stirs up still things includes world premieres by ISHIDA based on original poetic narratives and works by emerging and renown international choreographers. "Among dim shapes” by ISHIDA follows an intimate relationship and the ghosts they carry triggered by archetypal patterns. The program also includes a new creation by Swedish dancer, film director, and choreographer John Wannehag formerly with Tanzmainz, and a new work by award-winning British Finnish choreographer Kristian Lever. Lever returns to Houston having been featured at Dance Salad in 2019 and with the US premiere “An Intimate Distance” – an athletic men’s duet presented by ISHIDA in March 2022, originally created on Hamburg Ballet.

Broadway World said ISHIDA’s program in August was “an amazing showcase of modern contemporary dance” and “an incredible boon to the Houston art scene."Read more

This Winter, Houston's premiere multicultural ensemble takes inspiration from the Moon shining in the night sky. Enjoy lunar melodies from Armenia, Taiwan, Canada, and more, as well as holiday favorites from England, France, Puerto Rico, Denmark, Poland, and Norway.Read more

Join Houston Bronze Ensemble, Houston’s premier handbell ensemble, for A Jazzy Little Christmas! This family-friendly concert features the songs you love in a variety of jazz styles.Read more

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A gay man and a straight former Marine — each suffering from survivor’s guilt, each out of control — forge an unlikely bond.

Here’s your chance to see the final workshop of Honor before it premieres September 30 - October 29, 2023 at Art/NY’s Gural Theatre in Manhattan, directed by Gerald vanHeerden.

This presentation of Honor is made possible through the creative collaboration between The Ted Swindley Theatre Workshop and  Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.

Runtime is 85 minutes with one 15-minute intermission.Read more

The Michele Brangwen Dance & Music Ensemble will perform Asa Nisi Masa, a new work that takes its title from the childhood incantation spoken in Federico Fellini's film 8 1/2. The phrase Asa Nisi Masa conjures a beautiful memory for the main character in the film of a time filled with compassion and love. Asa Nisi Masa, with choreography and costumes by Michele Brangwen and music composed by Danielle Reich, Thomas Helton and Tim Hagans, also features movement and music created spontaneously in the moment by all performers.

The program will also include our ecstatic Unending, the wildest work in our repertoire, with choreography by Michele Brangwem, music by Tim Hagans, and movement and music created in the moment by all performers.

There has been so much sadness and loss, we wanted to present a joyous and healing program.

Performers are Lindsey McGill, Cristian Laverde König, Michele Brangwen, dancers; Tim Hagans, trumpet; Michael Eaton, saxophones; Thomas Helton, bass; Sam Knight, drums.

Please note our Covid-19 policies: For the safety of our artists and audience members, masks are required in the theater, with no exceptions.Read more

The Fairytale Project is a historically inspired tale of a young African American family re-connecting with their East Texas roots. With peculiar encounters with the past- the family cherishes the things that matter the most- family, faith, love and legacy.

The Fairytale Project is inspired by the historical accounts of Jim and Winnie Shankle. Jim, Winnie, and their children were separated when Winnie's master sold her and their children to a slaveholder in Deep East Texas. Unwilling to live without his family, Jim Shankle tested his faith by escaping slavery and making the journey to East Texas through dense forests and the Mississippi River. Reuniting under a Sycamore tree, the reunited couple along with other community members founded Shankleville, which is one of Texas' many Freedom Colonies. Their descendants honor and commemorate their resilience, bravery, and love.

Pneuma is a new dance work by local dance artist Kristina Prats that explores our innate connection to nature, and the idea that from ashes we rise, and to ashes we will return. Pneuma is a representation of the spirit and soul that grounds and connects us to nature and all that it gifts to us.Read more

Re/membering Bamboula/Embodying Home is a choreographic and multimedia exploration of (d)ancestors. The piece utilizes genealogies, geographies, archives, and embodied re-enactment to trace and uncover one of Louisiana's oldest African dances, the Bamboula, and ultimately, to journey closer to those who developed it.Read more

Decision Trees is an evening-length, collaborative intermedia work arranged by Paul Kasperitis for Houston Fringe Festival 2022, centering around his series of compositions by the same name.

Decision Trees are quasi-graphical scores inspired by the mathematical field of combinatorics that invite the performer to choose their own path through a complex web of possibilities. The Decision Trees are framed in a form which itself explores all possible configurations of the members in the ensemble and is pinned together by interludes crafted by the performers themselves.

The Magpie Parliament Society is an ongoing collective art project facilitated by Paul Kasperitis and Mark Medina; established in 2019 through a series of livestreamed improvisations, the mission of MPS is to seek out people with a penchant for the offbeat and see what happens when they bring their minds and oddities together.Read more

Basta de sentirte triste, poco atractiva porque tus curvas ya no son las mismas de cuando tenías 20 años. Llegó el momento de entregarte a tus años y abrazarlos completamente para sentirte perfecta tal y como eres: una mujer hermosa, valiente, inteligente, guerrera, llena de virtudes y por supuesto de defectos, como cualquier terrenal, con la diferencia, de que ahora estás consciente de ellos, los trabajas e intentas ser un mejor ser humano todos los días.Y es que cuando las “tonas” nos entonamos, sabemos que todo es posible, solo que a veces nos hace falta ese empujoncito que nos lleva a reconciliarnos con nosotras mismas para entender que si nos equivocamos o no, estamos en el momento justo, en el tiempo perfecto, para rectificar y volver a intentarlo. “FelizmenteTonas”, el monólogo presentado por la periodista y empresaria colombiana, Lizzette Díaz, autora del libro “Felizmente 40tona”, quien después de cinco años de este lanzamiento, decidió enfrentar un nuevo reto, esta vez sobre las tablas, con este monólogo introspectivo, reflexivo, pero sobre todo, profundamente divertido.Read more

Join us for a unique program of contemporary and traditional indigenous Moroccan dance choreographed and performed by Kristina Koutsoudas and company, including dancers participating in a recent program of classes sponsored by a Let Creativity Happen Grant through the Houston Arts Alliance and the city of Houston and Dance Source Houston. Read more