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Houston Performing Arts Goes On Pointe with The Trocks

By Sam Byrd
Jan 19, 2024

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo will return to Jones Hall on January 23 with skillful dance work and hilarious takes on beloved ballets.
Travis Wall's After the Curtain Dances on the Dark Side of Love

By Sam Byrd
May 31, 2017

Travis Wall and his dance company, Shaping Sound, are back with a brand-new production.
Dance Salad Festival 2017: There's Something About Finland

By Katricia Lang
Apr 10, 2017

Lil Buck brings Memphis Jookin to classical music; Paris Opéra Ballet étoile Marie-Agnès Gillot brings je ne sais quoi to Rothko; and Parisian Kuchipudi dancer Shantala Shivalingappa brings Indian classical dance to Dance Salad Festival 2017.
Complexions Contemporary Ballet Is Moving to the Unexpected

By Ashley Clos
Feb 13, 2015

People don't usually associate ballet with the music of Prince and Stevie Wonder, but Complexions Contemporary Ballet isn't interested in replication. "We are not afraid to entertain," says Co-Artistic Director/Co-Founder Desmond Richardson. Hailing from New York City, Complexions Contemporary Ballet was founded in 1994 by Richardson and Dwight Rhoden--two directors...
The Top Five 2013 Dance Concerts in Houston

By Adam Castaneda
Dec 8, 2013

I was filling in my calendar for January and February, making note of the dance concerts I wanted to make sure to cover when I realized it's the start of the final month of the year. 2013 is about to close, which ends another chapter in my book of dance...
After 21 Years, Mireille Hassenboehler Is Bowing Out in Style

Mireille Hassenboehler dances her last waltz as the Merry Widow.

By Adam Castaneda
Sep 25, 2013

Houston Ballet's first full-length production of the new season is Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow, a charming, sweet delight of a narrative about young love reawakened in maturity. Last Thursday's opening-night performance saw Principal Dancer Mireille Hassenboehler in the lead role; her run as Hanna Glawari marks her final bows...
How to Survive the Harlem Shake Meme (Now with Air-Humpers)

By Angelica Leicht
Feb 19, 2013

Dear Internet Friends, Please do not post one more damn video of you, your dog or your grandmother doing the Harlem Shake. You've spammed my Facebook with videos of you shaking your goods in a Power Ranger costume, holding some sort of very phallic pool noodle. We shouldn't know each...
100 Creatives 2013: Michele Brangwen, Choreographer and Dancer

By Adam Castaneda
Feb 6, 2013

There is a moment in Michele Brangwen's short dance film What I'll Tell Her Later Tonight when three dancers are halted in their choreographed tracks by a trumpet player. The trumpeter moves forward, causing the dancers to move backwards almost as if they are being pushed by the brass sound...
Houston Choreographers Showcased at JCC's Dance Month

By Adam Castaneda
Jan 28, 2013

The Set-Up: On January 26 and 27, the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center continued this year's Dance Month with Choreographers X6, a showcase of work produced by six Houston dance-makers, including Kristen Frankiewicz, Laura Gutierrez, Lydia Hance, Erin Reck, Sandra Organ Solis, jhon r. stronks (one of Houston Press' 100...
Happy Thanksgiving: Art Attack Writers & Their Shout Outs to the Houston Art Scene

By Margaret Downing
Nov 22, 2012

The arts writers on Art Attack like to pause for a minute every Thanksgiving to note the things and people they are thankful for in the Houston arts scene. So here's our 2012 version. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Olivia Flores Alvarez I'm thankful for Asia Society Texas Center, which changed the...
Revolve Dance Company Premieres Work, Solves Staging Challenges in Nexus

By Alex Randall
Nov 10, 2012

The Setup On November 9 and 10, Revolve Dance Company takes over Barnevelder Theater to present its fall concert Nexus, a collection of new pieces imagined by a variety of choreographers, including its co-directors and founding members. The Execution The pieces comprising Nexus were an eclectic bunch, spanning a variety...
Deborah Colker Shows the Stronger Side of Dance in Mix

