Dance Source Houston (DSH) will present the 30th edition of the Mind The Gap series at Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH) on Tuesday, September 10 at 7:30pm. Founded in 2005, DSH is entering its 20th season and is excited to celebrate the milestone program and anniversary with dance supporters. The evening’s performance roster […]
Houston is a Black arts city. Black artists who were born and/or bred and/or artistically arrived in Houston have been seismic culture-makers on the national and international stage for the last century, and, here in Houston, Black dance lives, thrives, and innovates. It does so because it is – historically and currently – nurtured by […]
Imagine a stalactite. The stalactites, if you need a reminder, are the hanging-on ones and the stalagmites, their brothers, are the standing-up ones. Both are formed by the same process of dissolution, precipitation, and depositing of minerals. Stalactite formation is a way for the minerals in rock to distill themselves down to an elegant point. […]
Dance is no stranger to the eternal ritual of change. Since its launch in 2019, ISHIDA Dance Company has become a shining example of change in the dance world, and the face of new dance in Texas. What makes ISHIDA standout is how the company takes transformation to heart by offering productions that highlight different […]
Barnstorm Presents Dance From Beyond the City LimitsHouston’s Dance Festival Draws Out-of-Town Artists Houston dance enthusiasts look to the annual Barnstorm Dance Fest to see the current mainstays and up-and-comers of the city’s community of movers. This year’s festival, May 28 through June 1, will be no different. For this preview however, we wanted to […]
When Lauren Serrano moved to the Houston area to pursue an MFA from Sam Houston State University, the city and its arts scene were shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Much of her early Houston dance experience was through the lens of a community navigating new dancemaking and dance presenting processes while balancing social distancing protocols. […]
Barnstorm Dance Fest is, like the population of our city, a heady and delicious feast made of pieces with diverse origins and flavor profiles. Each of the three programs is designed to nourish, surprise, and delight its audience, and it was a thrill to speak with these three featured choreographers about the ingredients and processes in the […]
Dance Source Houston’s (DSH) will present the 29th edition of the Mind The Gap series at Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH) on Tuesday, March 19 at 7:30pm. The evening’s roster includes local choreographers and companies, including Jai Alexander / choreobyjai, Keeley Dunnam Dance, Persi Mey, Sara Draper, Shruthi Mohankumar, and Steps For Dancing. […]
There is a moment in Faces of Sun and Wind where the quartet of dancers whirl in one direction, then the other. There is a fleeting snapshot of connection through the hands, in pairs, before each digs into the space around them, upper bodies swaying side-to-side. Their arms propel them into repeated high releases before […]
Dance Source Houston (DSH) will present the 28th edition of the Mind The Gap series at Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH) on Tuesday, February 20 at 7:30pm. The evening’s roster includes local choreographers and companies, including Karen Imas, Mars, Preeti Ramakrishnan, Ren Hall, SpaceTribe, and Zinnia Havelka. The hour-long program will feature a […]
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