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TH 9/2 |
Houston Fringe Festival. FrenetiCore. Weekend 3: Theater performances by Ray Hill and Dan Perez; Dance by Moth/Sol Y Luna from Canada and Zoetic Dance from Atlanta, GA; Film presentations from Margo Toombs and others to be announced. 8pm. Frenetic Theater, 5102 Navigation Blvd. Tickets: $17 in advance, $20 at the door. Information: 832.426.4624 or visit www.houstonfringefestival.com.
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FR 9/3 |
NobleMotion. NobleMotion, known for integrating theater and technology into dance performance, will be premiering several new works that range from cutting edge contemporary to hip-hop theater. This evening features an original light installation by artist Jeremy Choate. Photo Box D, Barrier, I am, and KinkyKool Fan Blowing Hard. 8pm. Barnevelder, 2201 Preston. Tickets: $15, $12 for seniors and students; purchase at at www.barnevelder.org. More information at: 360.303.9427, noblemotiondance@yahoo.com, or online at www.noblemotiondance.com.
Houston Fringe Festival. Weekend 3. 8pm. See Above.
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SA 9/4 |
Houston Fringe Festival. Weekend 3. 8pm. See Above.
NobleMotion. 8pm. See Above.
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TH 9/9 |
Body, Soul and Gershwin. Houston Ballet. Stanton Welch's Tu Tu is a large ensemble classical work in three movements featuring 22 dancers, outfitted in brilliantly colored tutus and briefs, in a humorous, sexy romp. Jiøí Kylián's Forgotten Land suggests the rising waves of a grey sea, the ebb and flow of life, and themes of metamorphosis central to human existence. A lavish, crowd-pleasing blockbuster inspired by the movie musicals of Hollywood's golden age, Mr. Welch's The Core is a highly theatrical depiction of the Big Apple, incorporating archetypal New York characters with plenty of Broadway flash and dazzle. 7:30pm. Wortham Center's Brown Theater, 501 Texas Ave. www.houstonballet.org.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Bayou City Concert Musicals. . The production is directed by Paul Hope, with Art Yelton as Musical Director, Krissy Richmond as Choreographer and Dominique Royem as the Conductor. It stars Carolyn Johnson as Lorelei and Krissy Richmond takes on the role of Dorothy, Lorelei’s best friend. Krissy is a former principal dancer with the Houston Ballet. 7:30pm. The Heinen Theatre, 3517 Austin at Holman. Tickets: $25-$35 and senior rates are $20-$28. Student tickets are $15. Purchase by visiting www.bayoucityconcertmusicals.org or by calling 713-465-6484.
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FR 9/10 |
DWDT at Miller. Dominic Walsh Dance Theater. Dominic Walsh Dance Theater will kick-off another stellar season of contemporary ballet with this dynamic program of audience favorites including: Matthew Bourne’s White Swan duet from his Tony award-winning Swan Lake; Walsh’s dramatic solo The Dying Swan; memorable duets from Walsh’s smash hit Romeo & Juliet; Small Hour, a breathtaking duet by Czech choreographer Václav Kuneš; and Walsh’s mysterious, yet whimsical I Napoletani. 8pm. Miller Outdoor Theatre, 6000 Hermann Park Drive. Free! www.dwdt.org, www.milleroutdoortheatre.org.
Houston Fringe Festival. FrenetiCore. “Anything Goes” Weekend: Fast paced, over-the-top performances in any discipline by the Chip Tune Crooner, Jacqueline Nalett, Michael Hoerman, and many more! 8pm. Frenetic Theater, 5102 Navigation Blvd. Tickets: $17 in advance, $20 at the door. Information: 832.426.4624 or visit www.houstonfringefestival.com.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. 8pm. See Above.
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SA 9/11 |
Body, Soul and Gershwin. 7:30pm. See Above.
DWDT at Miller. 8pm. See Above.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. 8pm. See Above.
Houston Fringe Festival. “Anything Goes” Weekend. 8pm. See Above.
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SU 9/12 |
Body, Soul and Gershwin. 2pm. See Above.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. 2pm & 7:30pm. See Above.
