Arts & Culture
Houston Ballet at 50 – The Nutcracker
Posted on · Stanton Welch & Jennifer Sommers discuss the role of female characters in Houston Ballet's newest production of The Nutcracker.
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Houston Matters
Bees Communicate Through Dance, So Houston Dancers Communicate About Bees
Posted on · A series of performances called "Colony" meditates on humanity's relationship with bees.
Houston Matters
Wednesday’s Show: The Week In Politics, And Anderson Cooper (Oct. 9, 2019)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: We review the week in politics, CNN's Anderson Cooper talks about his upcoming live stage show in Houston, and a dance performance meditates on our relationship with honeybees.
Houston Matters
Bachata Champions Highlight Houston’s Latin Dance Scene
Posted on · Champion dancers Marco Espejo and Sara Panero recently taught Latin dance enthusiasts at a Houston festival.
Unwrap Your Candies Now
Houston’s New Poet Laureate Hopes To Change Lives And TUTS Presents “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway”
Posted on · The recently-appointed Houston Poet Laureate shares how poetry can used for healing, and a Tony Award-winning classic is reborn.
Houston Matters
Afro-Latin Music And Dance Festival Celebrates Its Fifth Year
Posted on · Raul Edwards, the event's founder, talks about the festival and its origins.
Houston Matters
CounterCurrent Festival Highlights Female And Minority Empowerment
Posted on · Houston Matters learns more about the annual CounterCurrent festival, a multi-day event featuring themes driven by women and artists of color sharing their perspectives.
Arts & Culture
A Man In A Tutu? Performance Questions Gender Roles In Dance
Posted on · Choreographer Garrett Smith takes on traditional gender roles in dance with 'Imitations,' his piece at this year's Dance Salad Festival.
Houston Matters
Falling In Love With Belly Dancing
Posted on · Houstonian Ronnette Ramirez talks about how she became a belly dancer.
Houston Matters
Turns Out Being The Sugar Plum Fairy Is A Pretty Demanding Job
Posted on · You might not think being a ballet dancer is a 40-hour-per-week job, but Kim Stafford, a former dancer for the Houston Ballet, says rising to the rank of Sugar Plum Fairy was a pretty grueling task.
Theater District Open House
Variety, Quality, And Access With SPA
Posted on · A preview of Society for the Performing Arts' upcoming season and their presence at Theater District Open House 2017.
Houston Matters
Dance Production At MATCH Uses Indian Arts To Tell Global Story
Posted on · KĀVYA: Poetry in Motion uses classical Indian dance forms as well as modern dance, unified with poetry and music to tell stories of the human experience.
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Full Show: Illegal Drug Trends In Houston, And Tomlinson Hill (Aug. 15, 2017)
Posted on · What's the most-used illegal drug in Greater Houston? And how has drug use in the city and Texas changed over the years? The leading researcher in the state answers those questions.
Houston Matters
Society for the Performing Arts Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
Posted on · (Above: The interior of Houston’s Jones Hall. Image Courtesy: SPA Houston) The Houston-based Society for the Performing Arts is somewhat unique in the region’s arts scene because it features, well, a little bit of everything. SPA performances range from musical acts to puppetry shows to dance companies to appearances by authors. This year, SPA celebrates its 50th anniversary […]
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Dance Salad Festival: Turning Shakespeare into Modern Dance
Posted on · This week (April 13-15, 2017), dance troupes spanning genres and countries are descending on Houston for the annual Dance Salad Festival from the Houston International Dance Coalition. One such group is the Susanna Leinonen Company of Finland, which will perform two pieces: a modern dance interpretation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and a contemporary piece called […]