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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 […]

Dance News

Houston Ballet Presents: The World Premiere of Stanton Welch’s “Raymonda”

Houston Ballet Presents: The World Premiere of Stanton Welch’s “Raymonda”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT:Ellen Neiers, Houston Balleteneiers@houstonballet.org | press@houstonballet.orgC: (936) 230-9190 HOUSTON BALLET PRESENTS: The World Premiere of Stanton Welch’s RaymondaMay 29 – June 8, 2025 HOUSTON, TX – April 8, 2025 – Houston Ballet is proud to announce the world premiere of Artistic Director Stanton Welch AM’s Raymonda, running May 29 through June […]

Houston Contemporary Dance Company Presents RESOLVE

Houston Contemporary Dance Company Presents RESOLVE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Marlana Doyle, (713) 804-6646 ext 3, marlana@houstoncontemporary.org HOUSTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY Presents RESOLVE APRIL 12TH, 2025 AT 7PM  RESERVED TICKETS: $25-$50 HOBBY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS800 BAGBY STREET, HOUSTON, TX 77002(713)-804-6646 Houston, TX – On April 12th, 2025 at 7PM, Houston Contemporary Dance Company will present Resolve, at the Hobby […]

“SMITH WORKS” By Vitacca Ballet

“SMITH WORKS” By Vitacca Ballet

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: SHAUNA TYSOR PR@VITACCADANCE.COM SMITH WORKS BY VITACCA BALLET MAY 15 + 16 AT HOBBY CENTER Featuring the Choreographic Voice of Vitacca Ballet Resident Choreographer Garrett Smith HOUSTON, TEXAS [March 19, 2025]: Vitacca Ballet Artistic Director Kelly Ann Vitacca announces SMITH WORKS Thursday, May 15 and Friday, May 16, 2025 at […]

Reviews

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 […]

Music is Born: Kalpana Subbarao’s 5×5  

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, […]

The Reach and Limit of a Work-Life Balance – Isabella Mireles Vik presents Human Resource: Corporeal Experiences in Professionalism

The Reach and Limit of a Work-Life Balance – Isabella Mireles Vik presents Human Resource: Corporeal Experiences in Professionalism

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

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 […]

Highlights

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 […]

A Student-Centric, Holistic Approach to Dance Pedagogy

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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