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TU 9/14 |
Swing, Jive and Pop Into Dance. Houston Metropolitan Dance Company. Watch dance of all styles and eras explode onto stage to engage, entertain and enlighten students of all ages. Swing in to the 30s, tap to “Singin’ in the Rain,” Hand Jive through the 50s and Electric Slide into today! Students participate in an energy filled hour of dance, music, costumes and learn fun historical tidbits of information on fashion, games, and toys.11am. Miller Outdoor Theater, 6000 Hermann Park Drive. Free! www.houstonmetdance.org, www.milleroutdoortheatre.org.
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Th 9/16 |
Points and Coordinates. Lydia Hance and Rosie Trump. Choreographers Rosie Trump and Lydia Hance present a new 40-minute work as part of the CAM's Dance with Camera Exhibition. 7pm. Contemporary Arts Museum, 5216 Montrose Boulevard. Free! More information at: www.framedance.org, www.camh.org or 713.284.8250.
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FR 9/17 |
Rice Dance Film Festival. Rice Dance Program in partnership with the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. The Rice Dance Film Festival celebrates the intersection of contemporary dance and the moving image with a screening series of short and feature length films. 7pm. Rice University Recreation Center, 6100 Main St. Free! But you must register online. For more information: www.recreation.rice.edu/dance, rtrump@rice.edu or 713.348.5773.
Body, Soul and Gershwin. 7:30pm. See Above.
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SA 9/18 |
Rice Dance Film Festival. 7pm. See Above.
Body, Soul and Gershwin. 7:30pm. See Above.
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SU 9/19 |
Body, Soul and Gershwin. 2pm. See Above.
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TH 9/23 |
Jewels. Houston Ballet. A ballet in three parts, George Balanchine's Jewels was premiered by New York City Ballet in 1967 and was hailed as the first plotless full-length ballet. The gems in Jewels pay tribute to three golden ages of dance and also to the beauty of the ballerinas Balanchine adored. 7:30pm. Wortham Center's Brown Theater, 501 Texas Ave. www.houstonballet.org.
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FR 9/24 |
16th Annual Weekend of Texas Contemporary Dance. Dance Source Houston. The performance program features a mix of Texas-based choreographers and dance companies. The dance festival will feature the talents of independent choreographers Paola Georgudis; Catalina Molnari; and Leslie Scates. Featured companies include a mix of established and newly minted companies including: Frame Dance Productions; infinite Moving Ever Evolving (iMEE); NobleMotion Dance; Reck Dance Projects; Revolve Dance Company; Suchu Dance; and Vault. 8pm. Miller Outdoor Theatre, 6000 Hermann Park Drive. Free! www.houstondance.org, www.milleroutdoortheatre.org.
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SA 9/25 |
Dance Around the World. Dance Source Houston. A special family matinee featuring Houston Ballet II. 11am. Miller Outdoor Theatre, 6000 Hermann Park Drive. Free! www.houstondance.org, www.milleroutdoortheatre.org.
Jewels. 7:30pm. See Above.
16th Annual Weekend of Texas Contemporary Dance. 8pm. See Above.
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SU 9/26 |
Jewels. 2pm. See Above.
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FR 10/1 |
Splendid China V. Dance of Asian America. Dance of Asian America will collaborate with China's top dancers from China Dancers Association to bring you the most recent award-winning works from China's National Lotus Cup Dance Competition. 8pm. Miller Outdoor Theatre, 6000 Hermann Park Drive. Free! www.danceaa.org or www.milleroutdoortheatre.org.
Jewels. 7:30pm. See Above.
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SA 10/2 |
ARTernative Festival. Fresh arts and Spacetaker. The ARTernative Festival will include family-oriented activities and performances featuring some of the most progressive and innovative arts groups currently working in the Houston area. Dance performances by Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, Psophonia Dance Company, Suchu Dance, and Anjali Center for the Performing Arts and a hip hop dance workshop led by Dance Houston. 4-8pm. Sugar Land Town Square Plaza. Free! More information at www.arternative.org.
Jewels. 2pm & 7:30pm. See Above.
Splendid China V. 8pm. See Above.
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SU 10/3 |
Jewels. 2pm. See Above.
