-pop, or Korean pop, dominates as...

Dancers emerged from their places on wooden tables as lights came up on the blackbox stage on Nov. 14. The dance showcase’s first performance, “Mé Duniya,” had begun. The Dance Repertory Theatre...

Texas Mohini holds courage, hair flips and energy inside their DNA — or at least that’s what they chant before every performance. Dancing across America, Texas Mohini, UT’s oldest all-girl Bollywood...

For those looking to get their groove on, Austin provides excellent opportunities to learn new moves and hit the dance floor. The Daily Texan selected five places near campus where students, even those...

In the saga of life on Earth, scientists recognize five mass extinction events that dramatically altered history through sudden, disaster-induced climate shifts. In the era of human-caused climate change,...

“Swan Lake,” Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky’s first ballet, and one of the most popular ballets of all time, tells the love story of Prince Siegfried and Odette — a princess put under a curse by the evil...