Boston-based cellist Leo Eguchi presents: UNACCOMPANIED, a performance featuring eight short new works for solo cello which explore personal stories of immigration and American identity. Each of the commissioned works is by immigrant and first-generation American composers tasked with tackling the question, “What does your American-ness sound like?”


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Unaccompanied

Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston

Celebrated Mexican composer Manuel Ponce is recognized the world over as a pivotal figure in the revival of classical guitar repertoire. Ponce’s music has found an easy place in modern classical repertoire for its abundant melodies, remarkable technical flourishes, and use of Mexican folk idioms. Working in a sympathetic manner, composers Pablo Borras (Argentina) and Clarice Assad (Brazil) combine musical elements drawn from their respective homelands, finding inspiration in popular musical styles mixed with contemporary compositional techniques. The program is anchored by the panoramic Suite for Two Cellos and Two Guitarras by Mexican composer Samuel Zyman. 

Strings & Hammers

Vincent is a stage play that tells the story of Vincent van Gogh, one of the most famous and influential artists of all time. The play follows Van Gogh's life from his early years as a struggling artist to his eventual death at the age of 37. Along the way, the play explores Van Gogh's complex and often troubled personality, his passionate relationship with his art, and his struggles with mental illness.



Vincent

Exploring the African heritage of Louisiana through its dance traditions from Bamboula to Zydeco, Who Yo' People? takes the audience on a journey through the vibrant history and culture of the peoples who would become known as Louisiana Creoles, while interrogating ideas of identity.

Who Yo' People

Come join us for a short concert of works by students of Musiqa’s “MusiqaLab for Young Composers” program. Every dollar donated will go towards strengthening and expanding this program and the master classes that we provide to students free of charge every year. There’ll be a raffle, light brunch and a chance to mingle with other supporters of the arts in Houston schools. 

Arts for All Concert and Brunch

Retracing Paths explores themes of reflection, contemplation, and the transformative power of retracing our paths. Featuring dancers Allison Miller, Oliver Halkowich, Laura Hilley, and Dylan Allen, and set to the mesmerizing accompaniment by pianist Kana Mimaki and her students. Our community partner, University of St. Thomas Dance Majors will perform a world premiere choreographed by its Director of Dance, Maria McCain.

Retracing Paths

Dancers of Bayou City Ballet Youth Company perform new and classic works by Alex Pandiscio, Dylan Allen, Nao Kusuzaki, and Samuel Kirkjian. The matinee show also includes performances by Ad Deum Dance Company and Creative Minds Collaborative, featuring former Houston Ballet soloist Allison Miller.

Fall Showcase 2023

Musiqa is beginning its 2023-2024 Season with a slate of world premieres from some of today’s most exciting young composers, continuing our tradition of giving voice to emerging talent and collaborating with Houston artists. Join us this October to be the first to hear music by Oswald Huynh, Kyle Rivera and Eric Estrada Valadez, along with a performance of Paul Novak’s entwining and new poetry commissioned for the occasion by Houston poet Ayokunle Falomo.



New Voices 2023

Since the publication of his first novel, Alex, the recipient of a prestigious award, has been basking in his reputation as an author in vogue while collecting his copyright money. He is about to become the recipient of the Cruz de Caballeros de las Artes y las Letras Award bestowed by the Ministry of Culture. His wife Gloria, whose fortune and connections played a big role in enhancing his reputation is helping him get his speech ready for the ceremony. However, this is exactly the moment when Alex receives the unexpected visit of an unknown woman who could put his “success story” in jeopardy.

Plagio (Cheaters)

Beginning at 7:30 pm, patrons will see and hear a staged reading of Primary Care, a play written by Bill Monroe in collaboration with Thomas R. Cole. Based on an actual case, the play raises questions about health care procedures and power relationships, quality of life, and personhood. The play opens with a retrospective soliloquy by Eliot "Stony" Marcher, the chief resident at an urban public hospital.

Primary Care

The Day of the Dead is a Mexican celebration of pre-Hispanic origin that honors the deceased on November 2. The festivities begin on November 1 and coincides with the Catholic celebrations of All Souls and All Saints. In Mexico, it is a celebration of life remembering loved ones who came before us, but with joy and devotion, dedicating an altar to welcome them back for their visit to the world of the living, once a year. The characters are La Catrina, El Catrin and the Alebrijes - imaginary beings made up of physiognomic elements of different animals, not only fantastic but also real that form a mesmerizing being full of magic and color that accompany souls in their voyage to their new home. 

