Texas Performing Arts

In her young career, Esperanza Spalding has already performed on some of the grandest stages, including Austin City Limits and the White House.  On April 23, 2010, Texas Performing Arts will present an evening of contemporary jazz with Esperanza Spalding and Society, and special guest André Mehmari at Hogg Memorial Auditorium. Spalding, 25, is a composer, bassist, [...]

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University of Texas at Austin students and Texas Performing Arts staff scenic art work to be featured in the United States Institute of Theatre Technology’s national scenic art exhibition “By the Hand of a Scenic”  March 31-April 2, 2010 at the national conference in Kansas City, Mo. Students Sonja Rainey, Scott Darby, Lizzie Bracken, Lih-Hwa [...]

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Hook ‘em Arts has been creeping around campus, passing out roses tied to Phantom masks with info on Student Rush tickets and performance dates.  Our President, Pablo, dressed up as the Phantom and students LOVED it.  Girls were approaching US to get a rose/mask combo and take a picture with our mysterious Phantom! Look for [...]

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Please see the press release below from The Kennedy Center about the International Fellow Mentoring Program. Texas Performing Arts is hosting Glorife Samodio, Cultural Arts Director of De La Salle University located in Manila, Philippines this week. She’ll be meeting with various staff members at Texas Performing Arts, as well as from Ballet Austin and [...]

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Meet Amy Ramirez. She is our Business Office Student Assistant whose daily functions are crucial to the efficiency and operation of Texas Performing Arts. On a daily basis she performs the mail run, helps with general offices tasks, and verifies payroll. Amy is a first-year student at UT and plans to major in Marketing. As [...]

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Prepare yourself for a production that will stimulate the mind, body, and soul. Cancion del Cuerpo is an invigorating dance performance produced by the combined efforts of fellow UT students and Colombian dancers. This wonderful display of two cultures coming together to create one majestic masterpiece sent chills throughout me with each flick of the [...]

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Bare chests, flowing costumes and impressive balancing acts were some of the stand out visuals at this weekend’s run of Canción del Cuerpo, the contemporary dance collaboration between Colombia’s El Colegio Del Cuerpo de Cartagena de Indias and the UT Department of Theater and Dance.  Not only was this show an excellent blend of dance, [...]

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March 4, 2010/ Contribution by Lisa Kobdish We did it! We survived our full run-through! And with a nearly half-full audience. My sister, who has seen my performances with DRT for three years now, could not believe that this free “showing” had a fuller audience than some Friday or Saturday night shows from the past. [...]

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March 3, 2010/ Contribution by Lisa Kobdish According to my experience in the world of dance, things always seem to come together right before a performance…and I mean RIGHT before. The weeks and final days prior to opening night are stressful, full of anxiety and worry, doubt even. Everyone hopes for the best, but one [...]

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March 3, 2010/ Contribution by J Elissa Marshall I missed a last minute rehearsal yesterday because I couldn’t get out of class.  If only school wouldn’t get in the way so much…heh!  When I got out of class I tried to absorb as many notes and corrections as I could.  While I was gone, the [...]

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