Ballet Austin’s Artistic Director, Stephen Mills, and locally based (internationally loved) composer Graham Reynolds are two of the three collaborative masterminds behind Ballet Austin’s presentation of Cult of Color: Call to Color. Along with visual artist Trenton Doyle Hancock—who created the sets and designed the costumes, and upon whose painted characters the show is based—Mills and Reynolds have put together an astounding presentation. We spoke with Mills and Graham about creating the show....

There are not enough good words to say about Cult of Color: Call to Color. Attempts to capture the performance will only wind up sounding like some over-hyped ad in the Sunday Times Arts section. But Cult really is: Astonishing! Amazing! Fifty Thumbs Up! Visually Stunning! Musically Breathtaking! and The Dance of a Lifetime! In short, it very much deserves a Run-Don’t-Walk-to-See-It recommendation, this urgency compounded by the fact that the show is only slated for a very short run. ...

Untitled prepartory sketch by Trenton Doyle Hancock Cult of Color: Call to Color—Notes on a Collaboration Exhibit thru 4/27Arthouse (700 Congress Ave)[info]The fantastical world of an artist’s imagination will come to life during a special collaborative project that incorporates visual art and ballet. The Arthouse at the Jones Center’s latest exhibit, Cult of Color: Call to Color—Notes on a Collaboration, which opened Saturday, is held in conjunction with a new ballet of the same name......