By Adam Castaneda
Oct 15, 2012

Check out our interview with Deborah Colker. The setup: On October 12, the Society for the Performing Arts presented Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker's Mix, a dance concert that was first performed in 1996 and has since traveled the globe. Accolades include the 2001 Lawrence Olivier Award for Best Achievement...
Houston Ballet Explores Women@Art in Mixed-Rep Program

By Adam Castaneda
Sep 24, 2012

The Set-Up: As far as choreographers are concerned, the world of ballet is a male one. But Houston Ballet continues its tradition of celebrating female dance-makers with Women@Art, a mixed-rep program featuring work by Julia Adam, Aszure Barton and the incomparable Twyla Tharp. The Execution: Ketubah, Julia Adam's Jewish wedding...
Frame Dance Productions Forgives in The Black Space

By Adam Castaneda
Sep 4, 2012

The set-up: During the past weekend, the Houston dance community and friends were invited to examine the true meaning of forgiveness. Staged at the Spacetaker Gallery at Fresh Arts, Frame Dance Productions' newest work, The Black Space, can only be described as a personal experience. The interactive exhibit featured three...
NobleMotion Dance Explores the Light in Spitting Ether

By Adam Castaneda
Sep 3, 2012

The setup: Since 2009, NobleMotion has established itself as a company built on athleticism, explosiveness and a keen exploration of technology and contemporary culture in relation to dance. The company's main interests are on full display in its newest piece, Spitting Ether: A Reality Bending Dance. A full-on collaboration with...
FrenetiCore Dancers Get Deep, Contemplative in Memoriam

By Adam Castaneda
Jul 16, 2012

FrenetiCore, a dance company known for its experimental and multimedia works, has created a mature movement narrative that's all soul and contemplation in Memoriam. The dance/film hybrid features a young woman as its central subject, a twenty-something urbanite who can't seem to shake the ghosts of her past in order...
Rednerrus Feil Dance Company Gets Playful, Then Dramatic, with UNO and Breathless

By Adam Castaneda
Jul 5, 2012

The creative process is a mysterious one no matter what medium the artist is working in. For choreographers, a new dance might begin with improvisation, preselected music, a set movement motif, an emotion or an exploration of a theme or idea. For Rednerrus Feil Artistic Director Amy Llanes, the creative...
Girl Gone Wild: Madonna's Top 10 Dance/Club Chart-Toppers

By Nathan Smith
Apr 24, 2012

For the past two weeks, Madonna's latest single, "Girl Gone Wild," has been sitting pretty at the top of Billboard's Hot Dance/Club Play chart. That's the chart that tabulates which songs are getting the most spins in discos and dance clubs. It's a cool, upbeat track about losing control of...
A Showcase Of Silly Industrial Dancing

By Jef Rouner
Mar 20, 2012

In addition to our job duties as in-house bartender and beard hygienist, we're Houston Press' resident goth music expert, and industrial music falls under our purview because of that. It's sort of like how Joshua Norton got to be Emperor of the United States, but he also had to take...
100 Creatives 2012: Marisol Monasterio

By Ruby Yeh
Feb 24, 2012

Marisol Monasterio identifies herself as simply a flamenca. Though she's of Venezuelan/Brazilian descent, she has lived in Houston for the past 20 years, and has been learning and dancing flamenco for the last seven. Her journey as a dancer began when a friend introduced her to Maria and Gabriela Aliberti...
The Weird, Wonderful "A Crack in Everything" at DiverseWorks

By Meredith Deliso
Jan 30, 2012

In A Crack in Everything, the highly touted Seattle dance troupe zoe | juniper completely transforms DiverseWorks Art Space into its own dark, weird, womb-like dreamland. Granted, it's not too hard to transport visitors to the cavernous warehouse, except here, you're not sure where you've been transported at all. The...
Suchu Dance's Shchelkunchik: Dancing You Won't See Anywhere Else

By Mandy Oaklander
Dec 2, 2011

It's officially Nutcracker season, the time of year when everyone and their mouse jumps aboard the Sugar Plum Express, but can't actually tell you what a sugar plum is. The production is so widespread in the U.S. that nobody even asks anymore. This year, Suchu Dance pays hilarious tribute to...

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