Video of artists in Barnstorm Dance Fest 2024. Videography by SETSVN.
Barnstorm Dance Fest 2025 Dates:
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August 1, 2024 – Performance application open -
September 1, 2024 – Film application open -
September 5, 2024 – Performance application deadline -
September 12, 2024 – Performance application extended deadline -
October 1, 2024 – Film application deadline -
November 22, 2024 – Applicant notification
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April 28-May 3, 2025 – Festival dates
Barnstorm Dance Fest celebrates the breadth, depth, and diversity of dance in Greater Houston and beyond. The festival showcases the vibrancy of dance in Houston and provides audiences with an exciting sampling of dance genres. Begun in 2015, Barnstorm includes three unique programs and showcases more than 20 works annually, including live performance and dance on film, as well as workshops, artist panel discussions, and more. The festival features dancemakers from our city, region, and across the country, highlighting emerging and established dancemakers working in a wide range of styles.
Thank You Barnstorm Dance Fest 2024 Artists & Patrons!
Dance Source Houston presented Barnstorm Dance Fest 2024 from May 28-June 1. Featuring 19 live performance works, 5 dance on films, 4 classes, and 3 artist talks, the festival was a whirlwind of dance. Thank you to this year’s choreographers, performers, curators, crew, audience members and donors! We can’t wait to do it all again in 2025.
Photos by Tati Vice.
Questions?
Have questions about the festival? Read our FAQs for the answers to commonly asked questions. If it’s not answered there please send us a message at [email protected] with “Barnstorm Question” as the email subject. Thanks!
Past Festivals
ARCOS Dance
Alisa Mittin
Andee Scott
Becky Valls
Catalina Alexandra
City Dance / Jaimee Vilela Navarrete
Cori Miller
Dark Circles Contemporary Dance
Dionne Noble
FLY Dance Company
Jasmine Hearn
Joel Rivera
LEON Contemporary Dance Company
LaFeiama
Lori Yuill
MET Dance
Nritya Dance Company
Open Dance Project
Sonkiss’d Dance Theater
Texas A&M Dance/Jane Weiner
Tribe Kalyani
Ad Deum Dance Company
Amy Elizabeth
Ashley Horn
Autumn Knight
Brittany Bass
ChapmanDance
Courtney D. Jones/CDJ DANCE
Dark Circles Contemporary Dance/Joshua L. Peugh
Dwain Travis
Emily Robison
Felicia Thomas
Group Acorde
Helanius J. Wilkins
Houston Repertory Dance Ensemble
iMEE
Jacquelyne Jay Boe
Jasmine Hearn
John Beasant III
Laura Gutierrez
Roxanne Claire
The Theorists
6 Degrees
AJ Garcia-Rameau
ARCOS
Abijan Johnson
Bombshell Dance Project
Brother(hood) Dance!
Danielle Georgiou Dance Group
ENZO CELLI | Vivo Ballet
Elijah Gibson
Felicia Thomas
Group Acorde
Heather vonReichbauer
Jennifer Mabus
John Beasant III
Kalpana Subbarao
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company
Laura Harrell
Michelle Cantua
Nritya Dance Company
Open Dance Project
Tawnya Kannarr
Timithy Holecek
Ty Lewis
Abijan Johnson
Alexa Capareda
Allen LaPoint
Ashley Horn
Ayan Felix
Elijah Gibson
Eric Williams
Evelyn Toh
Indian Raga
Jordan Fuchs
Kara Stenz & Katie Rodrigues
Kate Rash
Kathak Rhythms
Lindsay Gary
Lisa Harris
NobleMotion Dance
Sal Maktoub
Sam Hendricks
Samskriti
Shanon Adame
The Theorists
Travis Prokop
Adam Castaneda
Ayan Felix
Derek Nicholson
Full Circle Dance
Group Acorde
iMEE
Jaime Frugé-Walne
Jennifer Mabus
Joel Aguilera
Kalpana Subbarao
Luke Smith
MotionVivid
Open Dance Project
Rasika Borse & Soul Feet Dance
Renzo Jimenez
Shaun Keylock
Tejas Dance
Teresa Chapman
The Anjali Dance Company
Uwazi Zamani
Anna Bauer
Bones and Memory Dance / Heather vonReichbauer
Carlos Perez
Claudia Orcasitas
Jacqueline Bobet
Jennifer Mabus
Jessica Figueroa
Joel Aguilera
Kanami Nakabayashi
KoumanKe’le’ African Dance & Drum Ensemble
Mark Gonzalez
Mohini Studio / Saraswathy Lakshmivaraham
Nia’s Daughters Movement Collective / Stacey Allen
Rivkah French Choreography
Roberta Paixao Cortes
SalaRu Sri Lankan Cultural Academy / Saliya Bandara Ilankoon
Shaun Keylock Dance Company
Tehillah Hartmann
Ty Lewis
Ventana Ballet
*Due to the necessary shift from the in-person, live performance format to the 2020 digital version, not all selected artists were able to participate in the festival.
Aimed Dance
Ayan Felix
Blake Daniels
ChrisMastersDance | Ex-Fiancée
Clara A. Mohagen
Donna Crump
Evelyn Toh
Ilia Borodine
Jakari Sherman | Company XV
JuJu Strolling Thru
Justin Curry
Kay Collymore
Kemi OG
Kirstin Grbic ft. S.O.U.L.A.S.P.H.E.R.E.
Mark Freeman
Marta Arjona | Maite Blasco | Raquel Rodríguez
Matty Owens
Morgan Sandlin
Sadhana & Bhavana Gollapudi
SETSVN
Shaun Keylock
Social Movement Contemporary Dance
Sonali Loomba
The Pilot Dance Project
Timothy Amirault
Two To Tango
Tyler Orcutt
YungChris
Aileen Li
Anna Bauer & Jairus Carr
Chathuri Nirosha
Helanius J. Wilkins
Jessie Ferguson
Katie Nicole Harmon
Kaylah Alexander
Keeley Dunnam
LaKesha Sowell
Loren Holmes
Jennifer Akalina Petuch & Annali Rose
Jen Passios & Jacob Regan
Jennifer Salter
Jennifer Scully-Thurston
John Beasant III
Justin Curry
Lauren Serrano
Mark Freeman
Matty Owens
Nia’s Daughters Movement Collective
NobleMotion Dance
Quinton Brooks
Stacey Allen
Tempest McLendon
Terrill D. Mitchell
TranScend Motion | Sarah Tran
Travis Lake
Uwazi Zamani
*Artists in italics denote dance on film.
2023 Festival curators: Lavanya Rajagopalan, Armando Silva, and Jennifer Sommers
Alexander Schellow
Deepta Seshadri
Garage Arts Project Dance Ensemble
Haley Lee
Hannah MacKenzie-Margulies
Jadd Tank
Jax Neal
Jennifer Mabus
Lauren Serrano
Lilly Rae Thurman
Loren Holmes
Mark Aguilar
Rivkah French
Sarah Farnsley
Sheena Kapila
Silambam Houston
Stacey Allen
Tarika Nath
The Pilot Dance Project
Travis Prokop
Valeria Galluccio
Versaille Jones
Violet Moon
*Artists in italics denote dance on film.
2024 Festival curators: Roberta Paixao Cortes, Lori Yuill, and Uwazi Zamani