“In The Watchmaker’s Song by Ventana Ballet and Red Nightfall Dance Theatre, the sugar plums are sprinkled with extra magic and the flavor is tasted in our imaginations.”
Read Dave Robinson’s article here: CTX Live Theatre
“Ventana Ballet is one of those new advanced ballet companies in our dance-rich town [...] it pushes the envelope of dance and the meaning of ballet for the fine arts. ”
Read Dave Robinson’s article here: CTX Live Theatre
“If exquisitely choreographed and well-performed dances weren’t enough to entice a general audience, then Ventana’s strategy of presenting the dances accompanied by cello music certainly completed the evening to great satisfaction.”
Read Dave Robinson’s article here: CTX Live Theatre
“Ventana’s show Kaleidoscope gives us a powerful, outstanding example of showing by doing, and it announces to the world that strong, multiform dance is here to stay in Austin.”
Read Dave Robinson’s article here: CTX Live Theatre
“Ventana is noted for the immersive nature of their shows [...] The performance is, like most current productions, a long time coming.”
Read Robert Faires’s article here: Chronicle
““We’re hoping that folks can walk away feeling touched by the music, touched by the dance, inspired to go see more live art… and to be together in community.””
Listen to the interview with Michael Lee, or read it here: KUT.
“Dance is proof of life. [...] This was not enough dance for normal times, but exactly right relief after a drought of nine months.”
Read Michael Barne's’s review here: Statesman
“Ventana [Ballet] excels at group dances, which are all the more miraculous because of the limited stage space. Somehow, they adapt. Swimmingly.”
Read Michael Barnes’s review here: Austin 360
“Ventana Ballet leapt into the fray and managed, against all odds, to make a different Nutcracker. [...] To be so close to something you know so well from afar is to see it anew. It is magical, and in a way that is all this show’s own.”
Read Robert Faires’s review here: The Austin Chronicle
“Ventana Ballet opens a new window on Austin dance.”
Read Michael Barnes’s review here: Austin 360
“This burgeoning company is proving its worth as an unshakeable representation of modern dance, and a staple of Austin culture. ”
Read Sarah Somerville’s review here: Nerd News Social