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The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards
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May 20, 2015 Arts Post
Table Banquet
The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Table have agreed on the most outstanding work in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in the past..."
May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires
From the Vaults: Talking 'Trash'
Andrew Garrison discusses filming Allison Orr's 'Trash Project'
"...In the documentary Trash Dance, which opens today at the Violet Crown Cinema, filmmaker..."
May 3, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten
Corps de Garbage
Allison Orr's latest dance pays tribute to the working folks who take out the trash
"...The truck's rolling. She's throwing. Can you see the dance yet?..."
Sept. 11, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Umlauf in the Sky Like Diamonds
The renowned sculpture garden takes fundraising to a new height
"...been subjected to the scrutiny and choreographic panache of Forklift Dance Company’s Allison Orr …..."
Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
The Threat to NEA Funding and Austin
How would the proposed cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts hit Austin? Hard.
"...Ann Starr, managing director of Forklift Danceworks, says that without the NEA, the local dance..."
April 28, 2017 Arts Feature by Katarina Brown
All Over Creation: Surprise, Surprise
Peter Bay's work in 'Solo Symphony' revealed sides of him that hadn't been seen before
"...them in the artistic realm, as he proved in Forklift Danceworks' Solo Symphony, a work inspired by his movements..."
July 27, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Big Range Austin
The festival that packs a year of contemporary dance into two weekends
"...Most of the year, Austin's contemporary dancemakers are pretty far-flung, across the calendar and across the..."
June 25, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Trees of Govalle
Forklift Danceworks' latest connected care for urban trees, a neighborhood's life, and all of us to nature
"...How often do you go to a dance event and get to see a tree get planted?..."
April 17, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Another Round of Praise
Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...the year's most exceptional achievements in the visual arts, dance, classical music, and theatre. The nominations for the 2008..."
May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Best in Show
The 2012-13 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...awards each: Texas State University Department of Theatre and Dance's Urinetown: The Musical; University of Texas Department of Theatre..."
June 7, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Sharon Marroquin Benefits
The dance community rallies around one of its own to help with medical expenses
"...expense of medical treatment. Now, it's happening in the dance community. Choreographers and dancers are looking to help Sharon..."
Oct. 8, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Culture Class
The 2009-2010 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...a year for sweeps. The most honored works were Forklift Danceworks' The Trash Project, which won three awards and..."
June 11, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
'Skate! A Night at the Rink'
Forklift's skating party disguised as a modern dance show returns to the rink
"...it is with Skate! A Night at the Rink, Forklift Danceworks' roller-skating party disguised as a modern dance show...."
March 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Skate! A Night at the Rink
Forklift Danceworks' latest was a big wet kiss to the communal joys of roller-skating
"...been for me a place of great joy. But Forklift Danceworks' latest has changed all that...."
Aug. 1, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Orchestrating Partnerships
Maestro Peter Bay likes to play with others – especially when they're outside the orchestra
"...collaboration is with choreographer Allison Orr, artistic director of Forklift Danceworks, who is translating the maestro's conducting movements into..."
May 4, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts
'Trash,' Take Two
Allison Orr takes out the Trash a second – and final – time
"...of The Trash Project, the much-lauded choreographic collaboration between Forklift Danceworks and the city of Austin's Solid Waste Services..."
Aug. 26, 2011 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz
'Skate! A Night at the Rink': Heaven on Wheels
Choreographer Allison Orr liked the moves she saw at the rink so much, she invited local skaters to dance
"...they would," says the choreographer and artistic director of Forklift Danceworks. "They're like flipping upside down and lifting each..."
July 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Oh Mother
Allison Orr, who's expecting her first child in late March, has organized a program of contemporary dance by a half-dozen moms and moms-to-be
"...with child certainly doesn't deter local choreographers from making dances. If anything, it inspires them to make more dances...."
Feb. 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
A Guide to Austin Classical Music
The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here
"...of all kinds, art songs, operas, cantatas, scores for dance and theatre works, soundtracks for films – several hundred..."
April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend
Because it’s hot, you’re cool, and these are fun
"...2) Allison Orr and her Forklift Danceworks: One of this city’s premiere creative treasures. You..."
July 6, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Get Your Art Fix and Stay Outdoors With These Local Works
There’s a whole city filled with things to do and see outdoors
"...spectacle from Jennifer Sherburn and company. Yes, the acclaimed dance company that brought Austin the yearlong wonderment of 11:11..."
Nov. 19, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Saying "Yes" and "No" with DanceAbility
Body Shift brings Alito Alessi's mixed-ability movement workshops to Austin
"...teaching a "yes/no" exercise to a group of 26 dancers, bodyworkers, performers, and teachers. In the exercise, one person..."
Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz
Solo Symphony
When maestro Peter Bay was truly conducting, electricity charged this dance he inspired
"...movement work for Austin Symphony maestro Peter Bay by Forklift Danceworks Artistic Director Allison Orr, proved an important thing..."
July 20, 2012 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz
All Over Creation: Come Together
You're not alone in the theatre, and there's power in that
"...Laramie Project at Zach Theatre, Blue Lapis Light's Requiem, Forklift Danceworks' The Trash Project, the Rude Mechs' Decameron Day..."
Sept. 23, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Fusebox Festival
Up first at the cutting-edge arts fest? Boot-scootin' on the statehouse steps.
"...orchestra with vocalists Dale Watson and Christina Marrs as Forklift Danceworks Artistic Director Allison Orr leads 200 – count..."
April 16, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Trash Project
In turning sanitation workers into dancers and machines into giant birds, this work thrilled
"...The Trash Project, the latest brainchild of Forklift Danceworks choreographer/director Allison Orr, showcased the equipment and organization..."
Sept. 18, 2009 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz
Austin Critics Table Awards 2013
Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees
"...with what we considered the most exceptional achievements in dance, classical music, visual arts, and theatre...."
May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
A Year's Cheers
The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...critics has recognized the year's most exceptional achievements in dance, classical music, the visual arts, and theatre. The nominations..."
May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Give 'Em a Hand
The nominees for the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...critics has recognized the year's most exceptional achievements in dance, classical music, the visual arts, and theatre. The nominations..."
May 15, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
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