Day of the Dead Celebration

Apollo's Silenced Voices 16th season begins with a musical commentary on the “reasoning” behind book censorship and control, with nods to notable books that have been banned historically. Genre-fusing composer and flutist Allison Loggins-Hull, Composer Fellow for the Cleveland Orchestra, and Houston-based composer Mark Buller join Apollo for a program all-too resonant with our social and political moment. University of Houston professor Howard Pollack also joins to discuss the censorship of American composers during the McCarthy period, while Harris County Public Library Director Edward Melton offers his experience leading one of the largest public library systems in the nation during a time of book banning. 



Banned 

Imagine 3 is a series of three one act plays written, directed and performed by Houston based young adults. Join us for the following three productions: 

Imagine 3

Showcasing the vocal talents of Robby Black, Erin Clark, Daniel Lopez, Kyle Stephens, Sarah Watson and Natasha Wroblewski  Broadway & Barbershop: The Sequel will feature more showstopping songs from shows such as Les Misérables, Phantom, Guys & Dolls, Showboat, Into the Woods, The Music Man, and many, many others. And you'll be mesmerized again by the mastery and tight harmonies of Houston-based barbershop quartet Panda Ring featuring the foursome of Patrick McAlexander, Zachary MacLaren, Daniel Laguros and Robby Black. Fresh off their success at the 2023 Barbershop Harmony Society's International Quartet Contest, Panda Ring's repertoire ranges throughout many eras and styles of barbershop harmony. 

Broadway & Barbershop: The Sequel

Dance Source Houston presents the 26th edition of Mind The Gap, an evening of works by local choreographers Amanda Monteith, Jasmine Hearn, jhon r. stronks, Kamryn Horn, Kristina Prats, Caiya Velasco-Teters, and dance company Deeper Than Dance. The program will feature a range of dance forms, including aerial, contemporary, and modern, created and performed by dance artists based across the Greater Houston area.

Mind The Gap was created in partnership with MATCH to support independent choreographers and small dance companies in presenting their work. The program offers participants high production value, low administrative burden, and shared ticket income, as well as production and audience development support. Begun in January 2017, Mind The Gap has featured works by more than 115 local dancemakers to date, providing opportunities for dancemakers and connecting audiences with new dance experiences.

Mind The Gap XXVI

Experience the heat of an unforgettable night as we kick off our 2023-2024 season, "An Elemental Journey," at the MATCH! Join us on September 30th for Ignite - an illuminating concert fueled by the energy and passion of fire and light. Let the Houston Pride Band take you on an electrifying musical journey that will set your heart ablaze. Featuring a performance by special guest drag king Hugh Stone that’s sure to light up the stage! Get your tickets today and let the passion of Ignite take over!


Ignite

Two penniless tramps stand waiting together on a country road for the enigmatic Mr. Godot to arrive to somehow improve their diminishing circumstances. Just before nightfall, a messenger arrives to inform them that Godot will not come today but will surely come tomorrow. Meanwhile they pass the time in every way they can imagine, each leaning on the other, as they struggle to hope for better days to come. 



Waiting For Godot

TEATRX annual festival encapsulates Hispanic Heritage Month by exploring rich and inspiring short stories through live theatre and cinema. This year TEATRX is realizing its long-held aspiration of also providing programming for young audiences by adding La Vida Es Cortitos, two performances dedicated to showcasing short plays and films for young audiences ages 5 and up!

This inaugural performance of La Vida Es Cortitos, or Cortitos, will feature short films made for young audiences alongside 3 short plays selected from a nationwide search. The selected plays will take audiences on an exploration of the past, the present, and the future. They include: a Mayan folktale titled The Hummingbirds Wedding adapted by Ramón Esquivel and directed by Brenda Palestina, La Ley De La Vida by Valeria Pacheco directed by Alicia Olivo a charming tale of parents attempting to make sense of a pet's death to their young daughter, and Like A Jet-Fueled Mariposa brings a futuristic tale about two undocumented sisters searching for a better life written by Mabelle Reynoso and Houston’s own Alvaro Saar Rios directed by Rhett Martinez.

