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Pressure Point

Pressure Point is an audacious evening of dance that showcases five charged works by NobleMotion Dance. This kinetic variety show keeps audiences on their toes with four world premieres and the return of fan favorite KinkyKool Fan Blowing Hard. Highlights include Phantom Reach, a surreal dreamscape created in collaboration with multimedia composer Badie Khaleghian; The Punchline, a razor-sharp political satire that dares to cross ideological lines; Landfall, a sweeping cinematic piece for 18 women; and No-Holds Barred, a muscular, irreverent mash-up of pro wrestling-inspired dance.Read more

Betrayed by a Kiss

Inhaus Collective

Betrayed by a Kiss

a Faith Based Choreopoem

Come witness the story unfold at MATCH – Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston! This powerful production tells a story that echoes the lives of many young women today—a story of Girl and God.

Betrayed by a Kiss a live experience of Girl vs God, exploring and challenging his reasoning behind his absence, his silence, and his content in the midst of our pain. Come witness what he has to say for himself!Read more

Essays in Motion

Creative Minds Collaborative

Essays in Motion

Celebrating Women in our lives through movement and storytelling

Creative Minds Collaborative (CMC) presents Essays in Motion, a powerful evening of dance, music, and storytelling that uplifts the voices, journeys, and strength of women. Featuring a compelling blend of new and revival works performed to live music, Essays in Motion brings together former ballerinas, contemporary dancers, rising artists, and acclaimed musicians in a rich exploration of identity, resilience, and creative expression.Read more

Mind, Body, & Soul

Mezclada Dance Company

Mind, Body, & Soul

A world premiere by Joel Aguilera

Presented by Joel Aguilera and starring Mezclada Dance Company, Mind, Body, & Soul is a three-act dance concert premiere that brings Olympic-style breaking to the concert stage. Each act explores the mind, body, or soul, showcasing the multifaceted elements that define each. Blending jazz, postmodern dance, and Latin rhythms, the show features Mezclada dancers and guest artists. Followed by a Mezclada Community Arts Day with classes, educational shows, and performances. Funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance and Dance Source Houston.Read more

Dance | Hunger | Action Festival

Experience an unforgettable evening where dance meets purpose at Dance | Hunger | Action. This curated event features the artists of Social Movement Contemporary Dance Theater alongside local choreographers and the vibrant talent of Houston’s diverse dance community. Together, they bring powerful performances to the stage, each reflecting a unique perspective.Read more

Sor Juana - Divina Lysí mía

The Flamenco Poets Society

Sor Juana - Divina Lysí mía

Café Cantante Series: Celebrating the Poems of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz - Poetry & Music

Join us for a remarkable celebration of one of flamenco music’s most illustrious icons!  We invite you to join us for an experience honoring the legendary Sabicas (Agustin Castellón Campos), from the city of Pamplona, Spain. Sabicas, whose passion for music left Spain during the turbulent years of the civil war in pursuit of artistic freedom in Mexico before traveling to New York City. He redefined flamenco guitar. His collaborations with esteemed flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya cemented his status as one of the greatest flamenco guitarists and composers of the 20th century. Through his soul-stirring performances, Sabicas transformed concert halls and theaters, making flamenco accessible to all.  Modern players such as Paco de Lucia, Vicente Amigo, Gerardo Nuñez, and many more acknowledge the great influence of Sabicas’s music. Read more

Obsession

Connecting Islands Arts

Obsession

Music & Installations by Angela Wang; Choreography & Dance by Joy Crissmon, Dawn Dippel, Lindsey McGill, and Dwain Travis; Lighting Design by Tiffany Schrepferman

Obsession is an immersive show with dance, installations and original music produced by composer and artistic director Angela Wang. Obsession explores the stories of four artists chasing after their dreams and goals (obsessions). Joy Crissmon, Dawn Dippel, Lindsey McGill, and Dwain Travis each choreographed a different story-line for this performance. The show will include the original music, installations and costumes designed by Angela Wang, also include a video projection of a live orchestra recorded at the previous show in Taipei in October 2024, along with the live music performances by Angela Wang (voice/keys) and Lindsey McGill (keys), and lighting design by Tiffany Schrepferman.Read more

Testimony

6 Degrees

Testimony

A Premiere Collaboration between 6 Degrees/Toni Valle, Composer George Heathco, and Singer-Composer Misha Penton

6 Degrees/Toni Valle, Composer George Heathco, and Singer-Composer Misha Penton premiere Testimony at the Midtown Arts Theatre Center Houston on September 26-28, 2025. Testimony is an artistic response to the events surrounding the sculpture “Witness” by artist Shahzia Sikander: its origin and the silencing of Sikander's artistic voice through protests from religious group Texas Right to Life, and ultimately vandalism of the sculpture. Testimony is an aerial dance performance/visual art installation with an innovative sound score celebrating the original intention of the sculpture – to honor the strength and resilience of women within a patriarchal society and magnify the importance of feminism and bodily autonomy through sociological, and historical references embedded in the sculpture.Read more

J&H Showcase 2025

Sino-US Art Education Alliance and J&H Dance School

J&H Showcase 2025

2024-2025 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE: SHOWCASING COMPETITION AND SUMMER PROGRAM DANCES

Join us to celebrate the stunning choreography and heartfelt performances of our dancers, and share in the joy of their remarkable achievements from the 2024-2025 competition season and summer program.

In 2025, over 50 J&H dancers of all ages competed in 16 in-state and national dance competitions, including YAGP, UBC, Groove National, NUVO, BCA, Energy Regional, Revolution National,

StarQuest Regional, World Final Galveston, Showstopper, KAR, Hall of Fame, StarBound, and more. They excelled across various levels and categories, earning outstanding results in folkloric, contemporary, lyrical, and ballet in solo, duet, trio, and group performances.Read more

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