Painting With the Body SPA Brings Shen Wei Dance Arts to Houston Shen Wei may be best known for orchestrating the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which involved 16,000 performers in the bird’s nest stadium. He’s known for creating meditative work with strong visual elements, such as abstract painting, striking lighting and minimalist […]
Recked Productions Takes to the Pool Imagine you are strolling around Hermann Park and you notice a gaggle of enchanting dancers around the perimeter of the gigantic Jones Reflection Pool. You may have to look twice to make sure what you are seeing is real, and it is. You have just stumbled upon Recked Productions […]
By Misha Penton His frilly miniskirt swirls beneath a casual t-shirt. His eyes are lined in smoky shades of kohl, and his hair is cropped close in an auburn coif. A cabaret tune wafts through the dance space and he slinks in a barefoot, high-heeled pantomime, imaginary cigarette in hand. The next moment, he is […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dancing Through the Here and Now iMEE takes ora to Italy by Nancy Zastudil Move over and make way as iMEE traverses masses of land and bodies of water to perform new works by Maurice Causey, Spencer Gavin Hering and Andrea Dawn Shelley. Created especially for their international debut in Turin, Italy, as part […]
How the World Dances New and Familiar artists showcased at Dance Salad Festival By Adam Castañeda For a curator of art or a producer of theatrical work, there’s no denying the affirmative impulses of that eureka moment when they have discovered an artist for their showcase. For Dance Salad Festival Artistic Director Nancy Henderek, that moment […]
Brazilian Grooves Grupo Corpo at Society for the Performing Arts Pulsing rhythms, a seamless, fluid movement language, and mesmerizing choreography that spreads out horizontally across the stage evoking the sea and the mountains characterize Grupo Corpo (Group Body), Brazil’s leading contemporary dance troupe. The company arrives in Houston for the very first time for two […]
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Returns to Dance Salad Annabelle Lopez Ochoa is part of a rising crop of freelance choreographers making their marks all over the world. Ochoa has created works for Ballet Austin, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, The Scottish Ballet, Washington Ballet and others. But it was a chance meeting between […]
By Adam Castaneda Hands reach into the air, imitating the motions of field laborers in daily fruit gathering work. The movement then morphs into joyous exuberance as they are liberated from the toils of unfair working conditions. This rousing ballet is Si Se Puede, an homage to Cesar Chavez and the Latino American experience. It’s […]
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