5th Annual La Vida Es Cortos/Life is Shorts Festival

TEATRX annual festival encapsulates Hispanic Heritage Month by exploring rich and inspiring short stories through live theatre and cinema. This year TEATRX is realizing its long-held aspiration of also providing programming for young audiences by adding La Vida Es Cortitos, two performances dedicated to showcasing short plays and films for young audiences ages 5 and up!

Adeeba's world turns upside down when she is diagnosed with advanced-stage of Alzheimer's disease. The entire family comes together to help this independent self-made woman, a beloved mother, and a grandmother deal with the most anticlimactic phase of her so far, meticulously ironed-out life.



Forget Me Not

A thrilling tango show featuring the renowned bandoneon master & prolific tango composer Emmanuel Trifilio, QuinTango, one of Washingon’s finest instrumental ensembles, and the celebrated Argentine tango singer Mariana Quinteros.

Trifilio Tango Show

Uptown Dance Company II will celebrate its 23rd anniversary with 3 new premiers including founder and artistic director Beth Gulledge-Brown, Krissy Richmond and Company Artist River Hemming.

Dance Infusion

Hailed by The New York Times as “a lush, brooding celebration of noise,” Andy Akiho’s GRAMMY-nominated Seven Pillars is his most ambitious project to date. The work is structured as a large-scale palindrome and consists of seven ensemble movements and one solo movement for each member of the critically acclaimed ensemble Sandbox Percussion. Michael McQuilken's lighting scheme reinforces the work's form throughout the theatrical live performance. Performed by Sandbox, this evening-length work is the largest-scale chamber music work that Akiho has written and that Sandbox has commissioned. Akiho and Sandbox's ongoing collaboration for Seven Pillars has spanned the past 8 years.

Seven Pillars

Dance | Hunger | Action, a curated evening of dance drawn from the unique and vibrant diversity of the Houston dance community, brings awareness to the Houston Food Bank and their work to combat food insecurity in and around Houston. The performance provides a platform for dance makers to showcase their individual perspectives while supporting Social Movement Contemporary Dance Theater’s mission of promoting social consciousness. 

Dance | Hunger | Action

6 Degrees premieres POP DEMO a dance/theatre experience by Toni Leago Valle. POP DEMO is an imaginative blend of political commentary, offbeat theatre, aerial, contemporary dance, and visual projections, set in a stylistic Pop Art décor. POP DEMO is a historical perspective through political cartoons of how the ideas of popular democracy, extremism, and propaganda have shaped and warped American political and cultural beliefs, ultimately attempting to overthrow democracy.

Pop Demo

Please come to join us to appreciate the beautiful choreography and touching performance, and share the joy of their achievements in competitions and summer program. 
In 2023, more than 50 J&H dancers from all age groups participated in 16 in-state and National dance competitions (YAGP, UBC, StarQuest Regional and World Final Galveston, Showstopper, KAR, Hall of Fame, StartBound, etc.) at variety of levels and categories. They achieved excellent results in folkloric, contemporary, lyrical, and ballet in solo, duets trio, and group category. In 8th C-dream summer program,  3 selected dancers, representing J&H, went to Beijing, participated in the wonderful program, learned from the Masters, worked really hard and had so much fun.

J&H Showcase 2023

Celestina, a woman who exists beyond the bounds of time, serendipitously meets an unlikely friend, Aníbal, during a once-in-a-lifetime storm in Los Angeles. Amidst environmental and political turmoil, they come to love each other in the safety of Aníbal’s home.

Cloud Tectonics

A groom on a honeymoon in a mountain village - reports the disappearance of his wife to the police. Indeed, she has not returned for a few days, following a dispute, and he is worried. When the priest of the village arrives and tells the husband that he has found his wife and that she is behind the door, the stupefaction of the husband is total: this woman who presents herself as being his wife is not. But, to make matters worse, no one knows the "real" Mrs. Corban, given the novelty of this relationship. This Mrs. Corban says loud and clear that her husband is amnesic and to confirm her words, she lends herself to an interrogation in order and gets a perfect score. Is he mad or is there a gang of criminals bent on him?

