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Weekend Arts Pix: Not ready for some football?
Not ready for some football mania this weekend with the UT-OU game? You’ve got options. Arts options, that is.
‘A Thumping Raging Explosion of Light and Marvelous Texture’ may sound like a sports extravaganza, but it’s not. Choreographer Amanda Butterfield of Yellow Tape Construction Company has actually made a playful, spirited and very girlie romp of an hour-long dance piece. Butterfield and her five dancers don girlie house dresses (costumes by Kendra Loposer) and cavort on the Salvage Vanguard stage while indie rock band Masonic charges through their upbeat tunes.
The girls play, chase, dart around, steal each others coveted objects, challenge each other to silly feats. And they throw leaves — lots and lots of leaves — at each other.
‘Thumping’ doesn’t go real deep. And towards the end the playful dancers lose a little steam (hey — these women don’t take endless breaks between plays like football players) and the focus of the piece gets fuzzy. But ‘Thumping’ frolics in an upbeat and fun fashion.
There’s two more shows tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. See of Yellow Tape Construction Company
(front) Brazie Adamez (back, from left to right) Lisa del Rosario, Hannah Kenah, Amanda Butterfield
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Get active!
Because politics is on everyone’s mind right now, Women & Their Work presents the group exhibit ‘The Activist Impulse.’ And to get the chatter going, exhibit curator Regine Basha will lead a panel discussion with curator Annette Carlozzi of the Blanton Museum; Tiffany Dowling, staff attorney with the Texas Center for Actual Innocence; and Ellen Spiro, director of the film ‘Body of War.’
The talk is 3 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. Women & Their Work, 1710 Lavaca St. www.womenandtheirwork.org.
‘The Activist Impulse’ continues 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 15. Work by Andrea Geyer, Emily Jacir, Kristen Lucas, Judi Werthein, Valerie Tevere and Angel Nevarez is featured.
Andrea Geyer. “Intaglio. Audrey Munson.” 2008. Digital archival print, engraved glass.
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