Dance Source Houston is excited to present the 37th edition of Mind The Gap on October 7th, 2025. This program will feature works by local choreographers Emilie Anne, Madeline Isch, Amanda Monteith, Prerna Shrivathsan, Giuliana Velez-Turner, and Isabel Villegas. Join Dance Source Houston for a post-show reception to connect with the choreographers and performers of Mind The Gap 37.

Mind The Gap was created in partnership with Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston to support independent choreographers and small dance companies presenting their work. Begun in January 2017, Mind The Gap has provided a platform for more than 150 local dancemakers to date. The program helps choreographers propel their works from the studio to the stage and exposes audiences to new dance makers and styles.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 at 7:30 PM

RUNTIME:
1 hour with no intermission

Reception to Follow

TICKETS:
GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING
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 $5 service fee at checkout.

LIVESTREAM/VIDEO-ON-DEMAND

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Livestream will begin at 7:30 PM CST on Tuesday, October 7. Video on Demand will be available to purchase through Sunday, SOctober 12 and available to watch until midnight on Sunday, October 19.

Please note that each ticket is subject to a $5 service fee at checkout.

FEATURED ARTISTS

Artistic Director of Wu Wei Company, Emilie Anne is a French-Taiwanese Houston native who tells stories through art. Her solo dance-theatre pieces, "Voice of the Swan" (2022) and "Snowy-Silver Elephant" (2023) premiered at the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston and have reached audiences in Nepal and France. Her journey in movement began with classical ballet training at Houston Ballet Academy and Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet in NYC. Drawing from both Eastern and Western traditions, her artistic path later led her to study Kathak (North Indian classical dance), French mime, Chinese Dunhuang dance and Tai Chi. She holds a Diploma in Choreography from the Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography, and a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies (Concentrations in Dance, Theatre, French) from the University of Texas at Arlington, where she performed with the Maverick Dance Company. Through her trilingual YouTube channel she shares artistic films and wellbeing tutorials with a global audience of over 26k subscribers.

Madeline Isch has been dancing for 15 years and is experienced in many types of movement. Her dance journey started at Amanda's Dance Express where she danced competitively til the age of 11. She then moved on to join the Momentum Dance competition team to continue her training. Isch also attended Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy from 6th to 12th grade where she performed in many dance concerts and musicals before graduating in 2022. She is now working towards getting her BFA in Dance with a minor in Psychology at Sam Houston State University.

Amanda Monteith currently lives and works between Houston, Texas and London, England, where she has been pursuing her Masters of Arts at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Even through this she has been an active member of both the Houston and London dance communities and looks forward to sharing her knowledge back in the States and beyond. Her passion for dancing and performing has only grown and blazed brighter, having performed with notable choreographers such as Bethany Logan, Sung Im Her, Kasia Witek, and Kayla Collymore. Her dancing has been featured in several productions including Her Brown Body is Glory, a capstone show for Arizona choreographer Hannah Victoria, Heather Waldon’s original work 18:30, and within the structure of Garage 713 Studios and performance team.  Additionally, Amanda has self-produced her most recent work, BRUTE: a two part dance work featuring live performance and film exploring brutalist concepts within a movement context.

Prerna Shrivathsan is a Bharathanatyam artist based in Houston,Texas. She started her journey at the tender age of 6 under the tutelage of Smt. Sindhu Shyam (Kalaasindhu School of Performing Arts, Chennai), and completed her Arangetram on August 6, 2022 in Chennai. After her Arangetram, she is also under the tutelage of Dr. Surabi Veeraragavan (Shree Natyalaya, Houston). She brings a vibrant presence to the stage, blending strength and grace in her Nritta, and conveying deep emotion through her expressive Abhinaya. Rooted in bhakti, her performances carry a quiet intensity that resonates with audiences. Though primarily a solo artist, she finds equal joy in collaborating with others and being part of group productions, where shared creativity enriches the experience. Prerna was awarded the 2nd prize in the Junior Varnam Category at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana in 2025. She is a junior at the University of Houston, majoring in Mathematics.

Giuliana Velez is a movement artist, choreographer, and DJ based in Houston, Texas. She earned her BFA in Dance from the University of Texas at Austin and currently serves as a resident artist at Project Row Houses. Giuliana’s movement practice is rooted in versatility, curiosity, and cultural preservation- spanning street, contemporary, hip hop, Latin, and modern dance vocabularies.Giuliana’s choreographic work often incorporates collaboration, improvisation, and storytelling across live performance and digital platforms. Her recent works have been presented at the Cohen New Works Festival (2025) and the American College Dance Association (2023). As her practice continues to evolve, she remains dedicated to challenging traditional hierarchies in dance and cultivating spaces where underrepresented forms thrive and transform the stage.​

Isabel Villegas is a Houston based interdisciplinary artist that discovered her passion for expression through dance. Using the language of dance as her primary medium of expression, Isabel creates a commentary on the prevalent themes of the human experience. Her process includes an exploration of the merging of different mediums to reflect her inner process, experiences, and observations. Born and raised in Houston, Isabel has always been attuned to the ways in which culture, nature, connection come together to create a constant coming of age story that is the human experience. Isabel has a Bachelors of science in psychology with a minor in Human development and family studies from the University of Houston. Feeling deeply called to service and connection, she uses art to accentuate her perspectives and call attention to what humanity needs most, love.

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