The Trap

Join author Netra Ford for an enlightening evening of reflection on life, love and purpose in the premiere of A Book about Birthdays LIVE! This immersive story-telling experiences showcases artistic expression through actor dialogue, music and visual arts. Dress up in your finest cocktail attire in the shade of your birthstone and join us for this amazing night of philanthropy benefitting Exceeding Autism. Please remember to be on time, because doors will close once show begins and please adhere to the themed dress code. 



A Book about Birthdays Live

The Montopolis live musical score to the 1929 Ukrainian documentary Man with a Movie Camera has toured across the country in 2023 to rave reviews from both critics and audiences alike. Revered as a visual masterpiece and one of the greatest documentaries ever made, the film gives historical context to the current Russian invasion and lays bare the costs of the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe. The joyful, original live score celebrates the beauty and resilience of Ukraine’s people and aims to inspire American audiences to support the country in its time of need. Cellist Sara Nelson (Brandi Carlile, David Byrne, Austin Symphony) will be joining pianist and composer Justin Sherburn and guitarist Gunner Ross for the Houston performance.  



Man With A Movie Camera

DiverseWorks is pleased to present D.R.E.A.M. = A WAY TO AFRAM, an immersive performance-installation & research lab developed by Li(sa E.) Harris (Houston) in collaboration with Alisha B. Wormsley (Pittsburgh), Wednesday, September 6, through Saturday, September 9, 2023 in MATCHBOX 3 at Midtown Arts and Theater Center, 3400 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77002. 

D.R.E.A.M.= A Way to Afram

The Third Annual Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival returns for an exciting one-night showcase of celebrated Latinx choreographers from around the Lone Star State. The largest convening of dance makers of the Latinx diaspora in the Mid-America region, this year's roster includes both emerging and established artists, as well as several first-time participants. The 2023 festival is supported by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and Dance Source Houston. 

Third Annual Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival

Tamarie and her cast of musical comedy maniacs are back for the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in the 26th installment of her hit original musical series juggernaut! In a time when truth is often stranger than fiction, Tamarie’s chock full of veracity, spouting truths about her show, society, basically the whole stinking world. And also her flossing habits. Tamarie and her mostly fearless, occasionally fearsome crew will snark, sing, and dance their way through twisted encounters with Tinkerbelle, Pinocchio, Ben Franklin, Kenny Rogers, and Tamarie's psychic high school attendance clerk, Mrs. Jones, who could catch you in any lie (and find stuff you lost too). Tamarie’s got some personal stuff to tell you too. Some real, some fake. Depends on where you get your news. 

Tamarie's Totally Two Revue (plus lies too)

Dance Source Houston kicks off the organization's 19th season with the 25th edition of Mind The Gap, an evening of works by local dancemakers Joy Crissmon, Marina Miller, Violet Moon, Dannielle Shaw, and Ama Kavya Udugamasooriya. The program will feature a range of dance forms, including aerial, contemporary, modern, and Sri Lankan, created and performed by dance artists based across the Greater Houston area.

Mind The Gap XXV

NobleMotion kickstarts its 15th season with PowerPlay, a radical evening of dance featuring 3 world premieres that employ artificial intelligence, multi-media design, and NobleMotion’s trademark physicality. Section 6 immerses the audience in a simulated A.I. training program as dancers invite participants into the action-packed performance. Sidelined playfully looks at power dynamics as it creates an absurd world where baseball umpires define the rules of the workplace. And Half-told Stories reveals a pivotal moment in the life of four women and features a collaboration with composer/multimedia artist Badie Khaleghian. Get inside the dance as NobleMotion delivers raw physicality and visually alluring worlds that turn logic upside-down. 

Powerplay

RAMP embodies the core values of Social Movement Contemporary Dance Theater. This celebration of our fifth season showcases work with social relevance and cultural significance that reflects the human condition through the virtuosity of the artists of SMCDT.

Reform | Action | Mobilize | Progress

The Institute of Contemporary Dance presents the Houston Contemporary 2 in "IV” on June 15th, 2023 at 7:30PM at the MATCH! Come view their final live performance of the 2022-2023 Season with works by Mia Angelini, Jacquelyne Boe, Carmen Cage, Joe Celej, Eoghan Dillon, Karsen Galatas, Genene Wallis McGrath, Terrill Mitchell and Whylan Rucker.

