NobleMotion Dance’s pre-professional company returns to The MATCH in Match Point… NMD2, June 5th at 7:00 PM. The evening includes original works by Lenorris Arnold, Rasika Borse, Gregory Dolbashian, LaRodney Freeman, Lindsey Mcgill the Nobles, and NMD2 Directors Colette Kerwick and Lauren Serrano. Athletic, generous, festive and communal ­– MATCH Point highlights the talents of 13 up-and-coming dance artists.Read more

Join Dance Source Houston (DSH) for a week filled with dance during the return of Barnstorm Dance Fest, happening June 6-12 at Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston (MATCH)! Barnstorm showcases the breadth, depth and vibrancy of dance in Houston and provides audiences with an exciting sampling of dance genres. The festival includes four unique programs, three featuring live performance works and one offering a new-to-Barnstorm dance on film format. This year's Barnstorm programs were curated by Alexa Capareda, Ashley DeHoyos, and Lindsay Gary. Each program will be presented twice during the week-long and the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday shows will all be followed by facilitated artist talks to offer insight into the dance works.  Dance Source Houston is thrilled to bring back Barnstorm Dance Fest, featuring dance makers from Houston and beyond, after a two-year hiatus. 

Learn more about each program and artist at dancesourcehouston.org! 

Barnstorm Dance Fest 2022 will kick off with SPARK, a dance party fundraiser, on June 4, celebrating Dance Source Houston’s 17 years as an arts service organization and honoring our founder Christina Giannelli. Learn more here. (link to the SPARK event page) Read more

Krishnaa A calling to Lord Krishna… is a collection of short Bharatnatyam pieces by Rukmini Vijayakumar, an Indian choreographer, Bharatanatyam dancer, and actress. The Krishnaa production is a collection of traditional pieces each one addressing Lord Krishna, seen from differing perspectives. Read more

This #Pride month, come join us in a CELEBRATION of life, liberty and dance!! From Saints to Samba, Rise up and Swing into the Houston Pride Band's Celebrations Concert at MATCH on June 11, 8 PM.Read more

Gospel Comedy Entertainment presents the Saved & Silly Comedy show featuring CLEAN stand-up comedians performing, GCE brings the gift and the spirit of laughter. "Laughter is one of the healthiest exercises that we can enjoy, it literally brings healing, mentally, physically and spiritually. These professional comedians take every day, real life experiences to engage and bring laughter to each member of the audience...Perfect to bring your church, your Pastor, your date, your parents, your grandparents to enlighten, encourage and entertain with the gift of Laughter...A merry heart doeth good like medicine (Proverbs 17:22) LAUGHALUJAH!!!

Join us for the comedy stylings of Black Prince, Dave Dlayson, Judge Mathis Jones, Stacy Anderson, and Tonja D with host Yielded and music by DJ Jade SheJam.Read more

Houston's premiere multicultural ensemble performs a special program exploring the winding path that leads home. Featuring music from all over the world, including Everyday Wonders a new work by British composer Cecilia McDowall, following the journey of a Syrian refugee. Other selections include vibrant music from Kenya, Ukraine, Finland, South Africa, the Philippines, Ireland, and more.Read more

Greed with a dash of love is the simple story in Puccini's masterful comic one act opera, Gianni Schicchi. It's 1923, during the heart of Prohibition when bootleggers become mob bosses and everyone in "the family" wants their cut. Imagine what might have happened before and after Puccini’s La Bohème. Enjoy two delightfully silly accounts of
our favorite bohemians in Michael Remson's Mimì's Perfect Day and Andrew Schneider's Happy Endings.Read more

For the very first time in Houston! FOLK DANCES OF RAJASTHAN, in celebration of the 75th anniversary of India's Independence - brought to you by Samskriti, with support from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Govt. of India, and the Consulate of India in Houston. 

Rajasthan, one of India's most historic States, with its magnificent palaces and forts, also has a rich cultural heritage with diverse folk dances that require both talent and skill. Anita Pradhan's dynamic group of dancers have been selected by the Government of India as its cultural ambassadors, to showcase Rajasthan's most celebrated folk dances. Dazzling costumes, unusual props, complex moves, presented to lively traditional folk songs with their own distinct instruments, and all of these indigenous to the region - this is what the audience will see, hear, and enjoy. This is a performance which transcends geographical and language barriers, and the sheer variety and beauty of the dances is bound to keep the viewers mesmerized.  This is a FREE event, and open to all dance enthusiasts.  

This program is made possible by grants from the BIPOC Arts Network, the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, and the Texas Commission on the Arts. Read more

DiverseWorks presents a screening of The Exquisite Moving Corpse. Sixty artists participated over a two-year period, beginning in March 2020. Each invited artist made a one minute video in response to the last frame of the previous minute. Most of the footage was shot, shared, and edited while participating artists worked in quarantine. Artists Chip Lord, Jack Massing and Sean Miller made the first three minutes and then handed it off to an evolving list of artists whom they invited – a jump into the unknown! Read more