Bayou City Ballet Youth Company presents Kristy Nilsson's new telling of the beloved folktale The Firebird, set to the thrillingly lush musical score by Igor Stravinsky. The program also includes other new and classic masterworks set on the students of Bayou City Ballet School. Join us as we close out the season with this exciting Spring Showcase!Read more
Join Dance Source Houston for Barnstorm Dance Fest 2025, happening April 29 - May 3 at Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston! Celebrating its 10th edition, 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 15 live performance works and 6 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 festival newcomers and audience favorites, each program will be presented twice during the festival.
Facilitated artist talks will also be presented following the performances on April 30 and May 1 & 2 to take audiences on a deeper dive into the creative process. And, don't miss the post-show opening and closing night receptions to chat with festival artists and enjoy a beverage.
Barnstorm Dance Fest showcases the breadth, depth and diversity of dance in Greater Houston and beyond. Get tickets now for this #HOUdance favorite!
For more information visit dancesourcehouston.org. Read more
Panopticon is a multimedia, immersive, dance theater performance inspired by Open Dance Project’s research into the sci-fi world of retro-futuristic dystopias. Set in a world where “citizens” are constantly being watched, a la George Orwell’s 1984, Panopticon follows two would-be lovers struggling with their desire for physical and emotional intimacy in a world where deep, human connection is forbidden. Read more
City Ballet of Houston will be presenting an evening of concert dance featuring choreography by directors Mary Beth Arrington and Luis Fuente as well as Aartist in Residence Choreographer Rachael Hutto. Other featured works include classical excerpts staged by Natalia Charova of Philadelphia ballet and an excerpt of Gerald Arpino's Birthday Variations restaged with permission from the Arpino Foundation.Read more
The Institute of Contemporary Dance presents our 5th Annual Young Movers Showcase! Come and see what our Young Movers have been learning throughout this Season in their end of year performance!Read more
Dance Du Coeur presents Coalesce at Matchbox 2 on May 25th, 2025. Coalesce is a collection of works from our Pre-Professional program featuring faculty choreographers Jesus Acosta, Dawn Dippel, Bria Greenwood, Paulina Guraieb, Olivia Morrow, Seungyeon Yoo, and guest artist, Dianne Maroney-Grigsby, as well as premieres by student choreographers.Read more
Celebrate the season with Spring Fling, Athena Dance Academy’s Annual Spring Recital! This vibrant showcase features dancers of all ages performing a diverse range of styles, including ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, K-pop, and Chinese dance. With professional lighting and staging, it’s a family-friendly event full of artistry and joy.
Videography will be available for purchase after the event. If interested, please email us at contact@athenadanceacademy.org.Read more
The Invitation Situation, choreographed by Jeanine Durning for and with Heidi Brewer, Clare Croft, Andee Scott, and Mary Williford-Shade, is a choreo-performance experiment based on Durning's signature movement prate, nonstopping. It highlights the labor and intelligence of the dancer's enduring desire to move and build something together. Teetering at the edge of what could be in an ever-shifting environment, this choreography exposes both the precision and the precarity of the dancer's decision-making from moment to moment, somewhere between personal agency and collective will.Read more
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 a special performance of their own choreography by pre-professional dance company ODP2. Read more
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For one amazing week, Downtown Houston will Fade To Black!
Emerging from the urgent need to address the departure of Black artists seeking opportunities outside our city, Shabach Enterprise, a minority-led non-profit organization, has created a platform for prominent arts groups in the Downtown Houston district to show unified, meaningful support for the advancement of African-American artists.
In collaboration with our vibrant arts community, this festival will simultaneously showcase the diverse works of African-American performances in film, music, poetry, and theatre. It will also provide a dynamic lineup of workshops, performances, readings, screenings, and discussions to cultivate a greater appreciation for diverse perspectives.Read more