Houston Contemporary 2 In "Iv"

NobleMotion Dance (NMD) is thrilled to announce their Pre-professional company, NMD2's upcoming showcase, featuring stunning works by NMD directors Colette Kerwick and Lauren Serrano, as well as choreographers Hayden Stark, Travis Lake, and Kyle Craig-Bogard. The concert will also highlight NMD's latest performance programming, Accelerate, featuring a cast of fourteen dynamic dancers and six master choreographers, including Andy Noble, Brittany Deveau, Evelyn Toh, Francisco Graciano, Justin Curry, and Lindsey McGill. The show promises to be an unforgettable evening of dance, featuring both ensemble and solo performances by NMD2 dancers.

Final Inning

Join Dance Source Houston for Barnstorm Dance Fest 2023, happening June 6-10 at Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston! Barnstorm showcases the vibrancy of dance in Houston and provides audiences with an exciting sampling of dance genres. The festival includes three unique programs, including 19 live performance works and 9 dance films by dancemakers from our city, region, and across the country. Highlighting the emerging and established dancemakers working in a wide range of styles and featuring both newcomers and audience favorites, each program will be presented twice during the festival. Artist talks will also be presented following the performances on June 7, 8 & 9 to provide audiences with a deeper look into the works featured. This year's Barnstorm programs were curated by Lavanya Rajagopalan, Armando Silva, and Jennifer Sommers.

Barnstorm Dance Fest

Join Dance Source Houston for SPARK, a night celebrating the vibrancy and resilience of our dance community and spotlighting the contributions of local dance leaders Rathna Kumar and Maxine Silberstein! The evening will offer attendees an opportunity to hit the dance floor alongside dancers, choreographers, and dance patrons, in support of Dance Source Houston. SPARK will also include a performance by Indian Performing Arts Samskriti.

SPARK

Hunter Dance Center presents their annual Student Program recital featuring ballet, modern, aerial, hip hop and circus arts performances by Hunter Dance Center student ages 3 - 18 and special appearances by Hunter's professional company in residence Open Dance Project and its pre-professional dance company in residence, ODP2.

Hunter Dance Center Recital 2023

MHLV Dance presents WORLD TOUR, its 3rd annual recital - a tour around the world through dance and aerial arts!

World Tour

Leap into spring with us through jazz, ballet, hip hop, contemporary, and flamenco dancing. The Academy is excited to be able to showcase the talents of both their recreational classes and award winning competitive dance team. Started in the Spring 2020, Athena Dance has offered comprehensive dance programs for students of all ages and levels. Here, dedicated, enthusiastic and professional teachers hailing from all over the world—from various language and culture backgrounds— are fully committed to students’ dance training and development. Under the ownership and direction of Athena Anwar, who has thirty years of extensive dance training and performance experience, the school and staff are committed to empowering diverse students through arts and strive to support each student in their dance journey.

Leap Into Spring

The Institute of Contemporary Dance presents our 3rd annual Young Movers Showcase! Come and see what our Young Movers have been learning throughout this Season in their end of year performance!

2023 Young Mover Showcase

Bayou City Ballet Youth Company presents a weekend of contemporary and classical ballet, with premiere works by internationally recognized choreographers Katlyn Addison, Randall Flinn, and Nao Kusuzaki. The Axiom Quartet joins the dancers for the world premiere of Addison's work "Poems," with a newly commissioned score by composer Jonathan Stanford. The last show of the weekend also features dancers from the Bayou City Ballet School.

Bayou City Ballet Spring Showcase

The Pre-Professional Program at Dance Du Coeur welcomes you to their 2022-2023 year end performance. The evening’s works will include a variety of dance techniques central to the curriculum. The show is a celebration of the students’ growth this season, and audience members can look forward to seeing Variations from Paquita, excerpts from Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring and Diversion of Angels, Contemporary and Jazz dance pieces, technical exercises from the Progressing Ballet Technique, as well as an original ballet, Alice in Wonderland.  

