Since 2007, the Texas Burlesque Festival has been bringing together dancers and performers from Texas, the U.S., and abroad to celebrate and perform the art of the tease. The three day event will feature many of the best performers of the current neo-burlesque scene as well some of the legends of classic burlesque. There are three nights of performances along with workshops and a performers' brunch, all designed to honor what producer Lynn Raridon refers to as an "underdog of the arts." Find more details at the TXBF website (but be aware the site, as well as the festival itself, is an adults-only sort of thing)....
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This weekend, Tapestry Dance Company will premiere their new work Time: A Journey Toward Present Grace. It's a collaborative effort; all six of the dancers in the show came up with their own ideas of what time means to them, and the show took shape around those themes. Under the leadership of Tapestry artistic director Acia Gray, the dancers worked together to create a show that mixes comedic and dramatic elements to explore various facets of the conecept of time. Lead dancer Matt Shields came by KUT's studio 1A to do a little tap dancing and talk about the show....
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