Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, the Terra Nostra Ensemble closes their season with a trip to Mexico. Centered around Silvestre Revueltas’ string quartet “Musica de Feria,” the program includes a special collaboration with acclaimed mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte.Read more
Ad Deum’s presentation of In The Light of Beauty is offered as a gift of transcendence. Our desire and our mission is to take our audience to a higher place; a place where joy, wonder, peace and hope can flood and fill the heart and soul. We offer our gift of dance as a sacrament, preparing a place of communion through moving images of redemptive beauty. Read more
Celebrating diversity and cultural awareness, Rice University Arts of Tolerance presents Dance for Humanity Series, an exciting and dynamic program uniting people from multiple cultural backgrounds into one program.Read more
"EL ARCA DE JOSE"; a collective creation of the Teatro Pedro group based on a dynamic of integral theatrical teaching called EL JUEGO. The work is about Jose, an ordinary man who one day God appears to him and orders him to build an ark for the salvation from the next universal flood that will occur in just three more days.This work seeks to be able to reflect in an frontal way uncomfortable aspects of our society that very often try to be evaded and ignored, realities that we do not like to face openly; all in a language of reflective comedy. Read more
In the festival’s closing night program, six Latino/a choreographers share their choreographic offerings. The evening includes new dances from Joel Aguilera, Jessica Figueroa, Sarah Sanchez (Nacogdoches, Texas), Paty Lorena Solorzano (Puebla, Mexico), Carlos Perez, and Bonnie Cox (Austin, Texas). Paty Solorzano will facilitate a panel discussion at the end of the program.Read more
Artistic Director and choreographer Elisa De La Rosa dives into her second evening-length show that celebrates her Mexican American experiences as a Latina Woman in the United States, tracking back and exploring her family's rich heritage. Vida y Corazon is a celebration of life, love, sacrifice, and strength. The contemporary dance that results from this exploration will be accompanied by the tunes of traditional Mexican folk, mariachi, and ranchera music. Read more
Cholorocks piece, Catharsis is an evening of dance that tugs at your heart strings. Each choreography is inspired by the emotional aspect of the human experience. From happiness to heartbreak; this show is intended to facilitate release, and thereby provide comfort from strong and sometimes inhibited emotions. The music that accompanies this show is by some very important and inspirational Latino artists who are amazing storytellers. Read more
Group Acorde will create a new original work showcasing one of its founding members, Brazilian born and raised, Roberta Paixao Cortes. Her Choreography will be accompanied by an original musical score inspired by various Brazilian musicians and composed by Seth Paynter and Thomas Helton. The evening will also revisit and expand on one of her early works for the company: "Fear: a work in progress." The company's works will tell Roberta's story of immigrating to Houston from Porto Alegre, Brazil seventeen years ago and the many struggles she encountered daily in trying to belong to a different culture, city, and country. Read more
Brilliant Women In Film is hosting their 1st annual Film Festival and we're celebrating women from all around the world! Screenwriters and Actors are submitting their work for all over to compete with other talented and gifted female film makers. Our goal is to provide a platform for women to not only tell their stories but to also produce them. On this night, we will honor our semi-finalist and our finalist and premiere their movie. Its a great time in history where women are being heard and we are cheering them on! Read more
In Loop38's season 4 finale, we turn our focus to five composers of our own city: Theo Chandler, Shi Hui Chen, Gabriela Lena Frank, Charles Halka, and Tim Holt.Read more