Emergence

Conceived and directed by Open Dance Project Artistic Director Annie Arnoult and collaboratively devised by Arnoult and ODP company members, 1968 takes us to Chicago as Yippies, student activists, conscientious objectors, would-be-presidents, poets, musicians, local police, and state troopers collide on the grounds of Grant Park and the streets of Michigan Avenue during the Democratic National Convention in August 1968. Breaking down conventional barriers between audience and stage, this immersive experience situates audience members directly in the center of the action, where they walk through and engage with the interdisciplinary, multimedia performance as it mines iconic photographs, news media, music, art, actions, and events of 1968 for a deeper understanding of our conflict-ridden, intensely mediated here and now.  Original music by Paul Beebe captures the social upheaval and revolt of the era. Supported by accomplished artists Ryan McGettigan (set designer), Tiffany Schrepferman (lighting and projection designer), Ashley Horn (costume designer), and Bryan Ealey (sound design) and Lauren Davis (Props master), the show benefits from their extensive local and national design experience specializing in interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative use of movement, space, and form. 

1968: The Whole World Is Watching

City Ballet of Houston performs its annual spring dance concert featuring new works by artistic directors Mary Beth Arrington and Luis Fuente, resident choreographer Rachael Hutto, and Emmy award-winning guest choreographer Ebony Williams. Enjoy an evening of dance celebrating more than 50 years of dance contributions to the Houston community from City Ballet of Houston.

Spring Concert

The ghost-filled ballet tells the tragic, romantic story of a beautiful young peasant girl named Giselle and a disguised nobleman named Albrecht, who fall in love, but when his true identity is revealed by his rival, Hilarion, Giselle goes mad and dies of heartbreak. After her death, she is summoned from her grave into the vengeful, deadly sisterhood of the Wilis, the ghosts of unmarried women who died after being betrayed by their lovers and take revenge in the night by dancing men to death by exhaustion. Led by Myrtha, the Queen of the Wilis, they target Albrecht when he comes to mourn at Giselle's grave, but her great love frees him from their grasp. They gain their power in numbers as they effortlessly move through dramatic patterns and synchronized movements and control the stage with their long tulle dresses and stoic expressions, creating an ethereal atmosphere that builds as they gradually close in on Albrecht. By saving him from the Wilis, Giselle also saves herself from becoming one of them.

Giselle

Black Butterfly is a dance theater production that uses performing arts to celebrate Houston's Black Pride week. Conceived and Directed by Harrison Guy, this performance will highlight dance, live music, and poetry featuring performers from the Black LGBTQ community. The piece aims to pay tribute to those who give us wings to fly.

Black Butterfly

Musiqa is proud to bring Weather Model - a new video installation by Carrie Marie Schneider - to the stage, along with a slate of new works by emerging composers from Houston and around the country. Join us at MATCH on April 29 & 30 to hear new music by Ryne Siesky and Sam Wu, and experience the next stage in Schneider’s years long process of exploring Houstonians’ post-Harvey relationship to water. 

New Dimensions In Sight And Sound

City Ballet of Houston presents an evening of variations including classical and contemporary works.

Evening of Variations

Join the young students of River Oaks Dance as they make their stage debut in Under the Sea.

Under the Sea

LAUNCH presented by Vitacca Ballet is an evening dedicated to Vitacca Ballet’s cast into the Houston arts scene with their debut full length production featuring an evening of original works and a highly anticipated World Premiere titled Hypnotic Forces by International Guest Choreographer Garrett Smith. This fresh and diverse evening of contemporary ballet is one not to be missed.

LAUNCH

Dance Source Houston presents the 24th edition of Mind The Gap, an evening of works by local dancemakers including Mackenzie Bingham, Mimi diLuna, Dolly Goyal (Steps for Dancing), Ashley Horn (The Pilot Dance Project), Saliya Ilankoon (Salaru Sri Lankan Cultural Academy), and Preeti Ramakrishnan (Shree Krishna Dance Academy).

Mind The Gap

Live musicians and their amplified string instruments interact with ghostly silent films of Stravinsky and a handful of famous conductors. The voice of Charlie Parker trades riffs with a live saxophonist in a tribute to some of jazz’s greatest players. A newly discovered geometric object challenges our notions of space and time, allowing mathematicians to condense complex quantum physics into astoundingly simple formulas. And dozens of Houston artists appear on screen in collaboration with local musicians – Musiqa on Film is a marriage of live performance and cinema unlike anything else on Houston stages this year.

Musiqa On Film

Dance Source Houston presents the 23rd edition of Mind The Gap, a showcase series featuring danceworks by local choreographers working in a range of dance genres. The program includes works by Teresa Chapman, Keeley Dunnam, Sadhana Gollapudi, Bhavana Gollapudi, Amanda Monteith, Violet Moon, Tarika Nath, and Tory Pierce.

