Contemporary dance prevails this autumn in Houston, with two events in particular focusing on themes of color, literal and figurative. They are major works that suggest a new, prosperous and invigorating period in this city’s dance scene. The premiere of choreographer Karen Stokes and composer  Bill Ryan’s The Secondary Colors in Houston (see my preview story in Houston … [Read more...] about Color My World With Hopes
Houston Ballet
Preliminary data, first experiments
Now mostly settled in their stellar downtown Dance Center on Preston Street, on Sunday evening artists of Houston Ballet gave a private showing of their Choreographic Workshop 2011 in the Margaret Alkek Williams Dance Lab. This isn't a laboratory per se, but what looks more like a black-box theater to the average eye. The "preliminary data" from these first experiments … [Read more...] about Preliminary data, first experiments