Learning how to two-step is a rite of passage in Austin, where locals can practice boot scootin’ at a different honky-tonk every night of the week. The basic moves are simple—two quick steps followed ...

Shamel Pitts’s “Touch of Red,” at New York Live Arts, takes place in a boxing ring. It’s not a competition, though. It’s a relationship. By Brian Seibert What we call a ring in boxing is actually a ...