The Kathrine G. McGovern University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance, Dance Program presents UH Goes to the MATCH on February  26, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.  

Uh Goes To The Match 2023

An evening of contemporary dance showcasing some of Houston's emerging young artists of professional and pre professional dance companies. This one day, two show performance showcase will consist of a variety of contemporary dance works from several of Houston's dance companies. Performance 1 will showcase a mixture of pre professional and  young dancers of tomorrow. This is a great show for the whole family, full of upbeat and crowd pleasing dance works. Performance 2 will showcase unique and though provoking dance works from professional and pre professional contemporary companies. These companies will present new dance works from some of Houston's top contemporary choreographers and nationally recognized choreographers from New York. This is a show you don't want to miss.  

Dance 3

Urban Souls presents Movement for Black Lives, highlighting black dancers and choreographers. Curated by Urban Souls Artistic Director Harrison Guy, Movement for Black Lives pays homage to Black artists with movement-based practices that celebrate and advance Black culture. 

Movement for Black Lives

If you missed the live performance you can still see the show! The Video-On-Demand of this performance is avaialble to purchase now!  View will be available starting February 14 at noon through February 26 at midnight.

Peter & Wendy

NobleMotion Dance’s pre-professional company returns to the MATCH in Coin Toss, January 22nd at 7:00 PM. The evening includes original works by Lenorris Arnold, Reagan Crandall, Jaiquan Laurencin, and NobleMotion Dance’s Artistic Directors' Andy Noble and Dionne Noble. Additionally, this concert will feature original choreography by NMD2 company members and a special guest performance by Sam Houston State University. Athletic, generous, fun and communal – Coin Toss highlights the talents of 13 up-and-coming dance artists.

Coin Toss

This January Musiqa presents a collaboration with Houston Ballet II, premiering new choreography and a selection of music ranging from intimate solo piano preludes to a ten-piece ensemble performing a show-stopping new dectet. Together this program represents all the things that make Musiqa tick: cross-disciplinary collaborations with other artists, modern music by composers we love, and the introduction of new works to Houston audiences.

New Year, New Music, New Movement

Family Fun Day is bigger than ever. MATCH-Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston brings back it's annual tradition and presents the 6th annual MATCH Family Fun Day on Sunday, January 15 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. It will be an afternoon chock full of fun for little ones, and it’s all free for the family.

Match Family Fun Day

Focusing on Queer folx of color and allies, prepare to GLOW UP as we breathe, stretch, and elevate the spirit! 1st Saturday of the month 10:00 AM, please arrive by 9:45 AM.

Glow Up Yoga

All of the Above is a new evening-length dance work by Mezclada Dance Company to be presented January 12th and 13th, 2023 at the Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH). The event will be ticketed and open to the general public.

All of the Above

Vitacca Vocational School for Dance brings Winter Works to stage on January 6-7. This two act performance features Vitacca Studio Company dancers in a restaged excerpt of La Bayadere and original contemporary works created by 2022-2023 Guest Artist, Greg Dolbashian, Jess Hendricks, Sean Aaron Carmon, Garrett Smith and Kelly Ann Vitacca. 

Winter Works

stirs up still things includes world premieres by ISHIDA based on original poetic narratives and works by emerging and renown international choreographers. "Among dim shapes” by ISHIDA follows an intimate relationship and the ghosts they carry triggered by archetypal patterns. The program also includes a new creation by Swedish dancer, film director, and choreographer John Wannehag formerly with Tanzmainz, and a new work by award-winning British Finnish choreographer Kristian Lever. Lever returns to Houston having been featured at Dance Salad in 2019 and with the US premiere “An Intimate Distance” – an athletic men’s duet presented by ISHIDA in March 2022, originally created on Hamburg Ballet.

Stirs Up Still Things

The Iris is a collection of contemporary dance works by Lenorris Arnold that reflects a personal journey of mental health. Each of these works mirror the life stages of an iris flower. From an Iris's birth to flourish, Lenorris Arnold uses movement and projection to depict that even through different life struggles that peace can be found. The Iris also features guest performances by Jade Whitmire, Noble Motion 2, and The PAC Dance Company.

