Dance Source Houston Presents Mind The Gap 35
Contact:
Mollie Haven Miller
Executive Director
Dance Source Houston
713.224.3262
mollie@dancesourcehouston.org
Dance Source Houston Presents Mind The Gap 35 & Officially Turns 20
HOUSTON, TX July 8, 2025 – Dance Source Houston (DSH) will present the 35th edition of Mind The Gap on Tuesday, August 5 at 7:30pm at Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH), continuing the organization’s 20th anniversary season. This program will feature works by local choreographers Rima Bhattacharjee, Andrea “La Flor” Gonzalez, Lydia Hance (Frame Dance Community Ensemble), Katelyn Hurst, and Violet Moon. The program will feature a range of dance forms, including contemporary, flamenco, modern, and Odissi. Following the performance, audience members are invited to attend an onstage reception with fellow patrons and program artists.
Tickets to the performance are available now at matchouston.org on a pay-what-you-can sliding scale for both in-person and livestream viewing, starting at $15, with all choreographers receiving a percentage of total ticket sales.
Launched in 2017, Mind The Gap has provided a performance platform to more than 140 independent choreographers and small dance companies in our community, helping artists navigate the space between creating and presenting new work. Through a partnership with MATCH, the program assists dance artists with valuable production, audience development, and administrative support.
Mind The Gap 35 also serves as DSH’s official 20th birthday party, marking the organization’s two decades of service to the local dance community as a nonprofit arts service organization. Dance Source Houston received their official tax-exempt status on August 5, 2005, so audience members are invited to join the staff and board in celebrating the milestone birthday a few weeks early.
Learn More About The Dancemakers & Works
Rima Bhattacharjee began her dance journey at the age of 4, training in Kathak under Guru Smt. Nandini Bhattacharya in the Lucknow Gharana. For the next 16 years, Rima explored the intricate footwork and storytelling through her dance. Her focus area was integrating Tatkaar presentation on Layakari with various Taal renditions. As her career eventually took her across the globe, leading her to embrace Odissi. Under the guidance of renowned Guru Smt. Supradipta Datta in Houston, Rima delved into the nuances of Odissi—characterized by lyrical movements of the eyes, neck, torso, and feet with stunning poses and the seamless blend of rhythm and expression. Over the last five years, Rima has performed extensively across Houston with multiple cultural organizations, including Odisha Culture Center, Houston Durgabari Society, Bangladesh Society, SEWA Houston, and Tagore Society of Houston. Beyond her own training, Rima actively choreographs for the kids from her community, fostering a love for Odissi in the next generation. She aims to inspire individuals balancing corporate careers and family life to explore Odissi, showcasing its timeless beauty and relevance.
Social Media:
Instagram @aarbees
Andrea “La Flor” González is an inspired and skilled Flamenco artist, choreographer, and instructor based in Houston, TX. As a native of San Antonio, TX she commenced her studies of Flamenco and ballet folklórico de Mexico at the age of 3 years old. She also trained in classical ballet and pointe, jazz, tap, modern, Afrikan dance, and contemporary dance. Andrea has performed on stages and tablaos across the United States, working with local and international artists. Most recently, Andrea was awarded the grand prize of the most prestigious Flamenco dance competition this side of the Atlantic. She won first prize in the Tablao category of Flamenco Vivo’s 2024 Flamenco Certamen USA. She has dedicated the last 15 years of her life to Flamenco. Andrea began her professional career as a member of Flamenco Fuego de San Antonio under the direction of Micaela Garza-Rodriguez. She later attended the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, where she continued flamenco studies and performed in two professional dance companies; Gbotsui Afrikan Dance Troupe and the Blythe Eden Dance Company – touring New Mexico, New York, and CA. Since moving to Houston in 2021, Andrea has toured nationally as a member of Solero Flamenco and has shared the stage with the company in various venues and celebrations in stages across the U.S. Andrea is a professional Flamenco artist and a licensed social worker. She is committed to advocating for the arts, mental health awareness, and well-being through the arts.
