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Category: Dance

Unwrap Your Candies Now

Houston’s New Poet Laureate Hopes To Change Lives And TUTS Presents “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway”

Catherine Lu

Posted on May 31, 2019 · The recently-appointed Houston Poet Laureate shares how poetry can used for healing, and a Tony Award-winning classic is reborn.

Tags Dan Knechtges dance houston poet laureate Jerome Robbins Broadway Leslie Contreras Schwartz mental health musical theater poetry Theatre Under the Stars TUTS Unwrap Your Candies Now

Unwrap Your Candies Now

Jessica Collado Stars In Houston Ballet’s The Merry Widow And Meg Booth Takes The Helm of SPA

Catherine Lu

Posted on May 17, 2019 · We introduce you to Houston ballerina Jessica Collado and the Society for the Performing Arts’ new leader Meg Booth.

Tags houston ballet Jessica Collado Meg Booth Society for the Performing Arts The Merry Widow Unwrap Your Candies Now

Mockingbird & Armadillo

WATCH: Arabic Karaoke | Mockingbird & Armadillo

Ernie Manouse

Posted on February 14, 2019 · Every other week, people from all across the Houston area gather at Dandanah Café & Grill to let their voices be heard - in Arabic... Welcome to Arabic Karaoke!

Tags Arabic Arabic American Arabic Culture Arabic Karaoke Arabic Music Dandanah Cafe ernie manouse Folk Dancing Folkoholic Dance Theatre Hani Kashou karaoke Maestro Karaoke Rebal Shurbaji

Mockingbird & Armadillo

WATCH: Lunar New Year | Mockingbird & Armadillo

Ernie Manouse

Posted on January 31, 2019 · The Lunar New Year celebration begins next week as communities across Houston, and across the globe, welcome the Year of the Pig!

Tags Asia Asia Society asian culture chinese culture Chinese New Year Dragon Dance ernie manouse houston houston public media Lion Dance Lunar New Year OAEC Oriental Arts Education Center Shaolin Kung Fu Academy Shaolin Warrior Year of the Pig

Concert photo of string quartet and dancers

Encore Houston

Encore Houston, Episode 89: Apollo Chamber Players

Joshua Zinn

Posted on January 2, 2019 · The Apollo Chamber Players perform Brazilian music from Marcelo Zarvos, Leo Brouwer, and Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Tags apollo chamber players brazil Encore Houston houston ballet METdance

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Is Houston’s Cultural Community Ready for the Next Storm?

Allison Lee

Posted on October 8, 2018 · Workshops aim to help post-Harvey arts community prepare for disasters

Tags arts and culture Houston Arts Alliance Hurricane Harvey

Arts & Culture

Houston Ballet Celebrates The City’s Resilience After Harvey

Catherine Lu

Posted on June 6, 2018 · The company has created a program of dance and poetry inspired by Houston’s survival from the storm, including its own.

Tags Deborah DEEP Mouton harvey houston ballet Outspoken Bean play poetry Stanton Welch

Dance Salad - Garrett Smith's Imitations

Arts & Culture

A Man In A Tutu? Performance Questions Gender Roles In Dance

Michael Hagerty

Posted on March 28, 2018 · Choreographer Garrett Smith takes on traditional gender roles in dance with 'Imitations,' his piece at this year's Dance Salad Festival.

Tags choreographer choreography dance Dance Salad Garrett Smith gender gender roles Michael Hagerty

Wortham Center Repairs

Houston Matters

Houston Ballet Staff Share Their Harvey Recovery Story At National Conference

Michael Hagerty

Posted on March 15, 2018 · The Ballet's Mary Elsey and Travis Richardson hope to help other arts organizations be better prepared for a natural disaster.

Tags arts organizations flooding George R. Brown Convention Center Hobby Center houston ballet Hurricane Harvey Mary Elsey Michael Hagerty renovations Smart Financial Centre Travis Richardson USITT2018 Wortham Center

Ernie at the Rodeo

WATCH: Garth Brooks Talks To Ernie Manouse Before Houston Rodeo Starts

HPM Digital Team

Posted on February 27, 2018 · Country superstar Garth Brooks will perform at NRG Stadium on Tuesday, February 27

Tags Country ernie manouse garth brooks houston livestock show and rodeo rodeo rodeo houston

Belly Dancer

Houston Matters

Falling In Love With Belly Dancing

Abner Fletcher

Posted on November 16, 2017 · Houstonian Ronnette Ramirez talks about how she became a belly dancer.

Tags belly dancer belly dancing dance Ronnette Ramirez

Houston Matters

Turns Out Being The Sugar Plum Fairy Is A Pretty Demanding Job

Abner Fletcher

Posted on November 1, 2017 · 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.

Tags ballet dance houston ballet Kim Stafford

Houston Matters

New Floor Keeps Houston Ballet Dancing After Harvey

Catherine Lu

Posted on October 24, 2017 · With its Wortham Center home closed for flood repairs, the company may have to relocate of all it shows this season to alternate venues – venues that don’t necessarily have the proper dance floor. But a generous donation has ensured the show will go on.

Tags Angie Lane dance floor harvey houston ballet Lynn Wyatt

Dance

A Day In The Life Of An Artist: Marlana Doyle

Catherine Lu

Posted on October 6, 2017 · The dancer-choreographer-Artistic Director describes a day filled with traffic, rehearsals, multi-tasking, two very cute girls … and cheese.

Tags A Day in the Life of an Artist Houston Met Marlana Doyle Met dance

Picture of Lauren Anderson in the ballet studio

Hurricane Harvey

Stranded Houston Ballet Instructor Teaches Montana Kids

Erin Loranger, Associated Press

Posted on August 30, 2017 · On Tuesday, Anderson taught a three-hour rehearsal with Queen City students to wrap up her fifth day teaching in Helena.

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What overturning Roe v. Wade signals about politics and the judiciary (June 27, 2022)

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