April, 2013

Sonkiss’d The Chronicles of Creation

Sonkiss’d The Chronicles of Creation

The Chronicles of Creation By Lydia Hance Christopher (YungChris) Thomas is the choreographic and faithful force behind SonKiss’d Dance Theater, a group devoted to mixing faith and urban artistic expression to bring new audiences and hearts to church/art/church. Befitting the troupe’s inaugural solo dance concert, SonKiss’d Dance Theater premiered “The Chronicles of Creation” on April […]

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Experiential Experiments

Experiential Experiments

Liz Magic Laser and Nora Chipaumire at DiverseWorks Presenting experimental, provocative, performance-driven work is nothing new for DiverseWorks, and this month is no different. On second thought, it’s quite different — at least in terms of what audiences may have come to expect. First on the DiverseWorks calendar isTell Me What You Want To Hear, a video installation […]

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Frame Dance Quiver

Frame Dance Quiver

Dance and film are joined by movement as camera and body come together. Frame Dance Productions’ newest offering, Quiver, makes the most of that fact. Frame Dance artistic director Lydia Hance navigates a dual career track, exploring both film and live performance, and the intersection of both. Quiver opens with an oscillating pulse of a blurry dancer, with […]

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FrenetiCore The Sacred Harp

FrenetiCore The Sacred Harp

To honor its ten-year anniversary FrenetiCore Dance Theater revisits its first full-length work, The Scared Harp, a collaborative effort between choreographer Rebecca French, the group’s artistic director, and company dancers. We’re told it’s been reworked, but the sketchiness of concept says “work in progress.” This al fresco dance, a country-fried interracial Romeo and Juliet, seemed […]

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Dance Houston

Dance Houston

The Urban Side of Houston Dance Hip-Hop Takes Center Stage at Dance Houston Festival by Adam Castañeda Sneakers, oversized denim, and baseball caps in reverse were the costume of choice for many of the performers at the Wortham Center on April 6. Young people (many in their teens), stomped, pop and locked, and grooved across […]

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The Met on the Move

The Met on the Move

Imagine a room full of dancers twisting, spinning and hurling themselves through the air with complete conviction.  Place choreographer Peter Chu in a studio with The Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, add a tremendous amount of dedication and skill, and you are bound to have a compelling show in the works. “I love what you are […]

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Houston Met’s The Vessel

Houston Met’s The Vessel

  The Houston Metropolitan Dance Company takes a giant leap forward with The Vessel, its triptych program performed last April 11, 12, at the Wortham’s Cullen Theater. Its diverse dancers with their everyday bodies have never looked better as a group, each one dancing as if their life depended on it, fully committed and in […]

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