As a former New Orleanian and New Yorker, I’ve lost track of how many natural and man-made disasters I’ve endured. Sometime between the COVID-19 pandemic and my first prescription for amlodipine and atorvastatin, I realized that the constant feeling of fight or flight was not only unproductive but could send me to the emergency room. […]
A single open room with a chandelier and dimmed lighting. Cabaret posters and scattered leaflets found among littered cigarettes accompany a piano in this enchanting venue. Cafe menus printed auf Deutsch duet with dancers poised at random around the space, costumed in delightfully flamboyant black and white Weimar German attire, are set to make you […]
When you bring an audience together to play La Lotería, you make them ask, “Am I lucky?” When you devise a spell to bring Lotería cards to life, you make them ask, “Was it real?” Audiences at Cynthia Garcia’s La Baile de Lotería, The Pilot Dance Project’s latest evening- length work, may have thought they […]
Houston’s strength has long been its diversity, of people, cultures and ideas. It feels only natural, then, that the city would give rise to a dance company like Mezclada, whose very name means “mixed.” Under the direction of Artistic Director Joel Aguilera, Mezclada thrives on fusion, weaving together contemporary dance, breaking and Latin rhythms into […]
“CODED: Conversations You Didn’t Know We Were Having”, an “evening of dance, drag, and drama” by show creator Travis Propkop, was a collaborative and interdisciplinary event, clearly community-driven and filled with love. I can say with certainty that my investment in this work is because of just how good this show really was. I wish […]
Connoisseurs know that exceptional flavor is about locale. Unique geographies and histories, traditional and innovative uses of matter and method, it all combines with time to a distinctive yield, a family of products that share characteristics and tendencies that become an identity, recognized and referred to by experts, fans, and lovers of the genre. Jessie […]
The Instagram account for Houston’s own House of Ostora prepared me for a night of steamy romance, passion, and adventure, as told through the art of dance. “Untamed Soul” promised a duet of souls, dancing together through time to the beat and background of Spanish Flamenco. Arriving at The Match, greeted by cast members adorned […]
Dance Linkages presents The Invitation Situationa dance theater work by Jeanine Durning, made for and by Heidi Brewer, Clare Croft, Andee Scott and Mary Williford-ShadeMATCH, Matchbox 1May 30 & 31, 2025 As the last audience members found their seats in Matchbox 1, four women moved in individual, seemingly improvisational ways under (not in) a square of […]
In an evening of choreography by longtime collaborator Garrett Smith, Vitacca Ballet gave audiences the drama and dynamism, the precision and uplift that we have come to expect from the unstoppable five year-old company. Smith is a Houston-trained dancer and choreographer who has been with Vitacca since its inception during the pandemic. Founder and Artistic […]
Witnessing Jaruam Xavier at the Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival I attended the first night, Friday, April 18, of the two-night annual Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival, presented by Houston’s own Pilot Dance Project, celebrating its exciting 5th anniversary of promoting dance films, companies, and performances created by Latino/a/x makers in our region, Latin America, […]
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