The Iris

Garage 713 presents Snowston 3005, an immersive all ages dance show celebrating the different decades through dance. This show will feature various styles of dance as well as multi-media to bring the decades to live. Buckle up as we take you back in time and celebrate the season! 

Snowston 3005

The Michele Brangwen Dance & Music Ensemble will perform Asa Nisi Masa, a new work that takes its title from the childhood incantation spoken in Federico Fellini's film 8 1/2. The phrase Asa Nisi Masa conjures a beautiful memory for the main character in the film of a time filled with compassion and love. Asa Nisi Masa, with choreography and costumes by Michele Brangwen and music composed by Danielle Reich, Thomas Helton and Tim Hagans, also features movement and music created spontaneously in the moment by all performers.



Asa Nisi Masa

Flamenco por Derecho” means the flamenco in its purest state and its different phases: singing, music and dance. “Flamenco por Derecho” is a show in honor of the former flamencos that are not with us anymore, but that influenced flamenco in the past, in the present and forever. It is a show where artists of different backgrounds will unite to celebrate flamenco with the spirit and the soul of the gypsy ancestors. Viva la Paquera, viva el Nino Ricardo, viva Carmen Amaya, y la Lola Flores, y Camaron. Thank you to La Nina de los Peines y a Pastora Imperio. What would flamenco be without Fernanda y Bernarda, Antonia Merce “La Argentina”, Ramon Montoya, y Chano Lobato.In this show we will draw upon the gypsies of Southern Spain.

Noche de Flamenco - Flamenco por Derecho

In 2022, more than 40 J&H dancers from all age groups participated in 7 in-state and National dance competitions (StarQuest Regional, StarQuest World Final Galveston, Showstopper, KAR, Hall of Fame, StartBound, etc.) at variety of levels and categories.They achieved excellent results in folkloric, contemporary, lyrical, and ballet in solo, duets & trio, and group category. In 7th C-dream summer program, young dancers worked really hard, learned several new folkloric group dances, shedded lots of sweats and had so much fun! 

J&H Showcase 2022

We The People conveys Gibson's observations of what happens when people’s daily lives are interrupted by the world's harsh realities and they begin to demand change.

We The People

Grouping artists from all different backgrounds to bring you a collection of contemporary dancing and aerial arts. This piece was created to shine a light on the importance of versatility in the performance world. Movement, strength, flexibility and aerial. Putting this piece together has allowed these performers to learn from and work with different movement types. Bringing them all together to create The Collection.



The Collection

Students of Bayou City Ballet Youth Company perform new works by New-York based choreographer Barry Kerollis and Artistic Director Alex Pandiscio, as well as the dance of Swanhilda's friends from Coppelia and the Peasant Pas de Deux from Giselle. The show also includes dancers of the BCB Junior Company, and a performance by guest company Ad Deum in a work by Steve Rooks.



Fall Showcase 2022

The Fairytale Project is a historically inspired tale of a young African American family re-connecting with their East Texas roots. With peculiar encounters with the past- the family cherishes the things that matter the most- family, faith, love and legacy.

The Fairytale Project/Pneuma

Join us for a unique program of contemporary and traditional indigenous Moroccan dance choreographed and performed by Kristina Koutsoudas and company, including dancers participating in a recent program of classes sponsored by a Let Creativity Happen Grant through the Houston Arts Alliance and the city of Houston and Dance Source Houston. 

Moroccan Dance Live

Valle has produced 7 evening-length dance/theatre concerts since 2002 with favorable reviews. in 2002, Valle premiered "It's All Relative," a tongue in cheek perspective of growing up in an Italian family.  In 2006, she premiered "Cracked" to standing room only audiences, and reprised it again for 2016. Valle premiered "Tetris" in 2009 with an all star cast and designers, including set design by Tom Boyd and Lighting Design by Jeremy Choate and Christina Giannelli. 


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INTEMPO DANCE ENSEMBLE presents an evening of dance and music inspired in the magical world of the day of the dead celebration. Colorful Catrinas and Sugar Skulls dance, surrounded by live music and guided by imaginary beings - Alebrijes - as they journey to their new home.  

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Feb 23, 2024

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Jan 26, 2024

Strings & Hammers

Dec 24, 2023

Vincent

Nov 6, 2023

Who Yo' People

Oct 28, 2023

Arts for All Concert and Brunch

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