Once upon a time, Stacey Allen, the artistic director for Nia’s Daughters Movement Collective, was a public school dance educator. While teaching elementary aged dance students, she noticed a lack of materials that spoke to African American dance history. In Allen’s own life and practice, the choreography and scholarship of Katherine Dunham were important to […]
Dance Source Houston (DSH), an arts service organization dedicated to the local dance community, proudly announces the two individuals to be recognized for its 2025 SPARK distinctions – Cecil C. Conner, Jr. as the Giannelli Service Awardee and Karen Stokes as the Dance Source Houston Artistic Honoree. Dance Source Houston began its annual community awards […]
Rivkah French Choreography (RFC) presented the inaugural Limitless Festival weekend of dance November 1-3 of this year at the always inviting DeLuxe Theater on Lyons Street in Houston’s Fifth Ward. The location – and the fact that Fifth Ward residents were invited to participate in the fest for free – is characteristic of RFC’s ethos […]
Contact:Mollie Haven MillerExecutive DirectorDance Source Houston713.224.3262mollie@dancesourcehouston.org Dance Source Houston PresentsMind The Gap 32 HOUSTON, TX November 4, 2024 – Dance Source Houston (DSH) will present the 32nd edition of Mind The Gap on Tuesday, December 3 at 7:30pm at Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH), continuing the organization’s 20th anniversary season. This program will […]
For their fall offering, Kelly Ann Vitacca knew that she wanted her namesake contemporary ballet company to bring exciting female creators to the Houston dance scene. “To do a whole woman-created evening is something special for us,” says Vitacca. “I looked for who might be in line with our creative image, and creators who would be very […]
Mind The Gap 32 – Behind The Works
Dance Source Houston will present Mind The Gap 32 on Tuesday, December 3 at Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH) featuring a lineup of contemporary dance by local choreographers and companies, including Jai Alexander, Jasmine Hearn, Persi Mey, Violet Moon, Robbie Moore, Stacy Skolnik, and Ad Deum Dance Company. Join us for the final […]
Vitacca Ballet’s FEM4 Places Artistic Gems on the Houston Stage
For their fall offering, Kelly Ann Vitacca knew that she wanted her namesake contemporary ballet company to bring exciting female creators to the Houston dance scene. “To do a whole woman-created evening is something special for us,” says Vitacca. “I looked for who might be in line with our creative image, and creators who would be very […]
Kathak Multiplied: Innovation and Connection in Kalpana Subbarao’s 5×5 Performance
When we consider the purpose of dance and other art practices, we usually discuss their value as expressions of ideas and emotions, contributions to the cultural discourse, creative explorations of a subject, or awareness of a particular point of view. And this is good; if art needs justification, these purposes are more than enough. Sometimes, […]
Indigenous Artists Come Together to Premiere “WIND” in Osage Nation Homelands
Indigenous Artists Come Together to Premiere WIND in Osage Nation Homelands The intercultural, multimedia project celebrates creation, land connection, and storytelling. Kansas City, MO – In February 2025, WIND, an intercultural, Indigenous performance and workshop, will premier in Kansas City. This innovative project is spearheaded by artistic directors Amado Espinoza (Qhichwa), Maura García (non-enrolled Cherokee/Mattamuskeet), […]
Media Contacts:Email: staceyallencde@gmail.comPhone Number: (832) 244 9326 Houston, TX — Acclaimed author, educator, and arts leader Stacey Allen has been honored with the prestigious Multicultural Children’s Publication Award from the National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) for her debut children’s book, A Little Optimism Goes a Long Way. This award highlights the book’s significant impact […]
Dance Source Houston Announces Recipients of 2025 Honors
Dance Source Houston (DSH), an arts service organization dedicated to the local dance community, proudly announces the two individuals to be recognized for its 2025 SPARK distinctions – Cecil C. Conner, Jr. as the Giannelli Service Awardee and Karen Stokes as the Dance Source Houston Artistic Honoree. Dance Source Houston began its annual community awards […]
The Limitless Dance Festival is a Timely Showcase of Diverse Post-Pandemic Reactions
Rivkah French Choreography (RFC) presented the inaugural Limitless Festival weekend of dance November 1-3 of this year at the always inviting DeLuxe Theater on Lyons Street in Houston’s Fifth Ward. The location – and the fact that Fifth Ward residents were invited to participate in the fest for free – is characteristic of RFC’s ethos […]
Music is Born: Kalpana Subbarao’s 5×5
According to the Sangita Raknakara, a definitive musicological text from 13th century India, when vocals, instruments, and dance come together, “music is born.” On a recent mid-fall evening at the Kaplan Theater at the ERJCC, Kalpana Subbarao and her collaborators prepared to share the virtuosic rhythmic compositions and choreography that made up the 5×5 program, […]
Performers: Ariaza Ariaza, Lindsay Cortner, Gabrielle De La Rosa, Isabella Mireles VikSound piece: Jamie Hernandez 2024 Texas Biennial, Blaffer Art Museum/Dudley Recital Hall, University of HoustonOctober 17, 2024 Just a year ago, the Dance Dish ran an artist highlight on Isabella Mireles Vik that described her work as visceral and challenging, potentially disturbing to an audience. […]
Chapman’s Entanglements Resonates on Both a Human and Quantum Scale
“We’re in the universe and the universe is in us.” Resonating over projected images of the cosmos, Neil deGrasse Tyson’s breathy baritone poetically summarizes our connection not only to the stars in our vast universe but to one another. Science, it turns out, posits what mystics, spiritual teachers and artists have suggested all along: We […]
Choreographing Memory: Mark Aguilar Explores His Sister’s Experiences
Choreographing Memory: Mark Aguilar Explores His Sister’s Experiences “Metamorfosis”Choreographer – Mark AguilarPerformer – Aniya Wingate Mark Aguilar’s six-and-a-half minute dance, “Metamorfosis,” starts with a montage of home video, at least one of which is date-stamped in 2009. The focus is children. Driving kiddie racecars and bumper cars. Swinging in a backyard. A family activity taking […]
Once upon a time, Stacey Allen, the artistic director for Nia’s Daughters Movement Collective, was a public school dance educator. While teaching elementary aged dance students, she noticed a lack of materials that spoke to African American dance history. In Allen’s own life and practice, the choreography and scholarship of Katherine Dunham were important to […]
Meet the Artist: Carolina Salomon Simon
Carolina Salomon Simon is a multi-faceted working dance artist. She choreographs, teaches, and performs right here in Houston, TX and beyond. A graduate of The Boston Conservatory at Berklee as well as Houston Ballet Academy, Simon specializes in teaching ballet and contemporary dance. Her instruction and choreography has been showcased in Mexico City and New […]
A Student-Centric, Holistic Approach to Dance Pedagogy
Frame Dance is gearing up to offer two unique, separate but related, professional development opportunities for dance educators and classroom teachers in June 2024. This program, a brand-new offering by Frame Dance, will be based on an impactful and innovative curriculum and pedagogy developed by founder Lydia Hance, and dance educator Ashley Horn. Centered around […]
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