Things have changed a lot in the last 20 years. Our phones. Airport security. The Internet. Something that has not changed one bit is Nancy Henderek’s commitment to presenting a feast of outstanding dance in Houston. Houston International Dance Coalition’s Dance Salad Festival, which she produces and curates annually, is celebrating its platinum anniversary this […]
By Nichelle Suzanne In the vast category of science-fiction subgenres, steampunk has been a little engine that could, chugging its way into mainstream pop culture for decades. March 27 it makes its way onto the Frenetic Theater stage as FrenetiCore presents Dancing with the Machine, a retro-futuristic narrative complete with steam-powered machines, other-worldly creatures, and […]
by Nichelle Suzanne A year ago, Jane Weiner and Hope Stone Inc. were on the hunt for a new studio space and on the edge of embarking on a capital campaign to support it. The lease for their space in the Tribeca Lofts on West Clay Street was ending and their need for, not just […]
Festivals are perfect for dance newbies—there’s generous variety, and you get to sample dance in small doses. It’s rare that parkour, ballet folkorico, classical Indian dance, and edgy contemporary can share a program, and those are only a handful of the styles presented by Dance Houston on February 21 at The Wortham Center’s Cullen Theater. […]
For Houston dancers and choreographers, the start of a new year signifies more than a clean slate and an opportunity to make good on a host of personal resolutions. January means that it’s Dance Month at the Kaplan Theatre. 2015 marks the 35th year of the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center’s annual dance celebration, which […]
Storytelling, Masculinity, and What “It” Is Farrell Dyde Offers a New Show at The Barn Farrell Dyde is a dancer and choreographer with a large body of documented work. In fact, you can search his name on YouTube and come up with dozens of videos reaching back to the 1970s. On November 21 and […]
Years In the Making – Uptown Dance Company Infusion 2014 As Artistic Director of Uptown Dance Company and the director of her own school, Uptown Dance Centre, Beth Gulledge-Brown has officially been doing double-duty in the Houston dance community for 10 seasons. On October 11th at the I. W. Marks Theatre Center’s Kaplan Theatre, Uptown […]
Air Dancing VauLT Hosts its 2nd Annual Festival of Aerial Arts Imagine muscular, dare-devil dancers tumbling from vaulted ceilings and catching themselves in floor-length panels of silky fabric. They swing and spiral and climb as if gravity is just a little weaker for them. It’s part circus, part post-modern dance with enough spectacle to engage […]
Ad Deum presents From One Heart In the 14 years since Randall Flinn founded Ad Deum Dance Company, it has quietly and humbly grown into one of Houston’s largest small, contemporary dance ensembles. Known worldwide for their faith-based mission, the company members are a multi-national and very skilled group of dancers who hail from all […]
TWO SWANS & A BEAUTY Texas Ballet Troupes Conclude on a Classical Note IMAGE ABOVE: Sara Webb and artists of the Houston Ballet in Stanton Welch’s Swan Lake. Photo by Amitava Sarkar. Texas Ballet companies conclude their seasons with vintage warhorses: Swan Lake,at Texas Ballet Theater, May 30-June 1, and Houston Ballet, June 5-15; and The Sleeping Beauty, atBallet Austin, May 9-11. . […]
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