Our mission
To educate, enrich and entertain the people – especially the children – of the greater San Antonio region by producing and presenting the highest quality performing and visual arts with a goal to promote and enhance the cultural and educational environment of San Antonio. This is achieved by bringing together international, national, regional and local artists and arts organizations in a manner that represents the values of excellence, diversity, accessibility and fiscal responsibility.
ArtSa News
Floating Feastival benefits ARTS San Antonio
The Floating Feastival provides participants a multi-course dinner at five points along the River Walk on Wednesday and Thursday.
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SAEN Romeo and Juliet Review
Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” has been retold in dance many times but the 30-minute version created by Fort Worth choreographer Paul Mejia must be one of the most innovative, most original takes on this iconic and familiar story.
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Rivard Report Falling in Love with Dance
For those of you that don’t know, my lovely editor Iris Dimmick allows me to rant and rave about the arts in San Antonio because I am marketing coordinator at the local performing arts nonprofit, ARTS San Antonio (ARTS SA). The sheer quantity of the word “art” in that first sentence should allude to the fact that I am, at the very least, exposed to art more than your average San Antonian would ever want to be. I embrace the love of all that is creative though, and answer to the call of “hipster” by its colloquial definition and enjoy both vegan cupcakes and poetry readings.
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SAEN Tchaikovsky sets the tone for
Fort Worth choreographer Paul Mejia was so taken by Tchaikovsky's three fantasy overtures based on Shakespeare's plays that he decided to create ballets based on all three.
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SA Mag Joffrey May 2013
An Elegant Gala Evening at the McNay with the Joffrey Ballet Members of the Joffrey Ballet joined guests on March 7, at the McNay Art Museum. The event was one of nine that took place as part of ARTS San Antonio's Joffrey Experience.
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SAEN 2CELLOS Their cellos aren’t mello
Cellists Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic of 2Cellos got the music world's attention with a music video rendition of Michael Jackson's “Smooth Criminal.”
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SAEN Trocks Review
Even before the show starts, Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s audience can get a taste of what’s to come by reading the dancers’ bios in the program. One such account informs the reader that Ida Nevasayneva, “a socialist and real ballerina of the working peoples everywhere… comes flushed from her triumphs at the Varna Festival where she was awarded a specially created plastic medal for Bad Taste.” Another bio states that “the secrets of Mme. Repelskii’s beginnings lie shrouded behind the Kremlin wall. In fact, no fewer than six lie in the wall (in jars of assorted sizes.)”
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Videos
Diavolo Dance Theatre - October 5, 2013
