by dwintern | Oct 4, 1996 | 1996, Archive, Artist, J, L, Year
Excessories was a performance piece about styles of dressing, bodies, and movement and how we define our actions and ourselves in relation to perceived scales of the beautiful and the ugly, the appropriate and the outrageous. A stylistic parade of shifting identities,...
by dwintern | Sep 27, 1996 | 1996, Archive, Artist, G, P, S, W, Year
An evening of non-traditional dance with four choreographers who combine text and movement. Nancy Galeota-Wozny performed two dances, A scientific experiment explaining my Ragin Agin Dancer Babe Theory of Authen-ti-co insti-honest movement science and a performance...
by dwintern | Sep 14, 1996 | 1996, Archive, Artist, S, Year
This exhibition was described by the artist as “encapsulating the anxiety you get before a test or a big date.” Erick Swenson’s works are described as “active, not passive, aggressively accosting the viewer with hot stoves, firecrackers, electrical shocks, and...
by dwintern | Sep 13, 1996 | 1996, Archive, Artist, D, Year
In this exhibit, El Paso artist James Drake explores the phenomenon of women and men coming together on the streets, communicating with loved ones incarcerated in the El Paso County Jail. Instead of using words, they use sign language with their arms and hands....
by dwintern | Sep 13, 1996 | 1996, Archive, Artist, B, I, S, W, Year
This was the second annual Weekend of Texas Contemporary Dance, featuring new works by Houston choreographers. Brangwen’s piece Amelia was to an original score composed by Arthur Gottschalk. Irwin, along with performance poet Niobe Ngozi, presented a work that traces...
