Barnstorm Dance Fest

Barnstorm showcases the vibrancy of dance in Houston and provides audiences with an exciting sampling of dance genres. The festival includes three unique programs, including 19 live performance works and 9 dance films by dancemakers from our city, region, and across the country. Highlighting the emerging and established dancemakers working in a wide range of styles and featuring both newcomers and audience favorites, each program will be presented twice during the festival. This year’s Barnstorm programs were curated by Lavanya Rajagopalan, Armando Silva, and Jennifer Sommers.

Schedule:

10-11:30am: TranScend Motion | Sarah Tran

Houston MET Dance

Framework: A Contemporary Technique Practice is an evolving and rigorous practice by Helanius J. Wilkins that transforms technique class into a laboratory for examining, exploring, and discovering bodily movements in real time. Informed by architectural concepts, the joy of daring dance is experienced through the activity of framing and re-framing structures where individual and collective discoveries can be made. By assembling structures for students to inhabit, the goal of Framework is to question communication, refine technical ability and artistry, and interrogate one’s interior material.

Program A - Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston

7:30 PM followed by Artist Talk

Jennifer Salter
John Beasant III
Justin Curry
Kaylah Alexander
Keeley Dunnam
Mark Freeman
Matty Owens
Nia’s Daughters Movement Collective
Terrill D. Mitchell
Uwazi Zamani

Tickets:
Single program $25* (on sale beginning May 4)
3 program pass $70
*DSH members receive $5 off single program tickets
All festival pass (includes 3 programs and SPARK ticket) $115 – Only available through May 3

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