DSH Member Directory
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Adele
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Nickel
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Amy
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Ell
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Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary
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Long time modern dancer/creator working anywhere within the performance arena, up, down, on a wall, in a tree, anywhere.
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Andee
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Scott
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Dance Genre(s)
Modern
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Andee is a dancer, teacher, and maker, and her interest in dance as public art has led to her creating, curating, and producing site-specific dance performance events including Dance in the Time of Coronavirus, Our Town, and Our Trail in St. Petersburg and Pinellas County, FL. Andee was a member of Sharir+Bustamante Danceworks and Blue Lapis Light (founding member) in Austin, TX, as well as Deja Donne in Italy and is presently touring Jeanine Durning's The Invitation Situation with Clare Croft, Heidi Brewer, and Mary Williford-Shade. Scott was a resident artist at Djerassi in 2011 and is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University.
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Andrea
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Vazquez Aguirre
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Multidisciplinary
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Group of crossdisciplinary artists
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Ashley
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Horn
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Dance Genre(s)
Modern
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Ashley Horn is a Houston-based choreographer, dancer, costume and set designer, video, and installation artist. Her work has an immersive quality exemplified by her unique and highly detailed production elements paired with athletic, innovative, and intensely human movement vocabulary.
Ashley began choreographing in Houston in 2004 and has since deepened the audience experience of her work by becoming skilled in costume and set design, video, alternative lighting techniques, and installation art. Her work is often sight specific and has been performed in Houston locations such as The Orange Show, Smither Park, Blaffer Gallery, and on a Metro Lightrail station as well as traditional performance venues. Ashley has costumed noted Houston Dance Companies such as Karen Stokes Dance, Open Dance Project, The Pilot Dance Project, and Houston Metropolitan Dance as well as many independent choreographers.
Ashley is a committed arts educator and is a teacher and dance education specialist at Hope Stone, Inc.
Ashley began choreographing in Houston in 2004 and has since deepened the audience experience of her work by becoming skilled in costume and set design, video, alternative lighting techniques, and installation art. Her work is often sight specific and has been performed in Houston locations such as The Orange Show, Smither Park, Blaffer Gallery, and on a Metro Lightrail station as well as traditional performance venues. Ashley has costumed noted Houston Dance Companies such as Karen Stokes Dance, Open Dance Project, The Pilot Dance Project, and Houston Metropolitan Dance as well as many independent choreographers.
Ashley is a committed arts educator and is a teacher and dance education specialist at Hope Stone, Inc.
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Brittany
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Bass
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Brittany
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Kirschner
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Dancer, Choreographer, and Educator
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Cynthia
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Garcia
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Dance Genre(s)
Ballet, Flamenco, Folklorico, Hip hop, Jazz, Modern, Tap
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Chicana mover, creator, educator, and multi-disciplined artist from El Paso, Texas based in Houston, Texas.
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Dannielle
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Shaw
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Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary
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Dannielle Shaw is a Houston based choreographer and performer, interested in exploring improvisational elements and various qualities of movement.
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Dr Sunanda
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Nair
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Dr.Sunanda Nair is the first student in the country to have a Masters degree in Mohini Attam from Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya affiliated to the University of Mumbai. She has cleared the necessary net exams demanded by the University.
She has completed her PhD from Bombay University for her thesis "Intrinsic Lyrical Feminism in Mohiniattam"
She has been a Mohini Attam lecturer at her alma mater for 9 years affiliated to the University of Mumbai
She has completed her PhD from Bombay University for her thesis "Intrinsic Lyrical Feminism in Mohiniattam"
She has been a Mohini Attam lecturer at her alma mater for 9 years affiliated to the University of Mumbai
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Pranamya
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Suri
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Dance Genre(s)
Indian
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Kuchipudi Dancer
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Isabel
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Villegas
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Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary
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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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Jessie
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Ferguson
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Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary
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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.
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jhon r.
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stronks
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Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary, Jazz, Modern, Multidisciplinary
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#yaydance
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Kalpana
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Subbarao
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Dance Genre(s)
Indian
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Kathak
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Kemi
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OG
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Kemi OG is a dance artist, choreographer, and creative director who trains and specializes in contemporary African dance and fusion choreography.
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