Dance Source Houston is excited to present the 30th edition of Mind The Gap on September 10, 2024, kicking off the dance service organization’s 20th anniversary season. This milestone program will feature works by local dancemakers including Mark Aguilar, Dillon Bell, Caitlin Cork, Nicole McNeil, Isabel Villegas, and Lori Yuill. Join choreographers, dancers, and fellow patrons for a post-show reception on stage to celebrate the 30th Mind The Gap and the start of Dance Source Houston's 20th year. 

Mind The Gap is a collaboration between Dance Source Houston and Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston providing choreographers with a performance platform and the opportunity to expand production, marketing, and audience development capacities. To date, Mind The Gap has supported over 125 dancemakers.

MEET THE CHOREOGRAPHERS

Mark Aguilar is a Mexcian American Houston, Texas native who graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts with a bachelor’s in Fine Arts in Dance and a minor in Spanish. While attending NYU, he had the pleasure of choreographing multiple pieces on his peers, including “Masculine vs. Feminine,” “T.M.R & N.O.A,” “In Red Ctrl,” and “F2A/F2B.” Additionally, he was able to work with Rafael Cañals, and the Trisha Brown Dance Company. He also created a piece for the Second Avenue Dance Company named “Chingon/a.” Mark is a Kinder HSPVA graduate of the class of 2020 where he had the opportunity to work with Zack Tang, Hope Stone, and Michael Foley.

Dillon Bell is a mover, maker, and artist currently based in Huntsville, Texas. Growing up in Daytona Beach, Florida, he has always strived for a tenacious grasp of movement and rhythm. Dillon has worked with much-acclaimed companies and choreographers, such as Dual Rivet, Jon Lehrer, Layla Amis, Robert Moses, Kiki Lucas, Joshua Manculich, Andrew and Dionne Noble, Adele Nickel, Travis Lake, and Francisco Graciano; including tap dance legends such as Nicholas Van Young, Sarah Reich, Charles Renato, Scott Poiley, Jade Whitmire and Derick Grant. Dillon is currently working towards his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance at Sam Houston State University, further cultivating his own twists and intricacies.

Caitlyn Cork is a Texas-based dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Sam Houston State University. In her career and training, she has worked with Alex Clair, Cat Cogliandro, Sarah Garcia, Francisco Graciano, Travis Lake, Andrew Noble, Dionne Noble, Stephanie Nelson, Adele Nickel, Maya Orchin, and Meghan Sanett. She has had the chance to perform for Barnstorm Dance Fest by Dance Source Houston in Houston, TX, Dance Italia in Lucca, Italy, and American College Dance Association in Long Beach, California. Her future aspirations are to choreograph dances around the world. Caitlyn plans on learning techniques informed by physical therapy and integrating them into teaching students to preserve the bodies of dancers while finding time to perform and choreograph.

Nicole McNeil has contributed to the Houston dance scene for nearly 2 decades. She received her BFA in Dance and Minor in Interdisciplinary Arts from the University of Houston. While at UH, Nicole had the opportunity to work with various choreographers like Karen Stokes, Teresa Chapman, Becky Valls, and Jhon R. Stronks. She also danced for Suchu and other artists like Lori Yuill, The Living Room Project, and Pilot Dance Project. In addition to project-based work, Nicole has also performed in several festivals across Texas. Her artistic journey is intricately woven into the realms of multidisciplinary arts, where movement, music, and the natural world converge in a harmonious dance of creativity. It is Nicole’s sincere hope that these creations resonate with audiences, inspiring a deeper connection to nature, fostering appreciation for its beauty and fragility.

Isabel "Izzy" Villegas is a multidisciplinary artist that started her artistic journey with dance. With over 15 years of dance experience, her style of choice is contemporary, with an emphasis on fluidity and control. Using the language of dance to accentuate her perspective, she combines her experiences to create a commentary on prevalent themes within the human experience.

Choreographer, Lori Yuill, has been engaged in making dances for the past two decades. She has made dances on Pelican Island, at Finca Tres Robles, and for the kite festival at Hermann Park. Lori’s choreography has been presented in Mind the Gap and Barnstorm Dance Fest (Houston), at Dance Conversations at the Flea (NYC), and at Crear en Libertad (Paraguay). Lori holds an MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College. She has been awarded grants from HAA and Dance Source Houston and her work was named Best in Show at the 2016 Houston Fringe Festival.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 at 7:30 PM

RUNTIME:
Approximately one hour

Reception to Follow

TICKETS:
Pay-What-You-Can
$15 to $35

Ticketed income is equally split between the choreographers. Your ticket purchase, at any level, increases the amount of funds available to be redistributed directly to the artists.

Please note that each ticket is subject to a $3 fee at checkout.

LIVESTREAM & VIDEO-ON-DEMAND

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Purchase the livestream or video-on-demand option.

Livestream will take place on September 10 at 7:30 PM CST.
Video on Demand will be available no later than noon on Wednesday, September 11 and be availabe to watch until midnight on Sunday, September 22.

GENERAL INFORMATION

*Online sales will end 30 minutes prior to the scheduled curtain time. At this time tickets may be purchased in-person at the box office.

The box office opens 2 hours prior to the performance time for WILL CALL and walkup sales.

No refunds or cancellations available after purchase.

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