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 Castan?eda. In addition to producing his own work through the company, Castan?eda 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.

ABOUT Houston Met Dance

HMD’s goal is to offer a comprehensive studio program that provides students of all levels and abilities the opportunity to participate in the practice, process and presentation of dance as a holistic expression of their individual humanity and collective creativity. Houston Met Dance's Adult Ballet Ensemble and TerraForm(ed) Collective are a part of HMD's community performance programming that also includes our yearly Adult Studio Showcase where adult dancers of all levels have the opportunity to build and perform dances based on their class studies.