Social Media
IG: @andreabailarina1 and @mindfulmovimiento
Facebook: https://facebook.com/andrea.hernandezgonzales.3
The Frame Dance Community Ensemble is an invitation for dance-makers of ALL abilities (ages 12-99) to show up authentically, grow as dance artists, collaborate in the creative process, and share their unique stories, challenges, triumphs, and deep wisdom through the art of movement. Led by artistic director Lydia Hance, we focus on creating site-specific work grounded in modern dance technique that challenges perceptions and expectations about who dance is for and where it takes place. Our vision is to explore the potential for artistic expression by people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities through the art form of modern dance. Our focus is on developing each dancer holistically, in a safe, encouraging, inclusive environment. The ensemble is made up of professional artists, novices, and those in-between.
Ashley Horn is a Houston-based choreographer, dancer, costume and set designer, video, and installation artist. She is the Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy as well as in-house costume and set designer for Frame Dance. Her work has an immersive quality exemplified by her unique and highly detailed production elements paired with athletic, innovative, and intensely human movement vocabulary. Ashley began choreographing in Houston in 2004 and has since deepened the audience experience of her work by becoming skilled in costume and set design, video, alternative lighting techniques, and installation art. Her work is often site-specific and has been performed in Houston locations such as The Orange Show, Smither Park, Blaffer Gallery, and on a Metro Lightrail station as well as traditional performance venues. Ashley has costumed noted Houston Dance Companies such as Karen Stokes Dance, Open Dance Project, The Pilot Dance Project, and Houston Metropolitan Dance, as well as many independent choreographers.
Social Media:
Instagram: @framedance
Facebook: Facebook.com/framedanceproductions
Katelyn Hurst is a Texas-based dancer and writer focusing on a creative and unique development of literature-based storytelling through both gestural movement and thought. She began dancing at age three and is currently in her second year at Sam Houston State University, pursuing a BFA in Dance and a BA in English. Prior, Katelyn trained with Ballet Center of Houston and their affiliate company, Houston Repertoire Ballet. From there, she has trained in both modern and ballet through Sam Houston State University’s dance program. She is currently focusing on self-expression, abstract motions, and classical reinterpretations as inspiration for both her dancing and creative works.
Social Media:
Instagram: @moon_possums
Violet Moon (they/them) is a polymathic artist and working mental health professional. Their work explores the intersections of performance, healing, and storytelling—through movement, sound, visual art, and language. They began performing at age 10 in hip-hop concerts, festivals, and music videos across Los Angeles and later Houston, before training extensively in modern, post-modern, and ballet throughout Texas and the Southern California coast. At 18, Violet launched their professional career as an apprentice with Revolve Dance Company, later securing a guest artist contract with ARCOS Dance and performing works by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. They went on to become a founding member and soloist with LÉON Contemporary Dance Company, collaborating on original works by Dorrell Martin, Mike Esperanza, and Mario Zambrano. After completing their Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Violet returned to dance with a focus on authentic movement, consent, ancestral connection, and body memory. A multi-time recipient of the City of Houston’s “Let Creativity Happen” grant and the MET Dance Floor Residency, they were a selected professional at Le Centre National de la Danse (CND) in Paris and chosen for international study at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels. Their work offers honest, embodied opportunities for performers and audiences to reflect on the stories, wounds, and relationships that shape them. Violet continues to create original, multi-medium work and facilitate community-centric workshops focused on trauma-informed care, arts accessibility, and collaborative practice. At the heart of it all is a devotion to authenticity, thorough self-inquiry, and a deep reverence for the dance of Life.
Social Media:
Instagram: @violetdanse
Website: violetdanse.com
About Dance Source Houston
Dance Source Houston is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the diverse individuals and organizations working in the field of dance throughout the Greater Houston region by means of advocacy, inclusive community engagement, and support services. Founded in 2005, Dance Source Houston is a resource for all things dance in the Greater Houston area and provides programs and services to address the evolving needs of the local dance community. Dance Source Houston is funded in part through support from The City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, Houston Endowment, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Texas Commission on the Arts. www.dancesourcehouston.org
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