Urban Souls Dance Company presents its 6th Annual Dancing with the Houston Stars, hosted by reigning champions Jackie Adams and Chauncy Glover. Houston celebrities will be paired with dance company members for a fierce dance competition while raising funds to support the programming of USDC.Read more
A celebration of the past and future as the Glee Club club concludes their celebration of the dear University's bicentennial and their director Dr. Eugene Rogers' final season with the group. The MGC will perform a retrospective concert of past pieces performed and new works that look to the future.Read more
Ten choreographers create ten short dances in one very large space, but for one very small stage: a raised cube with a 4′ x 4′ playing space. During the 2018 CounterCurrent festival, the fourth annual Ten Tiny Dances® will focus on themes of “color” to be interpreted by audience and artists alike. Audiences are asked to attend in all-white to fully embrace the theme and immerse themselves in the interactive nature of this work.Read more
Race Cards takes place in a room containing 1,000 questions about race, written by artist Selina Thompson. You’re invited to answer one of them.Read more
A play on Spanish words “patrones y conductas,” literally translating to “patterns and behaviors,” but in the feminine form, Patronas y Conductas, addresses the norms imposed by employers in work settings.Read more
Exploring cultural transformations through art, Skvirsky creates work around the concepts of racial genealogy and family traditions. Existing at the intersection of history and collective memory, Kinswoman delves into stories of migration and transitory existence from a distinctly female perspective.Read more
Horse Dream Horse is a new work by Cynthia Woods Mitchell/ School of Art fellow, Mateo Tannatt, situated at the intersections of theater, scripted performance, art, music video, and sculptural installation.Read more
Houston artist Carrie Schneider organizes a series of public conversations across disciplines and along parallel lines of inquiry. CounterCurrent festival artists and University of Houston faculty experts engage in lively discussion about themes and concepts connected to this year’s festival programming.Read more
Responding directly to the people and objects around her, Gutierrez crafts a traveling performance to challenge concepts of performance and place.Read more
An intimate film portrait of writer, performer, and Mitchell Center + Project Row Houses Artist in Residence, Okwui Okpokwasili, and her acclaimed one-woman show, Bronx Gothic.Read more
