Stephen Mills

Ballet Austin to Open 2024/25 Season with BELLE / A Tale of Beauty & the Beast

Ballet Austin will open its 2024/25 season with a weekend of passion and intrigue in BELLE / A Tale of Beauty & the Beast. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Ballet Austin Announces 2024/25 Season

Ballet Austin reveals its 2024/25 season featuring a mix of provocative romances and cherished classics. Discover the exciting lineup that promises captivating performances for all ballet enthusiasts.

Ballet Austin Celebrates Mother's Day Weekend With THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

Ballet Austin will conclude the 2023/24 Season Mother’s Day weekend with one of the most memorable classical ballets of all time, The Sleeping Beauty.

Ballet Austin Celebrates Valentine's Weekend With A Bold Trio Of Dance Works

Ballet Austin presents TRIAD: Three Bold Dances! Celebrate Valentine's Weekend with George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco, Amy Seiwert's Renaissance, and the world premiere of Stephen Mills' BUBBLEGUM! Don't miss this unforgettable evening of dance.

Keegan's Boiler Room Series Announces 2023 Featured Works

The Keegan Theatre has announced the new works and writers to be featured in the 2023 Boiler Room Series. The initiative invites audiences to experience theater development in action while supporting playwrights and their works in progress, which lie somewhere on the path from “playwright’s first spark” to “mainstage production.”

Explore Impactful Art, Through Meaningful Dialogue At FINDING LIGHT At WFA2023

Active participation, neutrality, abstinence. How do we participate in History? How do we deal with social issues, such as bigotry and hatred, when they do not directly resonate with us? How can art make a difference to our societies in promoting human rights protection? And how can we make the world a fairer place? Finding Light is a film that strives to connect the past with the present and make it relevant through dance.

Keegan's Boiler Room Series Announces 2023 Artist Opportunities

The Keegan Theatre's Boiler Room Series has announced numerous opportunities for actors, stage managers, and videographers for this spring's Boiler Room Series, a new works-focused initiative working to support and promote theater-makers who are driving theater in DC and beyond to new and unexpected places. 

Bryant Park Reading Room Announces August 2022 Lineup Featuring LaTonya Yvette, Emily St. John Mandel & More

The Bryant Park Reading Room announced August’s lineup. The 2019 African American Literary Award’s Break Out Author Of The Year, LaTonya Yvette, joins on August 10th with her children’s book, “The Hair Book,” along with Emily St. John Mandel, who has just been added to Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List, on August 3rd to discuss her latest book.

South Chicago Dance Theatre Announces Five World Premieres Celebrating Five Year Anniversary

South Chicago Dance Theatre, a multicultural organization that fuses classical and contemporary dance styles while preserving historic dance work, has announced An Evening with the South Chicago Dance Theatre: Celebrating Five Years, featuring five world premieres by five dynamic choreographers— Ron De Jesús, Stephanie Martinez, Crystal Michelle, Wade Schaaf and Kia S. Smith.

D.C.'s Chamber Dance Project Reaches Beyond The Stage For A World Premiere Dance Film A SINGLE LIGHT

Chamber Dance Project, Washington's premier contemporary ballet company, presents New Works 2020 (& beyond). Chamber Dance Project reaches beyond the stage-and the expected-to present virtual performance events that showcase our artists with exciting new dimensions of innovation and intimacy.

Dallas Black Dance Theatre's Director's Choice Series Showcases The Best In Future Dance

Dallas Black Dance Theatre's (DBDT) Director's Choice series features classic works of master choreographers and the world premiere of an emerging choreographer, continuing its 43-year tradition of launching the careers of talented choreographers. Texas Instruments is the presenting sponsor of the series that runs November 1-3, 2019 at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in the AT&T Performing Arts Center, located at 2400 Flora Street, Dallas, Texas.

Austin Critics Table Announces 2018-2019 Award Nominees

After considering hundreds of live stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions in Austin between the dates of May 1, 2018, and April 30, 2019, members of the Austin Critics Table have announced their nominees for outstanding dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre with the nominees for the 2019 Critics Table Awards.

Ballet Austin to Premiere GRIMM TALES

Choreographer Stephen Mills and Ballet Austin are pleased to present the world premiere of Grimm Tales, a full-length work inspired by the visual art of Natalie Frank

Austin Opera, Ballet Austin, Paramount Theatre And Zach Theatre Announce The 2018�"19 ATX Arts Pass

Austin's four premier nonprofit performing arts organizations-Austin Opera, Ballet Austin, The Paramount Theatre, and ZACH Theatre-have partnered to create the ATX Arts Pass. The 2018-19 ATX Arts Pass gives a taste of Austin's performing arts organizations at one low price with four hand-picked performances: Shinyribs (The Paramount Theatre), The Nutcracker (Ballet Austin), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (ZACH Theatre), and La boheme (Austin Opera). ATX Arts Pass holders are encouraged to have their passport stamped at all four events, allowing them the opportunity to attend a special Passport Holder Season End Celebration.

BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's Stunning Performance of Stephen Mills' LIGHT

Some 90 captivating minutes of creative, imaginative movement, Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project features the superb dancers of Nashville Ballet at their finest, bringing to life history in such a way that left their audiences rapt, riveted to the smallest of moments and the largest of themes as they are conveyed onstage to a stunning, stirring musical score.

Nashville Ballet Premieres Holocaust & Humanity Project

Nashville Ballet will premiere Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project this February, an internationally acclaimed contemporary ballet that journeys through one of history's darkest hours to ultimately shine a spotlight on the triumph of the human spirit. Presented as part of Nashville Ballet's annual Attitude series, Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project comes to Music City from Ballet Austin Artistic Director Stephen Mills February 9-11, 2018, at TPAC's Polk Theater.

Juan Porter's THE SERIES Runs 6/6-11 at the Hudson Guild Theater

Curated by Juan Michael Porter II, THE SERIES 2017 presents a versatile range of artistically provocative choreographers in contrasting programs of dance.  At each performance, one or two of the 12 guest companies will share the program with Michael Mao Dance in a set of works that run the gamut from social dance to jazz to contemporary ballet to abstract pieces marked by their German Expressionistic values. The common thread running through each company featured in THE SERIES  is the use of spectacular physical virtuosity to communicate fantastic ideas, June 6-11 at the Hudson Guild Theatre, 441 West 26th Street.

Juan Porter's THE SERIES this June at the Hudson Guild Theater

Curated by Juan Michael Porter II, THE SERIES 2017 presents a versatile range of artistically provocative choreographers in contrasting programs of dance.  At each performance, one or two of the 12 guest companies will share the program with Michael Mao Dance in a set of works that run the gamut from social dance to jazz to contemporary ballet to abstract pieces marked by their German Expressionistic values. The common thread running through each company featured in THE SERIES  is the use of spectacular physical virtuosity to communicate fantastic ideas, June 6-11 at the Hudson Guild Theatre, 441 West 26th Street.

Nashville Ballet Unveils 'Bold' 2017-18 Season

Nashville Ballet boldly steps into the future with a 2017-2018 performance season that promises to showcase the full spectrum of the art, from the pinnacle of classical ballet to fearless contemporary works. The upcoming season will be rounded out by the return of highly anticipated fan favorites and the 10th year of Nashville's Nutcracker.

Nashville Ballet Announces 2017-18 Season

Nashville Ballet steps into its future with a bold 2017-2018 performance season that showcases the full spectrum of the art, from the pinnacle of classical ballet to fearless contemporary works.