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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 […]

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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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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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University of Houston Department of Dance Welcomes New Leadership: Teresa Chapman Steps into Dream Job

University of Houston Department of Dance Welcomes New Leadership: Teresa Chapman Steps into Dream Job

In 2005 when Teresa Chapman was concluding an impressive performance contract with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in Tacoma Park, Maryland, she was invited to interview for a dance faculty position at the University of Houston. She walked into the office of the Director of the School of Theater, and a student was asleep on […]

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Artist Highlight: Isabella Vik

Artist Highlight: Isabella Vik

Isabella Vik is full of contrast–inviting and dark, eager and defiant, rooted and free. There is no separating the artist from the art. To witness Vik’s work is to witness her. To meet her is to know you’re in the presence of a maker.   Working in the intersection of dance and performance art, Vik […]

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Dr. Lindsay Gary Connects Places of Home in Space Taking Residency

Dr. Lindsay Gary Connects Places of Home in Space Taking Residency

Dr. Lindsay Gary, founder and artistic and executive director of Dance Afrikana, started her company with the simple objective of protecting the work of her fellow dancers. “We were not being advocated for,” she says, recalling her early years as a backup dancer for Afrobeats and Afro-Caribbean music acts. “There were situations where we weren’t […]

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Steps for Dancing Connects With Houston Through Dolly Goyal’s Energy and Experience

Steps for Dancing Connects With Houston Through Dolly Goyal’s Energy and Experience

Dolly Goyal, proprietor of Steps for Dancing, embodies Houston’s status as the most diverse city in the United States, a point of pride widely cited over the last year. Her energy shines through our Zoom call, in which I learn about her years of international experience. She clearly conveys her passion not only for dancing […]

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