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Knowing Through Dance

Knowing Through Dance

A Look at the Artists in Residence Performing in Barnstorm Dance Fest’s Tenth Anniversary Program Adele Nickel, Ashley Clos, and Paty Lorena Solórzano. What this, the tenth cohort of Dance  Source Houston’s Artist in Residence (AIR) program, does brilliantly is to show that dance can grapple with topics as universal and esoteric, as intricate and […]

Behind The Scenes With Mind The Gap 33

Behind The Scenes With Mind The Gap 33

Dance Source Houston will present Mind The Gap 33 on Tuesday, February 18 at Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH). The program features a diverse sampling of dance genres including Bharatanatyam, contemporary, and heels by local choreographers and companies.  Learn more about the artists and works featured on the first Mind The Gap showcase […]

Mind The Gap 32 – Behind The Works

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 […]

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Boot Dance Project Presents Break-In Dance Fest

Boot Dance Project Presents Break-In Dance Fest

Contact: Jessie FergusonEmail: jessie@bootdanceproject.orgWebsite: www.bootdanceproject.orgDate: July 8, 2025 HOUSTON’S DANCE SCENE GETS A BOOST WITH BOOT DANCE PROJECT AND ITS DEBUT FESTIVAL A new platform centered on access, ownership, and real opportunity for Texas dance artists HOUSTON, TEXAS — A fresh force is stepping into the spotlight of Houston’s vibrant dance community. BOOT Dance Project, […]

Dance Source Houston Presents Mind The Gap 35

Dance Source Houston Presents Mind The Gap 35

Contact:Mollie Haven MillerExecutive DirectorDance Source Houston713.224.3262mollie@dancesourcehouston.org Dance Source Houston Presents Mind The Gap 35 & Officially Turns 20 HOUSTON, TX July 8, 2025 – Dance Source Houston (DSH) will present the 35th edition of Mind The Gap on Tuesday, August 5 at 7:30pm at Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH), continuing the organization’s 20th […]

Vitacca Ballet & School For Dance Announces New Greater Heights Location

Vitacca Ballet & School For Dance Announces New Greater Heights Location

VITACCA BALLET & SCHOOL FOR DANCE ANNOUNCES NEW GREATER HEIGHTS LOCATION OPENING IN FALL 2025Vitacca Ballet’s New Home will be at 2821 W. 11th St.Dancer “Hard Hat” Sneak Peek to be held August 2 and 9 from 10am-1pmDays of Dance Celebration August 8-10 featuring a Master Class Series,Dancer “Hard Hat” Sneak Peek, and Final 2025/26 […]

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Dance Linkages Challenges and Delights its Audience with Invitation Situation

Dance Linkages Challenges and Delights its Audience with Invitation Situation

Dance Linkages presents The Invitation Situationa dance theater work by Jeanine Durning, made for and by Heidi Brewer, Clare Croft, Andee Scott and Mary Williford-ShadeMATCH, Matchbox 1May 30 & 31, 2025 As the last audience members found their seats in Matchbox 1, four women moved in individual, seemingly improvisational ways under (not in) a square of […]

Vitacca Ballet Gives Audiences the Works

Vitacca Ballet Gives Audiences the Works

In an evening of choreography by longtime collaborator Garrett Smith, Vitacca Ballet gave audiences the drama and dynamism, the precision and uplift that we have come to expect from the unstoppable five year-old company. Smith is a Houston-trained dancer and choreographer who has been with Vitacca since its inception during the pandemic. Founder and Artistic […]

Witnessing Jaruam Xavier at the TLCDF

Witnessing Jaruam Xavier at the TLCDF

Witnessing Jaruam Xavier at the Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival I attended the first night, Friday, April 18, of the two-night annual Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival, presented by Houston’s own Pilot Dance Project, celebrating its exciting 5th anniversary of promoting dance films, companies, and performances created by Latino/a/x makers in our region, Latin America, […]

Commanding the Stage: Women Choreographers Lead in HCDC’s “Resolve”

Commanding the Stage: Women Choreographers Lead in HCDC’s “Resolve”

As recently as the 2023–24 season, data revealed that only about 31% of dance works presented across U.S. venues were choreographed by women. Women choreographers are woefully underrepresented in full-length programs but better represented on mixed bill programs, such as the most recent production by Houston Contemporary Dance Company (HCDC). Presented at the Hobby Center, […]

The Limitless Dance Festival is a Timely Showcase of Diverse Post-Pandemic Reactions 

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 […]

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Kinetic Classrooms: Frame Dance Reimagines Early Childhood Education

Kinetic Classrooms: Frame Dance Reimagines Early Childhood Education

In many classrooms today, movement is treated as a side dish—served in quick bursts between long stretches of sitting. Children are offered structured, screen-led brain breaks to get their wiggles out before returning to a static learning model. But what if movement wasn’t just a release valve? What if it could be woven into the […]

A Little Optimism Goes A to Z: Stacey Allen and Brynne Henry Release Their Second Dance Book for Children

A Little Optimism Goes A to Z: Stacey Allen and Brynne Henry Release Their Second Dance Book for Children

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

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 […]

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