When Chanson d'Eau, a contemporary Belgian circus and dance troupe, came to Discovery Green for Maravilloso! 2015: The Water Festival, the group was looking for a local partner. Chanson d'Eau found Karen Stokes Dance. Choreographer Stokes created DRENCH!, a site-specific commissioned work performed in water. Stokes, both a past Houston Press Mastermind Award winner and a full professor at the University of Houston, where she heads the dance department, also created Backstage at Allen's Landing, another site-specific work. This time the site was the banks of White Oak Bayou. Currently working on DEEP: Seaspace, an ongoing project that has already included 1836/Channel, performed in celebration of the Port of Houston Authority's 100th anniversary, Stokes is creating several dance works for film.