Dance Source Houston is excited to present the 34th edition of Mind The Gap on March 18, 2025, continuing the organization’s 20th anniversary season. This program will feature works from a range of dance forms by local choreographers including Brittany Bass, Dolly Goyal (Steps for Dancing), Ashley Horn (Pilot Dance Project), Savannah Ijames, Shanesha and Tranesha Seals (Double Vision Dance), and Patricia Solorzano.

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 140 dancemakers.

Meet The Artists

Brittany Nicole Bass holds a Bachelor’s degree in dance from the University of Houston. She serves as a Teaching Artist in Houston Ballet’s Education and Community Engagement Department and is part of the faculty at Houston MET Dance. She is an artist in the MET's Creative Incubation Residency program. Additionally, Brittany acts as the Program Manager for Dance Source Houston and has been a Karen Stokes Dance Company member since the Spring of 2014. Several Houston performances have showcased her choreographed works, including Fall Extravadance, Barnstorm Dance Fest, Choreographer X6 at ERJCC, Houston’s Fringe Festival, and Mind The Gap.

Dolly Goyal is the founder of Steps for Dancing. A Kathak dancer & a teacher who has been leading the way from 2018 in Houston to cater the requirements of classical dance students for Kathak. Her main objective is to build a love for dancing in anyone, to give anyone the confidence and professional guidance to express and enjoy dancing for both classical and non-classical dance forms like Indian folk dances. Her dance journey with esteemed love for dance began from her childhood at the age of 3 in India, traveled to Singapore, and now serves in Houston. Dolly Goyal is currently pursuing her passion of love through teaching in various parts of Houston and in neighboring cities. She is involved in continuous learning from legends of Kathak for self-growth and innovative ideas. Her original work is available on her YouTube channel "stepsfordancing, Dolly " Learn more about Dolly Goyal at stepsfordancing.com.

Ashley Horn is a dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, costume designer, and artist from the Houston area. She has shown choreography and films at ACFD, The University of Houston, Big Range Dance Festival, The Texas Weekend of Contemporary Dance, Third Coast Dance on Film Festival, The Houston Fringe Festival, and Dance Month at the ERJCC among other venues and events. She has created costumes for FrenetiCore, Frame Dance Productions, Sol Y Luna Dance, and her own works. Ashley is the co-founder and curator of Motion Captured: An Evening of Dance on Film at the ERJCC as a part of Dance Month. In 2012, Ashley was a recipient of an individual artist grant from the Houston Arts Alliance to create an evening-length dance film, Wanderland. Ashley was named one of the 100 Creatives of 2013 by the Houston Press.

Savannah Ijames is a choreographer, teacher, and performer. She is in her second year of the graduate program at Sam Houston State University and graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi in 2021 with a BFA in dance education. While at Southern Miss, she had the opportunity to perform in faculty pieces by Stacy Reischman Fletcher, Kelly Lester, Candice Salyers, and Lauren Soutullo. She also performed in pieces invited to the American College Dance Association Southern Region and the North Alabama Dance Festival. After graduating with her BFA, she taught in Durham Public Schools for two years, where she was the director of the dance department. As Director, she choreographed nine shows, started the National Dance Honors Society with NDEO, and started a dance team. 

Shanesha and Tranesha Seals are certified teachers holding a Bachelors of Science in Dance from Lamar University with 13 years of teaching experience and 20 years of performing and choreographing experience. They have performed around Texas, Louisiana, Washington D.C, Las Vegas, North Carolina and so many more. From award shows to community events. Attending ACDFA (American College Dance Festival), also multiple summer intensive programs and workshops where they studied more on the Horton, Graham technique as well as ballet, jazz, lyrical, contemporary and Hip Hop. 

Paty Lorena Solórzano (b. Morelia, MX), is a bi-national choreographer, dancer, teacher, and current Artist In Residence with Dance Source Houston. Her choreographies have been presented nationally and internationally in Mexico, USA, Italy, Spain, Israel/Palestine, and Costa Rica. She has been Artist-In-Residence at Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida Dance Festival, Guapamácataro Center for Arts & Ecology, Centro Mexicano de Musica y las Artes Sonoras, and she was Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute Storyteller Fellow at St. Andrews University, Scotland. Her work has been supported by a National Endowment for Culture and the Arts Mexico grant and PECDA Puebla Mexico grant. A 2018 fellow of the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Leadership Institute (NALAC), she received her BFA from Texas Christian University and MFA from the University of Michigan. girasoladances.com

TUESDAY, MARCH 18 at 7:30 PM

Join choreographers, dancers, and fellow patrons for a post-show reception on stage to celebrate the Mind The Gap 34 program artists and Dance Source Houston's 20th year. 

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.

LIVESTREAM/VIDEO-ON-DEMAND

DON'T MISS THE SHOW!!
Purhase the Livestream or Video-on-Demand access.

Livestream will begin at 7:30 PM CST on Tuesday, March 18. Video on Demand will be available to purchase through Sunday, March 23 and available to watch until midnight on Sunday, March 30.

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

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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