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TH 10/7 |
Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. Rice Dance Program. The Texas Dance Improvisation Dance Festival 2010 will be hosted at Rice University and facilitated by Leslie Scates and Rosie Trump. The festival will feature two days of classes, three jams and a Saturday evening performance. Texas Dance Improvisation Festival is an opportunity to celebrate improvisational dance in Texas and beyond, by coming together as a community of dance artists to share, inspire and challenge. Los Angeles-based choreographer/performer and dance community activist, Meg Wolfe is this year’s guest artist. Rice University Recreation Center, 6100 Main St. Free! But you must register online. For more information: www.recreation.rice.edu/dance, rtrump@rice.edu or 713.348.5773.
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FR 10/8 |
Dance Gallery Festival. 8pm. Sam Houston State University.
Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. See Above.
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SA 10/9 |
Several Dancers Core. Art Colony Association Inc. New site-based work created by CORE Performance Company for the Bayou City Arts Festival incorporating influences from the Downtown cityscape. 2pm. Downtown Houston. Tickets: Performance free with admission to festival; $10 adults/children under 12 free, bayoucityartfestival.com. For more information contact info@coreperformance.org.
Dance Gallery Festival. 8pm. See Above.
Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. See Above.
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SU 10/10 |
Several Dancers Core. 2pm. See Above.
Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. See Above.
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TH 10/14 |
Tyler, Tyler. DiverseWorks. DiverseWorks presents choreographer Yasuko Yokoshi and Japanese performers Kayo Seyama, Kuniya Sawamura, and Asaji Naoki in the regional premiere of Tyler Tyler. In this latest project Yasuko Yokoshi's resumes her artistic partnership with Masumi Seyama, revered master teacher of Kabuki Su-Odori dance and the heir to the legacy of Kanjyuro Fujima VI, one of the renowned Kabuki choreographers of the 20th Century in Japan. Together they deconstruct new choreographic material from Fujima's classical dance repertories. Yokoshi and Seyama dare to face boundaries of different training, cultural code and social hierarchy yet simultaneously desire to cherish the forms and beauty of universal language of dance. 7:30pm. DiverseWorks, 1117 East Freeway. More information at www.diverseworks.org.
Navigating the Hallway. Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. CORE Performance Company collaborates with KDNY from NY and other local artists: Teresa Chapman, Leslie Scates and Becky Valls in KDNY’s concept Navigating the Hallway. The piece uses a set of area rugs to represent “rooms” of those living in close proximity, though isolated by their adjoining walls. It explores the interactions, questions, and inspirations that can occur while sharing small spaces. Presented as part of the Dance on Camera exhibition. Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 5216 Montrose Blvd. For more information: info@coreperformance.org or www.camh.org.
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FR 10/15 |
MOMIX. Society for the Performing Arts. MOMIX returns to Houston with its newest evening-length production, the whimsical and mythical Botanica. With an eclectic score ranging from birdsongs to Vivaldi, Botanica follows the rhythms of the New England seasons, the evolution of the world and the passing of a day. Flowers bloom, go to seed and die; vegetable, animal and mineral – all in human form – combine and metamorphose. 8 pm. Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana. www.spahouston.org.
Tyler, Tyler. 7:30pm. See Above.
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SA 10/16 |
Tyler, Tyler. 7:30pm. See Above.
MOMIX. 8pm. See Above.
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TH 10/21 |
Fall Mixed Rep. Dominic Walsh Dance Theater. Featuring the Houston premiere of a duet from 27'52" by Jirí Kylián, along with the U.S. premiere of Walsh's Medea and a revival of his inventive Terminus. Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby. www.dwdt.org.
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FR 10/22 |
Village of Waltz. Hope Stone Inc. A restaging one of our most successful evenings yet. If you got a chance to join us last year or you just couldn't make it last year, here's your chance to join the Village. Cullen Theater, Wortham Center, 501 Texas Ave. Tickets: $25. www.hopestoneinc.org.
Fall Mixed Rep. See Above.
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SA 10/23 |
Fall Mixed Rep. See Above.
Village of Waltz. See Above.
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WE 10/27 |
Swing, Jive and Pop Into Dance. Houston Metropolitan Dance Company. Watch dance of all styles and eras explode onto stage to engage, entertain and enlighten students of all ages. Swing in to the 30s, tap to “Singin’ in the Rain,” Hand Jive through the 50s and Electric Slide into today! Students participate in an energy filled hour of dance, music, costumes and learn fun historical tidbits of information on fashion, games, and toys.11am. Miller Outdoor Theater, 6000 Hermann Park Drive. Free! www.houstonmetdance.org, www.milleroutdoortheatre.org. |
