by Maggie Foyer The Menil Collection in Houston was, in some ways, an unlikely setting for the premiere of Carolyn Carlson’s Black Over Red (My Dialogue with Rothko), but it also made perfect sense. Just a stone’s throw away is the Rothko Chapel where 14 of the painter’s later works hang, monumental in size, painted in
by Victor Swoboda Despite having only a few works in the repertoire since being founded five years ago, the small Montreal troupe called Tentacle Tribe is nonetheless in the forefront of the city’s emerging companies. Co-artistic directors Elon Höglund of Sweden and Emmanuelle Lê Phan of Ottawa draw choreographic inspiration from hip hop, breakdance and martial arts,
by Justine Bayod Espoz Despite a reputation for being one of the most important flamenco festivals in the world, the Jerez Festival found itself facing the possibility that there would be no 21st edition. The first close call came in December 2015, when the Spanish tax agency forced the dissolution of the Villamarta Theatre Foundation