ArtsATL contributor Debbie Michaud takes a deeper look at the driving force behind the innovative dance space.
Dance
The Year in Review: For Atlanta’s eclectic dance scene, 2016 was a period of transition
Dec 26, 2016
The 2016 dance scene showed Atlanta to be a city in flux. Where one group turned toward the conventional, others leaped into the unknown.
Dance, Previews
Preview: Eyedrum’s Boiler Room dance series returns with Fly on a Wall’s “Hz” performance
Oct 4, 2016
In December 1977, audiences gathered at the Forrest Avenue Consortium (which later became Nexus) for an onstage holiday party lit up with drinks and music provided by an opera singer. Throughout the night, small groups were led by a…
Dance, Previews
Preview: Rising choreographer MaryGrace Phillips climbs the “{stairs}” in her latest work
Sep 29, 2016
Choreographer/dancer MaryGrace Phillips is one of the rising stars in Atlanta’s burgeoning independent dance scene. Now a resident artist at The Lucky Penny’s Work Room founded by Blake Beckham and Malina Rodriguez, Phillips received the 2015 Emerging Artist Award from…
Calendar, Dance
{stairs}, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Out On Film and more things to see and do this week, September 29 – October 5
Sep 29, 2016
Every week we’re striving to help you get the most out of our city by helping you plan the week ahead. For more events happening in Atlanta, check out our calendar page.
Art+Design, Dance
Review: “Chroma” fuses dance with photography for color-induced healing arts
May 24, 2016
Last weekend, Anicka Austin and Crystal Monds exhibited their first installment of Chroma — a “color immersion exhibit” that intends to merge healing arts with fine arts, photography with dance performance. They will devote each of the seven shows to a color,…
Dance
Review: Dance takes its place in the annual Walthall show with Sean Hilton, MaryGrace Phillips
Aug 13, 2015
Dance was a major element of a strong Walthall Fellows show at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia this year. The Walthall Fellowship is an annual year-long program created by local arts organization WonderRoot that provides 12 Atlanta-based…
Dance, Music
Preview: Critic Andrew Alexander goes from observer to creator in The Lucky Penny’s “Honey”
Jun 22, 2015
ArtsATL contributor Andrew Alexander is used to asking the questions in an interview, not answering them. Easily Atlanta’s most prolific arts critic, Alexander covers a dizzying array of genres including theater, dance, film, opera, classical music and jazz for a…
Art+Design, Books, Dance, Theater
Awards a leg-up for young artists Alex Gallo Brown, Meredith Kooi, Amina McIntyre, MaryGrace Phillips
Apr 14, 2015
The City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ annual Emerging Artist Awards exists to assist artists at a fragile stage of their career with both financial support and opportunities for exposure. This year’s recipients — MaryGrace Phillips, Alex…
