Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival Takes The Stage April 18 and 19

Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival Takes The Stage April 18 and 19

The fifth annual festival returns to the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH).

HOUSTON (March 12, 2025) – The Pilot Dance Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization with the mission to empower and transform communities through innovative dance and performing arts experiences, is proud to announce its 5th Annual Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival. Created to elevate Latinx choreographers and identity, this year’s program returns to the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston for a two-night roster in MATCHBOX ONE. This year’s festival features twenty original dance works representing local, regional, national, and international artists. This year’s festival is supported by a MidtownHOU Arts Micro Grant and an Arts Responds Grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts.

The Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival is a program devoted to dance artists at all stages of their careers. This year’s line-up was curated to represent the broad range of Latinx heritage and identity, and includes choreographic voices from across the United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. “It’s important now more than ever to understand the the term Latinx is simply an umbrella term that houses myriads of cultural traditions, historical contexts, and societal perspectives,” says Executive and Artistic Director Adam Castan͂eda. “There is no single way to identify as Latinx. What this festival demonstrates is the multiplicity of this constructed term, and does so through the beauty of human movement.”

The full line-up of artists is below, and information regarding the performances will be available on The Pilot Dance Project website and social media pages. Tickets for the performances will be available for purchase through the MATCH Website.

ABOUT THE PILOT DANCE PROJECT

The Pilot Dance Project is a professional Modern dance company based in Houston under the executive and artistic direction of Adam Castan͂eda. In addition to producing his own work through the company, Castan͂eda commissions new dance works by some of the region’s most celebrated choreographers. The company’s annual season includes a robust festival program, including the Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival, the Houston Fringe Festival, and for the first time in 2024, Bayou City Dances, a showcase of the city’s most prolific dance companies at the Miller Outdoor Theatre. The Pilot Dance Project has received funding from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Mid-America Arts Alliance, Houston Endowment, Bunnies on the Bayou, EmcArts, the BIPOC Arts Network & Fund, the Morales Foundation, the Woodlands Arts Council, Dance Source Houston, and the Midtown Management District.

Fourth Annual Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival Official Schedule

Friday, April 18, 2025
Amberly Altamirano/Inertia Dance Company
Adam Castan͂eda/The Pilot Dance Project
Dorianne Castillo
Mariah Henry/Deeper Than Dance
Kenia Noriega (Mexico City, MX) (DANCE FILM)
Katie Trevino Lammers/artistic edGe
Andrew Smith
Jaruam Xavier (Lewisberg, PA)
Andrea Vasquez-Aguirre 

Saturday, April 19, 2025
Josuhee Castro (Guatemala City, GUAT)
Estafania Valle Cruz
Elisa De La Rosa/Elisa De La Rosa Dance Company (Denton, TX)
M. Gabriela Estrada/Gabriela’s Dance Collage
Cynthia Garcia
Lexis Greer (Dallas, TX)
Adam Castan͂eda/The Pilot Dance Project
Camila Maldonado
Gabriel Mata (Washington, D.C.)
Ana Paula Ornelas (Hermosillo, MX)

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