Review: We're in your Future by Alyson Dolan

by David Glen Robinson
Published on May 03, 2023

We’re in Your Future encourages us to support and savor the transitory magnificence of high art born of talent, sweat, and training. We hope that Alyson Dolan and friends remain regularly present in our futures.

  Just when this reviewer thought he’d seen every possible move in modern/contemporary dance, along comes We’re in Your Future by Alyson Dolan. Dolan produces shows calling on the talents of her friends, students, and colleagues. And the dances are invariably sublime, not to be missed. A major plus point for her dance shows is the Café Dance venue in west Austin, a small, warm, truly intimate space with a marley dance floor from wall …

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Review: Capsule by Alyson Dolan

by David Glen Robinson
Published on May 04, 2022

Alyson Dolan and collaborators created CAPSULE as a performance of three distinctly different and intriguing pieces, performed April 30 and May 1 for many members of Austin's dance community.

  This past weekend in Austin was loaded with fine arts dance concerts, two highly notable: Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre’s Reimagine at the downtown Long Center, and Alyson Dolan’s Capsule at the shoes-off Café Dance on Hancock Drive in northwest Austin. The settings showed great contrasts, but the two shows were well-matched in their high creativity and polished, professional performances.   Our delighted concern here is with Capsule, a short work choreographed and produced by …

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