Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre Presents:\u00a0Still. Here. Now.
A Multicultural Dance Theatre and Live Music Performance Celebrating Our Shared Humanity<\/p>\n
September 25\u201326, 2026 | 8 p.m.
Boyd Vance Theater, George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center
1165 Angelina St., Austin<\/p>\n
Tickets: $20\u2013$35<\/p>\n
Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre (AADT) premieres\u00a0Still. Here. Now.\u00a0September 25\u201326 at the Boyd Vance Theater at the George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center. Created for AADT\u2019s 36th season, this multidisciplinary performance brings together diverse Austin dancers, choreographers, theater artists, singers, and musicians for an evening of dance, original live music, and storytelling that asks:\u00a0What do we inherit, and what do we carry forward?<\/p>\n
Building on themes introduced in last season\u2019s\u00a0Here. Now., the new work explores how identity is shaped by community, memory, ancestry, and family\u2014the relationships that connect us across generations. Through a collection of newly created works, the artists explore intergenerational wisdom and mentorship, immigration and cultural memory, and the pursuit of success and self-worth amid the pressure to continually seek \u201cmore.\u201d<\/p>\n
At its heart,\u00a0Still. Here. Now.\u00a0asks:\u00a0What does the American Dream mean when we consider not only individual success, but our shared humanity?<\/p>\n
Created through a deeply collaborative process, the performance brings together artists from a broad spectrum of cultural backgrounds and lived experiences. Free Community Voices workshops have also invited Austin residents to share their own stories and perspectives, helping inform the work\u2019s development and extending the conversation beyond the stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cStill. Here. Now.\u00a0is about the stories we carry\u2014individually and collectively,\u201d says\u00a0Andrea Ariel, AADT\u2019s founding artistic and producing director. \u201cWe are asking audiences to consider how our identities are shaped by where we come from, the people who surround us, and the dreams we inherit or create for ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Artistic partners include Anuradha Naimpally (Austin Dance India), Luis Ordaz Guti\u00e9rrez (Proyecto Teatro), and Ciceley Fullylove (dancer, choreographer, and singer). Each artist has created new work inspired by the project\u2019s themes, woven together through Andrea Ariel\u2019s choreography into a singular production.<\/p>\n
Original live music is created and performed by Andy Nolte, Frederico Forte, Leila Louis Henley, Andr\u00e9s Acevedo, Rey Arteaga, and Rishi Bajekal, whose musical backgrounds span a wide range of genres and traditions.<\/p>\n
This project is supported in part by an Elevate grant from Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre Presents:\u00a0Still. Here. Now.A Multicultural Dance Theatre and Live Music Performance Celebrating Our Shared Humanity…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-427345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}