DSH Member Directory
Member Title
Primary Contact First Name
Roberta Paixao
Primary Contact Last Name
Cortes
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary
Short Description
Group Acorde's mission is to cultivate and educate diverse audiences through live, thought-provoking, original and affordable performance collaborations between contemporary dance and experimental music. The company broadens its reach through community partnerships that aim to include and engage people from all walks of life through education, dialogue and accessibility.
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Member Title
Primary Contact First Name
Angela
Primary Contact Last Name
Lee
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Ballet
Short Description
Houston Ballet is the fourth largest ballet company in the country and was founded in 1955 to create a resident ballet company in Houston, Texas.
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Member Title
Primary Contact First Name
Marlana
Primary Contact Last Name
Doyle
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary
Short Description
The Houston Contemporary Dance Company’s mission is to ignite passion for contemporary dance by providing world-class professional repertory concert performances and community engagement activities that are accessible to all regardless of race, culture, sexual orientation, gender, gender variance, or nationality.
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Primary Contact First Name
Michelle
Primary Contact Last Name
Smith
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Modern, Multidisciplinary, Musical Theatre, Tap, Theatre Jazz
Short Description
Move. Evolve. Belong.
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Member Title
Primary Contact First Name
Rathna
Primary Contact Last Name
Kumar
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Indian
Short Description
Samskriti, as it is popularly known, is the first and premiere non profit Indian American arts organization in Texas, established in 1994. Its mission is to be an effective cultural conduit between the East and the West, narrowing the cultural divide through performances of different traditional Indian art forms that inform and educate while entertaining diverse audiences.
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Member Title
Primary Contact First Name
Marlana
Primary Contact Last Name
Doyle
Member Category
Affiliate Type
Dance Genre(s)
African, Ballet, Contemporary, Hip hop, Jazz, Modern, Tap, Theatre Jazz
Short Description
Our mission is to ignite passion for contemporary dance by providing superior quality dance education, world-class concert performances, and community building and outreach that is wholly inclusive and accessible to all.
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Member Title
Primary Contact First Name
Isabel
Primary Contact Last Name
Villegas
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary
Short Description
Isabel "Izzy" Villegas is a multidisciplinary artist that uses dance to articulate her perspective on the human experience. Using the language of dance to accentuate her perspective, she combines a range of different artistic mediums to create a commentary on prevalent themes of the human experience.
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Primary Contact First Name
Isabella
Primary Contact Last Name
Mireles Vik
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary
Short Description
Isabella Mireles Vik is a movement artist, performer, choreographer and artistic director based in Houston TX. Their primary focus is on contemporary movement methodologies and body performance practices which include, improvisation, contemporary dance techniques, physical theater and body modification. In 2023, Vik established the movement performance project "AUFHEBEN" as artistic director and choreographer. Aufheben is a project based contemporary movement project and school of artistic thought.
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Member Title
Primary Contact First Name
Brett
Primary Contact Last Name
Ishida
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary
Short Description
ISHIDA Dance Company is a new world-class contemporary dance company for Houston presenting new creations and works by contemporary masters that have never premiered in Houston.
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Member Title
Primary Contact First Name
Jai
Primary Contact Last Name
Alexander
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary, Heels, Hip hop, Jazz
Short Description
Jai Alexander is a movement experimentalist and creative based in Houston, Texas. His unique movement vocabulary draws inspiration from the fluidity of roller-coaster rides, the rhythmic patterns of waves, and movements that deeply resonates with the human body. Jai is currently furthering his studies in the Theater and Dance Department at Lamar University, where he also serves as the Administrative Assistant for Aimed Dance, a non-profit Dance Company dedicated to enriching the South-East Texas community. Recently, his work has been presented at DanceSource Houston’s Mind The Gap XXIV (2024) and Pilot Dance Project’s 4th Annual Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival. (2024) Additionally, Jai has presented his work at this summer’s Oklahoma Contemporary Dance Festival (2024) as a resident choreographer.
Member Title
Primary Contact First Name
Jamie
Primary Contact Last Name
Williams
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Multidisciplinary
Short Description
Jamie Williams holds a Bachelors Degree and a Masters Degree in Dance from Sam Houston State University. She is a certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst through Integrated Movement Studies (IMS) and a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200-hour level. Jamie currently serves as a dance professor and the dance program coordinator for San Jacinto College in Houston, Texas.
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Primary Contact First Name
Jasmine Seungyeon
Primary Contact Last Name
Yoo
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Ballet, Contemporary
Short Description
I graduated from Boston Conservatory and moved to Houston to join Ad Deum Dance Company. Currently, I am focusing on teaching ballet and contemporary dance to the next generation.
Member Title
Primary Contact First Name
Jessie
Primary Contact Last Name
Ferguson
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary
Short Description
Jessie Ferguson, born and raised in Houston, Texas, holds a BFA in Dance from the George Mason University School of Dance under the direction of Karen Reedy. She began her dance training at Move Dance and Fitness under the direction of Mallorie Marion. In 2020, Jessie graduated as a dance major from Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts under the direction of Janie Carothers and Courtney D. Jones. Throughout her years, she has performed works by Martha Graham, Sidra Bell, Amy Miller, Janie Carothers, Gage Self, Courtney D. Jones, Peter Chu, among others.
Choreographically, Jessie has taken advantage of every possibility to create on her peers and has continued developing her choreographic voice. In 2022, Jessie was selected for the Aimed Dance Emerging Choreographer Fellowship during the Young Artists Program, where she created a work entitled “Telephone.” Most recently, Jessie was selected to present her work, “When the Owl Came to Me", at the 2023 Barnstorm Dance Fest in Houston, TX.
Choreographically, Jessie has taken advantage of every possibility to create on her peers and has continued developing her choreographic voice. In 2022, Jessie was selected for the Aimed Dance Emerging Choreographer Fellowship during the Young Artists Program, where she created a work entitled “Telephone.” Most recently, Jessie was selected to present her work, “When the Owl Came to Me", at the 2023 Barnstorm Dance Fest in Houston, TX.
Member Title
Primary Contact First Name
jhon r.
Primary Contact Last Name
stronks
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary, Jazz, Modern, Multidisciplinary
Short Description
#yaydance
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Member Title
Primary Contact First Name
Heather
Primary Contact Last Name
Steele
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Multidisciplinary
Short Description
Juxtapose Arts Collective is multi disciplinary performing arts company bringing together dancers musical theatre artists, live music and more.
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Primary Contact First Name
Kalpana
Primary Contact Last Name
Subbarao
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Indian
Short Description
Kathak
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